File #: 2001-0403    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/30/2001 In control: Metropolitan King County Council
On agenda: Final action: 7/30/2001
Enactment date: 7/30/2001 Enactment #: 14185
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to comprehensive planning and zoning, amending policies and regulations relating to active recreation facilities in the agricultural production district to comply with the order of the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board in Green Valley et al. v. King County, CPSGMHB Case No. 98-3-0008c, Final Decision and Order (1998) and the order of the Washington state supreme court in King County v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, 142 Wn.2d 543, 14 P.3d 133 (2000); amending Ordinance 10870, Section 331, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.040, Ordinance 263, Art. 2, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.010, and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors: Greg Nickels
Indexes: Comprehensive Plan
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14185.pdf, 2. 2001-0403 Notice of Adoption.doc, 3. 2001-0403 transmittal letter.doc, 4. A. Amendment to King County Comprehensive Plan text and Policy R-545
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Clerk 07/30/2001
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AN ORDINANCE relating to comprehensive planning and zoning, amending policies and regulations relating to active recreation facilities in the agricultural production district to comply with the order of the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board in Green Valley et al. v. King County, CPSGMHB Case No. 98-3-0008c, Final Decision and Order (1998) and the order of the Washington state supreme court in King County v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, 142 Wn.2d 543, 14 P.3d 133 (2000); amending Ordinance 10870, Section 331, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.040, Ordinance 263, Art. 2, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.010, and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. In 1997, King County adopted Ordinances 12927 and 12930, which among other things allowed active recreational uses on agricultural lands under limited circumstances. The provisions of these ordinances that allowed active recreational uses on agricultural lands (the "agricultural lands amendments") were challenged to the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board ("board").
B. On July 29, 1998, the board found that the agricultural lands amendments failed to comply with the Growth Management Act, invalidated the agricultural lands amendments, and ordered the county to repeal the agricultural lands amendments.
C. King County successfully appealed the board's decision to King County superior court. On June 17, 1999, King County superior court entered an order reversing the board's decision.
D. The King County superior court decision was in turn appealed to the Washington state supreme court. On December 14, 2000, the Washington state supreme court issued its decision reversing the superior court decision and reinstating the board's decision.
E. In the summer of 2001, the state of Washington has, on two separate occasions, ruled King County ineligi...

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