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Planning commission backs recommending 10-foot landscape strip for most roads, keeps 15-foot buffer on large arterials
Summary
The commission voted to recommend amending City Code 10-3-3 so double-frontage lots use a 10-foot landscape strip on most rights-of-way, with 15 feet required for rights-of-way 85 feet and wider; the change would also remove the PUD exemption so developers cannot automatically claim the smaller buffer.
The Washington City Planning Commission on March 18 voted to forward a recommendation to City Council to amend City Code 10-3-3, reducing the standard double-frontage landscape strip from 15 feet to 10 feet for most roads while retaining a 15-foot requirement for larger arterials.
The recommendation, moved by Commissioner Anderson and seconded by Commissioner Davis, would make the 15-foot buffer apply to public rights-of-way 85 feet and larger and eliminate an automatic PUD exception that had allowed some developments to use a smaller strip without explicit findings. The commission voted to send the recommendation to City Council with a…
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