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Ridgefield City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 18

270 - URBAN HOLDING DISTRICTS UH-10

18.270.010 - Purpose.

The city shall apply the urban holding-10 zone to protect lands identified within the city limits from premature development where capital facilities are inadequate to support development under the urban zoning designation.

(Ord. 676 § 1 (part), 1995).

18.270.015 - Application of UH zone.

The city council shall automatically apply the UH-10 zone at the time of rezoning to any property that fails to meet one or more level of service standards identified in the CFP.

A.

In conjunction with a legislative or site specific rezone request, the city engineer and the planning director shall file a report with the city council which evaluates whether there are adequate capital facilities, as defined in the CFP, available to serve the property or properties that are the subject of the rezone action.

B.

The city council shall rely upon said reports from the city engineer and planning director as substantial evidence when determining whether to apply the UH overlay zone.

(Ord. 676 § 1 (part), 1995).

18.270.020 - Permitted uses.

The city shall permit the following uses, subject to compliance with concurrency and level-of-service standards of the CFP:

A.

Single-family dwellings and accessory buildings;

B.

Agriculture and forestry, including any accessory buildings and activities, located outside any area mapped as sensitive lands on the city Sensitive Lands Map;

C.

Roadside stands not exceeding two hundred square feet in area, exclusively for the sale of agricultural products locally grown, and set back a minimum of twenty feet from any abutting right-of-way or property line;

D.

Publicly owned services, recreational facilities, parks and playgrounds;

E.

Utilities, structures and uses including but not limited to utility substations, pump stations, wells, water shed intake facilities, gas and water transmission lines and telecommunication facilities.

(Ord. 676 § 1 (part), 1995).

18.270.025 - Conditional uses.

Within an urban holding district, the city may allow the following uses through the conditional use process (Chapter 18.340), subject to site plan review:

A.

Government-owned or operated facilities, including fire stations, ambulance dispatch facilities, storage yards, warehouses or similar uses;

B.

Home occupations and home businesses;

C.

Mini daycare centers;

D.

Commercial nurseries predominantly marketing locally produced plants and associated landscaping materials.

(Ord. 676 § 1 (part), 1995).

18.270.030 - Siting criteria.

All uses within the UH-10 district shall meet the following criteria:

A.

Permanent structures or facilities shall be designed and located to provide for the orderly extension of public roads, water and sewer to the site and surrounding properties.

B.

All necessary urban road, drainage and other urban development requirements shall apply to ensure that future urban development will be orderly.

C.

Signed agreements between the property owner and the service provider(s) to connect to public sewer and water when they become available within one thousand feet of the site shall be secured prior to commencing the authorized use, provided such extension or connection does not require pump stations or capital facilities, such as larger pipes, to increase the capacity of the sewer or water system.

(Ord. 676 § 1 (part), 1995).

18.270.040 - Height and lot area.

Buildings or structures shall not exceed thirty-five feet.

Minimum parcel size (acres) for newly created parcels shall be ten acres.

(Ord. 676 § 1 (part), 1995).

18.270.060 - Removal of UH-10 overlay.

The UH-10 overlay district may be lifted at the time that capital facilities deficiencies have been satisfactorily resolved, through the following procedures:

A.

Concurrent with final plat approval.

B.

Through a Type II review. The applicant shall provide evidence that necessary transportation and capital facilities are reasonably funded as shown on the city's capital facilities plans or through a development agreement, to be reviewed by the city engineer.

(Ord. 676 § 1 (part), 1995).

(Ord. No. 1232, § 2(Exh. A), 4-27-2017)

18.270.070 - Other provisions.

Signs shall be permitted according to the provisions of Chapter 18.710. Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as required in Chapter 18.720.

(Ord. 676 § 1 (part), 1995).