Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Zoning topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council holds first readings on airport zoning and expanded commercial/animal-care code updates
Summary
At first reading the council heard staff reports on Ordinances 28-37 (airport zoning: reduced side-yard setbacks and adjusted height limits) and 28-38 (allowing arts/vocational schools, gyms, health studios and new rules for animal shelters/daycare/boarding); no public testimony was received and staff recommended first readings.
Enumclaw’s City Council opened two public hearings and heard staff presentations on two municipal code amendments affecting zoning and permitted uses.
Senior planner Winston Larson presented Ordinance 28-37, which would amend the airport zoning district to reduce minimum side-yard setbacks from 20 to 10 feet and to modify a footnote permitting structures up to 18 feet in height where the airport zoning abuts residential zones, aligning that maximum to accessory-structure heights. Larson said the change implements elements of the 2024 Comprehensive Plan and noted the Planning Commission recommended approval on April 23, 2026. The mayor opened the hearing, solicited public input and closed it after receiving no speakers; staff requested the council give first reading.
The council then opened Public Hearing 6b on Ordinance 28-38. Winston Larson described proposed amendments to permit a broader set of uses in commercial and light industrial zones — including arts and vocational schools, gyms, health studios — and to add definitions and performance standards for animal shelters, daycare and boarding (inside pens, setbacks from residential zoning, waste-disposal requirements). Larson said the Planning Commission also recommended approval on April 23, 2026. The mayor again solicited public comment and closed the hearing without public testimony, and staff asked for first reading.
Both items remain at the first-reading stage; the transcript records staff recommendations and Planning Commission referrals but no final council votes on the ordinances that evening.
