§ 21.46.020. WMC Waterfront Maritime Conservation district.

A.

Purpose. The WMC Waterfront Maritime Conservation District is intended to provide a location for maritime-related activities, including docks and slips; public access, recreational uses; and views of the waterfront in an attractive environment which supports and is harmonious with the interrelationship of the historic urban core, the waterfront and adjacent commercial and residential uses.

B.

Uses. Uses that may be permitted in the WMC District are set forth in the table of uses for Waterfront Maritime Districts in Chapter 21.48.

1.

Multiple maritime uses, restaurant and retail sales of nonmaritime-related goods may exist on the same lot at the same time provided that the maritime uses comprise a minimum of forty percent of the gross floor area on the lot.

2.

For a property located in the WMC Distict, the number of docks, slips, piers and other facilities at which boats are berthed may not be reduced with a change in use approved after July 27, 2015, except that the combination or reconfiguration of docks, slips, piers and other facilities at which boats are berthed in order to accommodate larger vessels shall not be considered as a reduction for the purposes of this subsection.

C.

Development Standards.

1.

Chapter 21.50 contains the bulk regulations table for the WMC district.

2.

In the WMC district, Chapter 21.56, Historic District, shall govern the regulation of structures within the historic district; provided, that if there are any inconsistencies between this chapter and Chapter 21.56, the more restrictive shall prevail.

3.

Where a public pedestrian walkway is provided pursuant to the bulk regulations table for the WMC district, it shall meet the minimum standards set forth in Section 21.62.020(J).

D.

Additional Standards. Reserved.

E.

Uses Deemed Conforming. Buildings or structures, located within required setbacks, lawfully existing on August 24, 1987, designed, maintained and continuously used for enumerated maritime uses are deemed conforming pursuant to Section 21.68.030 of this Zoning Code, provided that any alterations do not increase beyond existing structural supports and the alteration is designed, intended and used for one of the enumerated maritime uses.

(Ord. O-1-04 Revised (part), 2005)

(Ord. No. O-40-15 Amended, § I, 12-7-2015)