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AN ORDINANCE relating to land segregation and comprehensive planning, requiring that only nonbuilding lots or tracts be created in the Forest Production District; and adding a new section to King County Code Title 19A.
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PREAMBLE:
For the purposes of effective land use planning and regulation, the King County Council makes the following legislative findings:
1. King County has adopted the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan to meet the requirements of the Washington state Growth Management Act (GMA).
2. The GMA requires that the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations be subject to continuing review and evaluation by the county.
King County has approved annual amendments to correct technical errors and to make changes that do not require a substantive policy change or alter the urban growth line.
3. King County has performed its first comprehensive four-year cycle review of the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations. As a result of the review, King County is amending the 1994 Comprehensive through passage of the 2000 King County Comprehensive Plan.
4. The GMA requires that King County adopt development regulations, to be consistent with and implement the Comprehensive Plan.
5. The changes to the King County land segregation code, K.C.C. Title 19A, contained in this ordinance are needed to bring K.C.C. Title 19A into conformance with the 2000 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.
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The King County Council has determined that the forest production district is King County's designation of forest lands of long term commercial significance under the Growth Management Act.
2. Permanent residences within the forest production district conflict with long term commercial forestry because of frequent road use, demand for residential se...

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