File #: 2014-0104    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/17/2014 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: 6/23/2014 Final action: 6/23/2014
Enactment date: 7/7/2014 Enactment #: 17842
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to comprehensive planning and permitting; amending Ordinance 17485, Section 2, as amended, and Ordinance 11653, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C.20.12.017.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski, Joe McDermott
Indexes: Comprehensive Plan, Marijuana
Code sections: 20.12.017 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17842.pdf, 2. A. Map Amendment A, dated 6/23/14, 3. B. Map Amendment B, 4. C. Map Amendment C, 5. D. Vashon Town Plan Area Zoning (revised 4-1-14), 6. 2014-0104 Legislative Review Form.pdf, 7. A. Map Amendment A, dated 6/23/14, 8. A. Map Amendment A, 9. B. Map Amendment B, 10. C. Map Amendment C, 11. D. Vashon Town Plan Area Zoning (revised 4-1-14), 12. D. Vashon Town Plan Area Zoning, 13. 2014-0104 transmittal letter.pdf, 14. 2014-0104 fiscal note.xls, 15. 2014-0104 Regulatory Note.docx, 16. 2014-0104 Policy I-207 Analysis Matrix.docx, 17. 2014-0104 Maple Valley Letter.pdf, 18. 2014-0104 Public Involvement Summary 3-4-14.doc, 19. 2014-0104 Staff Report - Comp Plan (4-1-14).docx, 20. 2014-0104 Amend 1 - winery-dist (4-1-14).docx, 21. 2014-0104 Revised Staff report.docx, 22. 2014-0104 Affidavit of Publishing-Seattle Times.pdf, 23. 2014-0104 Affidavit of Pub - Covington-Maple Valley-Black Diamond Reporter.pdf, 24. 2014-0104 Affidavit of Pub - Beachcomber.pdf, 25. REVISED HEARING NOTICE FOR FOR 6-23 PUBLIC HEARING, 26. 17842 Amendment 1 6-23-14.pdf, 27. Affidavit of publication on Adoption Notice 7-26-14.pdf
Staff: Jensen, Christine
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to comprehensive planning and permitting; amending Ordinance 17485, Section 2, as amended, and Ordinance 11653, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C.20.12.017.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
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 2012 King County Comprehensive Plan to meet the requirements of the Washington state Growth Management Act;
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 every four years. Annual amendments are generally allowed only to address technical updates and corrections to the Comprehensive Plan;
C. The Growth Management Act requires that the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations be subject to continuing review and evaluation by the county;
D. The Growth Management Act requires that King County adopt development regulations to be consistent with and implement the Comprehensive Plan; and
E. The changes to zoning contained in this ordinance are needed to maintain conformity with the Comprehensive Plan, as required by the Growth Management Act. 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 17485, Section 2, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
A. ((King County performed its fourth comprehensive four-cycle review of the Comprehensive Plan in 2012. As a result of the review, King County amended the 2008 Comprehensive Plan through passage of the King County Comprehensive Plan 2012.))
B.)) The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan ((2008)) 2012, as amended by Ordinance 17485, contained in Attachments A, B, C and D to this ((O))ordinance ((17485, as amended by ...

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