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Council opens hearings, gives first readings on two zoning amendments affecting Enumclaw Airport and expanded commercial uses
Summary
At its May 26 meeting the council opened public hearings and read Ordinance 2837 (airport zoning setbacks) and Ordinance 2838 (allowing certain educational, fitness and animal-care uses in commercial/light industrial districts and adding standards for animal shelters and boarding). Planning commission recommended approval; staff requested first readings.
The Enumclaw City Council opened two public hearings and gave first readings by title to proposed municipal-code amendments affecting the Enumclaw Airport zoning district and expanded uses in commercial and light-industrial areas.
For Ordinance 2837, the city clerk read the title for first reading and senior planner Winston Larson described the proposal to reduce the airport-district minimum side-yard setback from 20 feet to 10 feet and to amend a footnote governing building height where the airport district abuts residential zones. Larson told council the amendments are intended to implement the city’s 2024 comprehensive plan, to keep airport operations compatible with surrounding uses, and that the planning commission voted on April 23 to recommend approval.
For Ordinance 2838, the clerk read the ordinance by title for first reading and Larson presented amendments to allow arts and vocational schools, gyms and health studios, and defined standards for animal shelters, daycare and boarding in specified zoning districts. The proposal includes indoor-pen/kennel standards, setbacks from residential zoning and waste-disposal requirements designed to reduce compatibility concerns. Planning commission review and the staff findings were included in council packets.
No members of the public asked to speak at either hearing; both hearings were closed after staff presentations. Staff recommended the council proceed with the first-reading step and return at a later meeting for further deliberation or final adoption if council chooses to adopt the ordinances as presented or with modifications.
