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AN ORDINANCE relating to comprehensive planning and permitting; amending Ordinance 263, Article 2, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.010.
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SECTION 1. Findings: For the purposes of effective land use planning and regulation, the King County council makes the following legislative findings:
A. King County has adopted the 2008 King County Comprehensive Plan to meet the requirements of the Washington State Growth Management Act ("GMA");
B. The King County Code authorizes a review of the Comprehensive Plan and, with some limited exceptions, only allows substantive amendments to the Comprehensive Plan once every four years. Annual amendments are generally only allowed to address technical updates and corrections to the Comprehensive Plan;
C. The King County Comprehensive Plan and the King County Code authorize an annual amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to implement an amendment to a joint interlocal/development agreement in existence on January 1, 2008 between King County, another local government and one or more private parties, if the amendment contains specified conditions;
D. The GMA requires that the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations be subject to continuing review and evaluation by the county;
E. The GMA requires that King County adopt development regulations to be consistent with and implement the Comprehensive Plan; and
F. The changes to zoning contained in this ordinance are needed to maintain conformity with the King County Comprehensive Plan, as required by the GMA. As such, they bear a substantial relationship to, and are necessary for, the public health, safety and general welfare of King County and its residents.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 263, Article 2, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.010, are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Under the King County Charter, the state Constitution and the Washington state Growth Management Act, chapter 36.70A RCW, the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan is...

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