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Council adopts text changes to Yakima zoning code to clarify land-use review, downtown standards and tenant-change rules
Summary
The City Council adopted two ordinances amending Yakima Municipal Code Title 15 after planning staff and the planning commission recommended changes to permitted uses, review levels and downtown design standards; the council approved both ordinances on unanimous votes.
The Yakima City Council on May 6 adopted two ordinances amending the Yakima Municipal Code Title 15, following recommendations from the city Planning Commission and staff.
Trevor Martin, planning manager, told the council the amendments refine the definitions and the table of permitted land uses and clarify application and site-plan requirements. "That 1, 2, or 3 talks about the level of land use criteria that's supposed to take place," Martin said, describing the city’s three-tier review system: Type 1 administrative review, Type 2 administrative review with a 14-day notice period, and Type 3…
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