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AN ORDINANCE relating to comprehensive planning and zoning, adopting amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan in accordance with the Washington State Growth Management Act; and amending Ordinance 263, Art. 2. Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.010.
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PREAMBLE:
For the purposes of effective land use planning and regulation, the King County council makes the following legislative findings:
King County has adopted the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan to meet the requirements of the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA).
While the GMA and K.C.C. chapter 20.18 generally require the county's Comprehensive Plan to be amended only once a year, the initial adoption of a subarea plan, which may amend the urban growth area boundary only to redesignate land within a joint planning area, may occur more frequently.
As directed by Countywide Planning Policy FW-1, Step 8.b. and King County Comprehensive Plan policy U-205, King County and the City of Snoqualmie completed a joint planning process for the designated Joint Planning Area, and the recommendations of this joint planning process are contained within the Snoqualmie Urban Growth Area Subarea Plan.
The GMA requires that King County adopt development regulations to be consistent with and implement the Comprehensive Plan.
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.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 263, Art. 2, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Comprehensive Plan adopted. 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1994 King County Comprehensive Plan is adopted and declared to be the Comprehensive Plan for King County until amended, repealed or superseded. The Comprehensive Plan shall be the principal planning document for the orderly physical development of the county and shall be used to guide subarea plans, functional plans, provision of public facilities and services, review of proposed incorporations and annexations, development regulations and land development decisions.
B. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12061 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1995 amendments) are hereby adopted.
C. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 12170 are hereby adopted to comply with the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board Decision and Order in Vashon-Maury Island, et. al. v. King County, Case No. 95-3-0008.
D. The Vashon Town Plan contained in Attachment 1 to Ordinance 12395 is adopted as a subarea plan of the King County Comprehensive Plan and, as such, constitutes official county policy for the geographic area of unincorporated King County defined in the plan and amends the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map.
E. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12501 are hereby adopted to comply with the Order of the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board in Copac-Preston Mill, Inc., et al, v. King County, Case No. 96-3-0013 as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
F. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12531 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1996 amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
G. The Black Diamond Urban Growth Area contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12533 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
H. The 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan and Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map are amended to include the area shown in Appendix A of Ordinance 12535 as Rural City Urban Growth Area. The language from Section 1D of Ordinance 12535 shall be placed on Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map page #32 with a reference marker on the area affected by Ordinance 12535.
I. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12536 (1997 Transportation Need Report) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
J. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12927 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1997 amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
K. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in the 1998 Transportation Needs Report, contained in Appendices A and B to Ordinance 12931 and in the supporting text, are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
L. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 13273 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1998 amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
M. The 1999 Transportation Needs Report contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13339 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan, Technical Appendix C, and the amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachment B to Ordinance 13339 are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
N. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13672 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1999 amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
O. The 2000 Transportation Needs Report contained in Attachment A to this Ordinance 13674 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan, Technical Appendix C.
P. The Fall City Subarea Plan contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13875 is adopted as a subarea plan of the King County Comprehensive Plan and, as such, constitutes official county policy for the geographic area of unincorporated King County defined in the plan. The Fall City Subarea Plan amends the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan land use map by revising the Rural Town boundaries of Fall City.
Q. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13875 are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
R. The Fall City area zoning amendments contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13875 are adopted as the zoning control for those portions of unincorporated King County defined in the attachment. Existing property-specific development standards (p-suffix conditions) on parcels affected by Attachment A to Ordinance 13875 do not change except as specifically provided in Attachment A to Ordinance 13875.
S. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13987 are hereby adopted to comply with the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board Decision and Order on Supreme Court Remand in Vashon-Maury Island, et. al. v. King County, Case No. 95-3-0008 (Bear Creek Portion).
T. The 2001 transportation needs report contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 14010 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the 1994 King County comprehensive plan, technical appendix C.
U. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachments A, B and C to Ordinance 14044 (King County Comprehensive Plan 2000) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan. Attachment A amends the policies, text and maps of the Comprehensive Plan. Amendments to the policies are shown with deleted language struck out and new language underlined. The text and maps in Attachment A replace the previous text and maps in the Comprehensive Plan. Attachment B to Ordinance 14044 contains technical appendix A (capital facilities), which replaces technical appendix A to the King County Comprehensive Plan, technical appendix C (transportation), which replaces technical appendix C to the King County Comprehensive Plan, and technical appendix M (public participation), which is a new technical appendix that describes the public participation process for the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000. Attachment C includes amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. The land use amendments contained in Attachment C are adopted as the official land use designations for those portions of unincorporated King County defined in Attachment C to Ordinance 14044.
V. The Snoqualmie Urban Growth Area Subarea Plan contained in Attachment A to this ordinance is adopted as a subarea plan of the King County Comprehensive Plan and, as such, constitutes official county policy for the geographic area of unincorporated King County defined in the plan. Attachment B to this ordinance amends the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan land use map by revising the Urban Growth Area for the City of Snoqualmie. Attachment C to this ordinance amends the policies of the Comprehensive Plan.
W. The Snoqualmie Urban Growth Area Subarea Plan area zoning amendments in Attachment D to this ordinance are adopted as the zoning control for those portions of unincorporated King County defined in the attachment. Existing property-specific development standards (p-suffix conditions) on parcels affected by Attachment D to this ordinance do not change.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
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Snoqualmie Valley Record May 3, 2001, Eastside Journal and Seattle Times May 2, 2001
Hearing date: 6/04/01
adoption notice: 6/14/01 Seattle Times