20.33.050 Additional code requirements.
A. General Standards. Common additional code requirements are listed below. Compliance is not limited to those code sections listed herein.
1. Parking. Off-street parking requirements including required stall numbers and design shall follow the applicable provisions of BMC 20.12.010.
2. Loading. Buildings intended to be used for retail, wholesale, warehouse, freight, hospital, industrial, and manufacturing uses shall be provided with off-street loading berths pursuant to BMC 20.12.020.
3. Landscaping. All new construction and remodeling of same when the cost of remodeling exceeds 50 percent of the assessed valuation of the structure to the extent that there is space available for landscaping shall follow the applicable landscaping requirements provided in BMC 20.12.030.
4. Signs. No sign shall be permitted unless it complies with applicable requirements of BMC 20.12.040.
5. Fences. Fences, walls and hedges shall comply with applicable sections of BMC 20.12.050.
6. Vision Clearance Triangle. All corner lots within commercial areas abutting an intersection which does not have a stop/go light shall provide and maintain a clear vision triangle for the purpose of traffic safety according to applicable sections of BMC 20.12.060.
7. Design Review. Commercial design review shall be applied citywide as part of the building permit process for all new commercial development. Process and standards for design review can be found in Chapter 20.25 BMC.
B. Project and Site Specific Standards. Depending on district and site constraints, commercial developments may need to comply with additional code requirements. Compliance is not limited to those code sections listed herein.
1. Streets, Utilities, Access and Dedications. No building permit for new construction or for the maintenance or renovation of 50 percent or more of an existing structure should be issued until demonstrated compliant with the following standards:
a. Streets and utilities should be designed to fulfill reasonably anticipated future need and be located to enable the continued orderly and reasonable use of adjacent property. Streets and utilities should be extended to the property line unless it is clearly demonstrated that the extension will not be needed for development of adjacent property.
b. Dedicated width of rights-of-way shall comply with minimum city requirements.
c. Streets should be improved to the standard required by Title 13 BMC unless a standard is specified in the circulation plan of the comprehensive plan; provided, that the planning director may approve streets which are consistent with neighborhood standards.
Unless waived for reasons of infeasibility or impracticality by the technical review committee and the planned contract, the following shall be required:
d. Pedestrian Circulation.
i. A sidewalk shall be constructed within all abutting city street rights-of-way. A local improvement district (LID) commitment may be required in lieu of construction if the city determines immediate construction is not warranted.
ii. Walkways shall be required linking building entrances to parking areas, sidewalks and other building entrances in the complex and, where appropriate, to open space/recreation areas. If no sidewalk is constructed or exists, the connecting walkway shall extend to the proposed location of a sidewalk or to the edge of the pavement located in the right-of-way.
2. Environmental. All commercial development taking place subject to the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) or within critical areas, including but not limited to wetlands, steep slopes, erosion hazard areas, and any associated buffers, shall comply with the applicable requirements listed in BMC Title 16.
3. Shorelines. All commercial development taking place within the jurisdiction of the shoreline master program shall comply with all applicable requirements listed in BMC Title 22.
4. Special Conditions, Prerequisite Considerations and Special Regulations. Those development proposals requiring discretionary permits may be conditioned by the responsible official or decision-making body to address those special conditions, prerequisite consideration and special regulations identified in the zoning tables. Any condition shall be formulated to correspond to the degree of impact that the specific development proposal is anticipated to have.
5. Special Conditions, Prerequisite Considerations and Special Regulations. Where the responsible official or decision-making body decided that the prerequisite consideration is inapplicable to a development proposal and attaches no corresponding condition, the rationale for such decision shall be specifically set out in findings of fact. [Ord. 2024-02-002 § 10; Ord. 2018-06-011 § 3 (Exh. A)].