HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2022-006 An Ordinance of the City of Arlington, Washington, Relating to Old Town Residential Design Standards ORDINANCE NO. 2022-006
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
OLD TOWN RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington has general design standards adopted in AMC Chapter
20.46, however these are limited,and the Old Town Residential Design Standards provide specific
regulations for the Old Town Residential zoning district; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington Planning Staff has identified that without sufficient
development design standards for the Old Town Residential District (OTRD), development or
modifications to existing structures may occur that could be detrimental to preserving or
enhancing the historical architecture and traditional development practices that have created
the Old Town Residential District; and
WHEREAS, the document will be known as the City of Arlington Old Town Residential
Design Standards; and
WHEREAS, the Arlington Planning Commission met to review and consider the proposed
design standards at workshops on September 7, 2021, November 2, 2021, January 20, 2022,
February 15, 2022, and April 5, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Arlington Planning Commission met to review and consider the final draft
of the proposed design standards at a public hearing on April 19, 2022, where the Commission
voted to recommend approval to City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council was provided the Planning Commission recommendation and
presented the proposed Old Town Residential Design Standards on April 25, 2022, May 2, 2022,
May 9, 2022 and May 16, 2022, the City Council considered the entire design document with this
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, following the same, the City Council deliberated on the proposed Old Town
Residential Design Standards and found that they were in the best interest of the City and its
citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arlington does hereby ordain as
follows:
Section 1. The Old Town Residential Design Standards shall be the standards adopted
that regulate the Old Town Residential zoning district for all development.
Section 2. The Old Town Residential Design Standards shall be adopted as a reference
document to the Arlington Municipal Code.
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-006 1
Section 3.Severability: If any provision,section,or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance
as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance or summary there of consisting of the title shall
be published in the official newspaper of the City and shall take effect and be in full force five (5)
days after publication.
PASSED BY the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 16th day of May 2022.
CITY OF ARLINGTON
Barbara Tolbert, Mayor
Attest:
Wendy Van Der Meersche, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Steven . eifffl ity ttorney
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CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE
1, Wendy Van Der Meersche, being the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Arlington,
Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance
No. 2022-006 was approved at the May 16, 2022 City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-006
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON,WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
OLD TOWN RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS"
A true and correct copy of the original ordinance is attached.
Dated this 16th day of May, 2022
A.
Wendy Van ber Meersche
City Clerk for the City of Arlington