17.48.090 Performance standards.
A. Exterior Mechanical Devices. Air conditioners, heating, cooling, ventilating equipment, pumps and heaters and all other mechanical devices shall be screened.
B. Landscaping is required and shall be installed in conformance with Chapter 17.78 GHMC, and/or by conditions of approval of discretionary applications required by this title; such landscaping shall be maintained in a neat manner. In no event shall such landscaped areas be used for storage of materials or parking of vehicles.
C. Outdoor Storage of Materials. The outdoor storage of materials, including but not limited to lumber, auto parts, household appliances, pipes, drums, machinery or furniture is permitted as an incidental or accessory activity of a permitted use or the principal feature of a conditional use. Such storage shall be screened by a wall, fence, landscaping or structure from surrounding properties and streets. Fishing-related equipment is exempt from this standard.
D. Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor lighting shall conform to the standards of GHMC 17.99.350 and 17.99.460. Said lighting shall be shielded so that the direct illumination shall be confined to the property boundaries of the light source. Ground-mounted floodlighting or light projection above the horizontal plane is prohibited between midnight and sunrise. (Temporary outdoor lighting intended to advertise a temporary promotional event shall be exempt from this requirement.)
E. Waterview Opportunity and Waterfront Access.
1. Maximum hard surface coverage may be increased up to a maximum of 80 percent upon execution of a written agreement with the city and the property owner; and provided further, that the agreement is filed with the county auditor as a covenant with the land, when the development provides for waterview opportunities and/or waterfront access opportunities in conjunction with nonresidential uses or for increased height, as follows:
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Maximum Hard Surface Coverage |
Number of Waterview/ Access Opportunities |
|
|---|---|---|
|
a. |
50/55/70 |
0 |
|
b. |
+10% |
1 |
|
c. |
+10% |
2 |
|
d. |
+10% |
3 |
2. Waterview/Harbor Access Opportunities.
a. Waterview opportunity, by means of public view corridors measuring 20 frontage feet along the street or 20 percent of the total waterfront frontage of the parcel, whichever is greater. View corridors shall be from public rights-of-way. Parking shall not be allowed in view corridors. Fences or railings shall not be allowed in view corridors except where required by the city building code.
b. Waterview opportunity, by means of a five-foot-wide public pathway along the property perimeter down one side line of the property to mean higher high water or a bulkhead or to the waterside face of structure, whichever is further waterward, then across the waterside face of the property or structure and back to the street along the other side line.
c. Waterview opportunity, by means of a public viewing platform at the highest level of any structure on the property. Minimum area of the platform shall be 50 square feet. Railings around the platform may exceed the maximum height permitted for the structure. The platform shall be open to the public.
d. Harbor access opportunity, by means of a public fishing pier extending out to the mean lower low water and connected by a minimum five-foot-wide public pathway to the frontage street. A minimum of 10 feet of open water shall surround the fishing pier.
e. Harbor access opportunity, by means of a public small boat landing available for transient use by rowboats, canoes, dinghies, etc., extending out to mean lower low water and connected by a five-foot-wide public pathway to the frontage street. A minimum of 10 feet of open water shall surround the small boat landing.
f. Harbor access opportunity, by means of a public transient moorage for up to two 30-foot boats and which must have a minimum water depth of eight feet and which must be easily accessible to visiting boats and posted with signage which can be read at a distance of 100 feet.
F. Design. All development in the WM district shall conform to the design and development standards contained in Chapter 17.99 GHMC.
G. Trash Receptacles. Trash receptacles shall be screened from view. Screening shall be complementary to building design and materials.
H. Restaurant Uses. The bar area of restaurant 1 and 3 uses may not exceed more than 40 percent of the customer seating area of the restaurant. Restaurant 2 and 3 uses shall not operate a deep-fat fryer and shall install equipment that will significantly limit the emission of food smells from the restaurant. (Ord. 1347 § 39, 2016; Ord. 1312 § 3, 2015; Ord. 1307 § 46, 2014; Ord. 1194 § 37, 2010; Ord. 1086 § 23, 2007; Ord. 975 § 59, 2004; Ord. 598 § 2, 1991).