Pasco City Zoning Code
25.95 Downtown
Pasco Overlay District
25.95.012 Objectives.
The objectives of the downtown Pasco overlay district are:
(1) Provide development regulations and design standards that are tailored to the downtown and surrounding neighborhoods that align with the Downtown Pasco Master Plan Vision.
(2) Accommodate growth within the downtown area by encouraging and facilitating new development on vacant, bypassed and underutilized land within areas that already have infrastructure, utilities, and public facilities.
(3) Allow and encourage a mixed-use pattern of development in the downtown area.
(4) Create a balanced distribution of land uses, including shops, workplaces, civic buildings, entertainment uses, and residences that satisfy market demand within the downtown area.
(5) Provide an environment that promotes safe pedestrian access and connections between developments, more pedestrian-scale amenities, and an identifiable downtown core area. [Ord. 4658 § 1, 2023.]
25.95.020 Applicability.
The downtown overlay district shall apply to those lands within or abutting properties within 300 feet as illustrated below:
[Ord. 4658 § 1, 2023; Ord. 3514 § 8, 2001; Code 1970 § 25.45.020.]
25.95.030 Use in combination.
This chapter shall be used in addition to and in combination with all other district and development regulations contained in this title as they apply to the lands described in PMC 25.95.020. The requirements of this chapter shall take precedence over the requirements of the underlying district regulations. [Ord. 4658 § 1, 2023; Ord. 3514 § 8, 2001; Code 1970 § 25.45.030.]
25.95.040 Prohibited uses.
Evidence received by the Planning Commission demonstrated that certain land uses make the central business area of the City, as defined in PMC 25.95.020, less desirable or attractive to the public due to a demonstrated history of and contribution to general public disorder, loitering, nuisance and other acts detrimental to the public image of the area. Certain other uses do not encourage the grouping of complementary and compatible uses as envisioned by the Comprehensive Plan.
The following listed uses, for reasons explained above, inhibit new business growth, contribute to business loss and decline of property values, inhibit convenient access to desired businesses, do not foster the complementary grouping of businesses, or perpetuate a public image which is undesirable or unattractive and detrimental to public and private investment in business areas, and therefore are prohibited as follows:
(1) Community service facilities level two as defined in PMC 25.15.050 are prohibited in all districts within the geographic area described in PMC 25.95.020. [Ord. 4658 § 1, 2023; Ord. 3514 § 8, 2001; Code 1970 § 25.45.040.]
25.95.050 Development standards.
(1) The downtown Pasco overlay district shall be exempt from the following:
(a) Off-street parking requirements of Chapter 25.185 PMC.
(b) Density threshold requirements of PMC 25.215.015.
(2) The following signs shall be prohibited, within the downtown core, as illustrated below, of the downtown overlay zone:
(a) Billboard signs.
(b) Freestanding pole signs. [Ord. 4729 § 4, 2024; Ord. 4658 § 1, 2023; Ord. 3514 § 8, 2001; Code 1970 § 25.45.050.]