Chapter 17.04
TITLE – PURPOSE
Sections:
17.04.025 Illegal uses prohibited.
17.04.030 Severability clause.
17.04.010 Title.
This title shall be known as the “Grandview urban area zoning ordinance.” (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).
17.04.020 Purpose of title.
The purpose of this title is to implement the comprehensive plan for the Grandview urban area. This title is to also further the purpose of promoting the health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the Grandview urban area, and:
A. To encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and development of the Grandview urban area.
B. To provide adequate open space for light and air, to prevent overcrowding of the land, and to lessen congestion on the streets.
C. To secure economy in municipal expenditures, to facilitate adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewer, schools, parks, and other public facilities and services.
D. To increase the security of home life and preserve and create a more favorable environment for citizens and visitors of the Grandview urban area.
E. To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers.
F. To stabilize and improve property values.
G. To enhance the economic and cultural well-being of the inhabitants of Grandview.
H. To promote the development of a more wholesome, serviceable and attractive city resulting from an orderly, planned use of resources.
I. Provide regulatory and administrative actions that do not result in an unconstitutional taking of private property. (Ord. 2017-1 § 4; Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).
17.04.025 Illegal uses prohibited.
A. General. No use that is illegal under local, state or federal law shall be allowed in any zone within the city.
B. Production, Processing and Retailing of Marijuana Prohibited. Until such time that this code is amended to provide specific provisions and land use controls allowing and regulating production, processing, retail sale and retail outlets for the sale of marijuana and marijuana-infused products, all as defined in Initiative Measure No. 502, as codified in the Revised Code of Washington, and implementing regulations in Chapter 314-55 WAC, as now existing or hereafter amended, such uses are each prohibited and not allowed in any zone within the city. (Ord. 2014-8 § 1; Ord. 2014-5 § 1).
17.04.030 Severability clause.
If any word, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this title or its application to any person or circumstance shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this title or its application to other persons or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the word, clause, sentence, paragraph, persons or circumstances, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).
17.04.040 Jurisdiction.
This title is enacted and administered separately by the city of Grandview and Yakima County for lands and uses within the Grandview urban area. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).