File #: 2011-0153    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/4/2011 In control: Metropolitan King County Council
On agenda: Final action: 4/4/2011
Enactment date: Enactment #: 17060
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to temporary use permits in the city of Snoqualmie's Mill Planning Area potential annexation area; amending Ordinance 12196, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.020, and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Annexations, Snoqualmie, City of
Code sections: 20.20.020 -
Attachments: 1. 17060.pdf, 2. 17060 Adoption notice.doc, 3. 2011-0153 Snoqualmie Mill Pond annexation final 17060.doc
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Clerk 04/04/2011
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AN ORDINANCE relating to temporary use permits in the city of Snoqualmie's Mill Planning Area potential annexation area; amending Ordinance 12196, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.020, and declaring an emergency.
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SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The city of Snoqualmie and the Growth Management Planning Council have designated an area known as the Mill Planning Area as a city of Snoqualmie potential annexation area.
B. The Mill Planning Area includes property owned by Snoqualmie Mill Ventures LLC, and several parcels owned by Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company.
C. The city of Snoqualmie, King County and these owners of property in the Mill Planning Area ("the parties") have entered into annexation discussions.
D. The parties have agreed to undertake annexation.
E. The annexation was initiated by the city of Snoqualmie on March 28, 2011.
F. The DirtFish Rally School is located within the proposed annexation area .
G. The DirtFish Rally School currently has a contractual obligation with ESPN to host a two-day televised rally-car event on the DirtFish site on April 15 and 16, 2011.
H. The city has indicated that it supports this event and believes that it represents a unique opportunity to draw national attention to DirtFish, the city of Snoqualmie and King County.
I. The DirtFish Rally School has committed to apply to the county for a temporary use permit, which will allow the county to review potential impacts and require adequate protections for public health and safety. The city supports this approach.
J. Under the county's land use code, events of two or fewer days are not subject to any permitting requirements or other land use review. Events of three or more days are reviewed as Type 2 decisions. When all event-related activities are included, there may be some dispute about the duration of the ESPN event, but there is no dispute that the event is of a limited duration.
K. Without an appl...

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