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Clerk 03/20/2012
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the development of a regional motor sports facility; adopting provisions for approval of such a facility through a master planning demonstration project, as authorized under K.C.C. chapter 21A.55; amending Ordinance 10870, Section 337, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.100; adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 21A.55; adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 20.24; adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 21A.06; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 27.02.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Pacific Raceways, formerly operated as Seattle International Raceways, is on a three-hundred-twenty-seven acre site located east of Kent and a quarter mile off of State Highway 18, and has historically consisted of a two and a quarter-mile road course, a drag strip, a dirt motocross track and a kart track.
B. A racetrack has operated on the Pacific Raceways property for over fifty years. Throughout the various iterations of King County land use planning and regulation, the existence and operation of the racetrack has been recognized. While no longer in effect, both the 1979 Soos Creek Community Plan and its 1991 update provide valuable information about the racetrack. These past Soos Creek Community Plans acknowledged the challenges of the racetrack being located in a rural area. In 1998, King County re-adopted the Soos Creek Community Plan policy (F-18) pertaining to what was then referred to as Seattle International Raceway or "SIR." King County's current land use plans and regulations continue to recognize the historic racetrack use.
C. The Pacific Raceways property is located in the Growth Management Act-designated rural area. The property has a Rural land use designation and Industrial zoning. The property has a property-specific development condition (SC-P02), also known as a P-suffix, condition restricting the use of the property to racing and race related a...

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