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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Planning and Economic Development Committee - 09/19/1989 KENT CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE September 19, 1989 4: 00 PM Committee Members Present Staff Present Judy Woods, Chair Jim Harris Steve Dowell Lois Ricketts Jon Johnson Fred Satterstrom Dan Stroh Others Present Scott Williams Mr. & Mrs. D. A. Garrett Linda Martinez Leona Orr APPEAL - KOA REGULATORY REVIEW Planning Director Harris stated that Mr. and Mrs. Garrett had applied through the Regulatory Review process to be allowed to have an A-frame structure in their KOA campground on S. 212th Street. These structures are currently not allowed in a Recreational Vehicle Park. The issue was considered by the lanning Commission, who chose not to proceed with a hearing. The Garretts nave appealed to the Planning Committee. Councilwoman Woods asked if the two options in this request were to amend the code for all Recreational Vehicle Parks or to request a variance through the Board of Adjustment. Mr. Harris clarified that the Board of Adjustment should not consider variances which vary rules and regulations. To allow A- frame structures in the KOA campground would require an amendment of City code. Linda Martinez stated that the Planning Commission might consider an amendment to allow these structures as a conditional use but did not choose to consider an amendment to allow the structures as outright permitted uses across the board. The conditional use process would allow some control over the type of structure that would be permitted. Mr. Harris stated design considerations might be an option to allow such structures. He added that the Planning Commission would be considering next month an application to allow recreational vehicle parks in the GC, General commercial, zoning district. Perhaps the Planning Commission could look at the whole ordinance on recreational vehicle parks to consider other changes which could be made. Linda Martinez agreed. Mrs. Garrett stated that the KOA campground is a franchise operation with strict franchise agreements. The Kent location has been asked to put in the -abins which have been incorporated into the KOA franchise system to provide _or tour bus camping marketing in Europe. Mrs. Garrett added that the franchise system differentiates the KOA campground from other types of TTY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE .,INUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1989 campgrounds; she believes franchises could be considered differently in the code. Mr. Harris stated that the franchise operations are not treated differently under the code. He believes all campgrounds should be treated equally. According to Mrs. Garrett, these cabins are being considered like tents in the KOA system. The cabins will have electric lighting and a smoke alarm only. They will be located in the tenting area and will use the water facilities outside. Thurston County has approved these structures within the KOA campground system. Councilman Johnson MOVED and Councilman Dowell SECONDED the motion to recommend that the Planning Commission review the Recreational Vehicle Park code in light of the KOA request for cabins, with an eye toward amending that ordinance but also looking at the design features. Mr. & Mrs. Garrett requested that they be allowed to put a roof on the one structure that has been started so that the forthcoming rains would not damage the wood. Councilwoman Woods and Mr. Harris suggested the Garretts contact the Building Department in this regard. Mrs. Garrett passed around -a picture of the cabin. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE SCOPE OF WORK Planning Director Harris requested input on staff alternatives A through F related to the Council High Priority Target Issue #6, "Plan for Kent's Future Land Use and Development. . .Comprehensive Plan: Update. " The alternatives range from a brief clean-up to a complete redo of the plan. Chairwoman Woods requested a staff recommendation, stated that she believes a mere clean-up effort is inadequate, and asked if the plan could be updated incrementally. Mr. Harris believes that an incremental approach is what has been taken over the past several years and the full plan update is never completed. Senior Planner Dan Stroh briefly described the alternatives. Councilman Johnson favors a combination of C, D, and E, focussing on specific issues, elements and geographic areas. Instead of reinventing the wheel, this approach would focus on the heart of the plan. In addition, with a complete rewrite the lead time is so great that by the time the plan is finished it is outdated. Councilman Dowell favors D or F, an update of specific elements or a complete rewrite. Chairwoman Woods stated that originally she favored a complete rewrite, but she now believes such a request is unrealistic after considering manpower and budget restrictions. Mr. Harris stated staff would like to consider A, B and C which would combine all subdocuments into one overall plan. Also it is important to look at specific issues and elements. This would take approximately ten to fourteen 2 ZTY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE .,INUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1989 months. To request a complete update would require additional resources, including consultants, citizen advisory committees, and staff. Harris added that the Transportation Plan update to be considered by the Public Works Department should be accomplished in conjunction with the Comprehensive Plan update. Assistant City Administrator Hansen believes that time would be well spent in asking citizens what they envision for Kent. Discussion occurred on the report of the Kent 2000 Committee and its consideration in the Comprehensive Plan update. Staff will bring back a more detailed scope of work in two weeks. Planning Commission Chairwoman Martinez requested that when the Planning Commission is asked to review an issue it be given a very clear indication of why the issue is being reviewed. PROCEDURES AND APPOINTMENTS FOR HOUSING BALLOT COMMITTEE Senior Planner Stroh stated the County Elections Division recommended that the City have written procedures for making ballot committee appointments. Proposed procedures were in the agenda packet. Mr. Stroh added that the ayor has nominated Ed Heineman, Dee Eklund and Dee Moschel for the Pro Committee. No one has come forward for the Con Committee and in that case there is no need for that committee. Councilman Dowell MOVED and Councilman Johnson SECONDED the motion to recommend approval of the written procedures for making ballot committee appointments and approval of Ed Heineman, Dee Eklund and Dee Moschel to the Pro Committee. Motion carried unanimously. ON-STREET PARKING Mr. Harris stated that this issue came to the whole Council as a recommendation from the Public Works Committee. The Planning Department was not involved in this proposed change to Title 15, which is the Zoning Code. Planning staff do not favor this change because it would force the Planning Department rather than the Police Department to issue tickets to trucks and trailers parked in the street. Staff will work with the City Attorney's office regarding this issue. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY -- FOR INFORMATION ONLY Mr. Harris related that the State Legislative Committee is meeting at the Red Lion this Saturday to consider the future of the PSCOG organization. In the meantime, PSCOG is moving forward with its regional development plan. `4r. Satterstrom stated that the Puget Sound Council of Governments is 3 ITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE ..INUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1989 updating the regional transportation plan and regional development strategy. PSCOG hopes to get transportation planning in sync with a regional development strategy and hopes to vote on a new plan by Fall of 1990. There are four major visions for the Puget Sound area: A) Growth is concentrated in major centers with high investments in transit. Seattle, Everett, Bellevue, Tacoma, Bremerton, and a point between Renton, Kent and Tukwila would be high growth areas. B) Growth is concentrated in a number of centers with a high investment in transit and a low or moderate investment in highways. C) There is a high investment in roads and low or moderate investment in transit. D) Dispersed growth with high investment in roads and little investment in transit. PSCOG sees their future more in transportation planning than land use. Mr. Harris stated that the City of Kent needs to be on record at some point in this process and staff will advise the Council in this regard. ADDED ITEM Linda Martinez reported on the status of the West Hill and East Hill housing studies. The Planning Commission is considering four aspects of housing: A) Do we want a designated single family area? B) Do we want to have a new oning category called R1-5.0 which will promote affordable housing? There are many things to consider in this issue. There is a call to review single family housing building standards. C) Look at Comprehensive Plan Map housekeeping items. D) Look at what can be done in each of the areas. By December all areas should be passed through the Planning Commission. Councilman Dowell expressed confusion about the overlays referred to in the Planning Commission minutes. Mr. Stroh stated that the single family overlay to the Comprehensive Plan is designed to clearly indicate the City' s intention in a planned approach to an area; the single family overlay would indicate the City's intent to promote single family housing. Ms. Martinez stated the overlay allows the Planning Department to consider an entire area in light of the plans that an individual brings. In addition, the Planning Commission is considering a zoning change to specific areas. Mr. Satterstrom added that the interim ordinance that controls multifamily density will control until the City Council has adopted all three area-by- area studies. Mr. Stroh commented there had not been much opposition to the single family overlay. However, there is opposition to the R1-5.0 proposal and the site-specific rezones. Ms. Martinez invited the City Council members to the Planning Commission social on October 7th at 3 : 00 PM at the Battelle Center in Seattle. The meeting adjourned at approximately 5:25 PM. 4 KENT CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE September 19, 1989 4: 00 PM Committee Members Present Staff Present Judy Woods, Chair Jim Harris Steve Dowell Lois Ricketts Jon Johnson Fred Satterstrom Dan Stroh Others Present Scott Williams Mr. & Mrs. D. A. Garrett Linda Martinez Leona Orr APPEAL - KOA REGULATORY REVIEW Planning Director Harris stated that Mr. and Mrs. Garrett had applied through the Regulatory Review process to be allowed to have an A-frame structure in their KOA campground on S. 212th Street. These structures are currently not allowed in a Recreational Vehicle Park. The issue was considered by the Planning Commission, who chose not to proceed with a hearing. The Garretts have appealed to the Planning Committee. Councilwoman Woods asked if the two options in this request were to amend the code for all Recreational Vehicle Parks or to request a variance through the Board of Adjustment. Mr. Harris clarified that the Board of Adjustment should not consider variances which vary rules and regulations. To allow A- frame structures in the KOA campground would require an amendment of City code. Linda Martinez stated that the Planning Commission might consider an amendment to allow these structures as a conditional use but did not choose to consider an amendment to allow the structures as outright permitted uses across the board. The conditional use process would allow some control over the type of structure that would be permitted. Mr. Harris stated design considerations might be an option to allow such structures. He added that the Planning Commission would be considering next month an application to allow recreational vehicle parks in the GC, General Commercial, zoning district. Perhaps the Planning Commission could look at the whole ordinance on recreational vehicle parks to consider other changes which could be made. Linda Martinez agreed. Mrs. Garrett stated that the KOA campground is a franchise operation with strict franchise agreements. The Kent location has been asked to put in the cabins which have been incorporated into the KOA franchise system to provide for tour bus camping marketing in Europe. Mrs. Garrett added that the franchise system differentiates the KOA campground from other types of CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 19 , 1989 campgrounds; she believes franchises could be considered differently in the code. Mr. Harris stated that the franchise operations are not treated differently under the code. He believes all campgrounds should be treated equally. According to Mrs. Garrett, these cabins are being considered like tents in the KOA system. The cabins will have electric lighting and a smoke alarm only. They will be located in the tenting area and will use the water facilities outside. Thurston County has approved these structures within the KOA campground system. Councilman Johnson MOVED and Councilman Dowell SECONDED the motion to recommend that the Planning Commission review the Recreational Vehicle Park code in light of the KOA request for cabins, with an eye toward amending that ordinance but also looking at the design features. Mr. & Mrs. Garrett requested that they be allowed to put a roof on the one structure that has been started so that the forthcoming rains would not damage the wood. Councilwoman Woods and Mr. Harris suggested the Garretts contact the Building Department in this regard. Mrs. Garrett passed around a picture of the cabin. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE SCOPE OF WORK Planning Director Harris requested input on staff alternatives A through F related to the Council High Priority Target Issue #6, "Plan for Kent' s Future Land Use and Development. . .Comprehensive Plan: Update. " The alternatives range from a brief clean-up to a complete redo of the plan. Chairwoman Woods requested a staff recommendation, stated that she believes a mere clean-up effort is inadequate, and asked if the plan could be updated incrementally. Mr. Harris believes that an incremental approach is what has been taken over the past several years and the full plan update is never completed. Senior Planner Dan Stroh briefly described the alternatives. Councilman Johnson favors a combination of C, D, and E, focussing on specific issues, elements and geographic areas. Instead of reinventing the wheel, this approach would focus on the heart of the plan. In addition, with a complete rewrite the lead time is so great that by the time the plan is finished it is outdated. Councilman Dowell favors D or F, an update of specific elements or a complete rewrite. Chairwoman Woods stated that originally she favored a complete rewrite, but she now believes such a request is unrealistic after considering manpower and budget restrictions. Mr. Harris stated staff would like to consider A, B and C which would combine all subdocuments into one overall plan. Also it is important to look at specific issues and elements. This would take approximately ten to fourteen 2 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1989 months. To request a complete update would require additional resources, including consultants, citizen advisory committees, and staff. Harris added that the Transportation Plan update to be considered by the Public Works Department should be accomplished in conjunction with the Comprehensive Plan update. Assistant City Administrator Hansen believes that time would be well spent in asking citizens what they envision for Kent. Discussion occurred on the report of the Kent 2000 Committee and its consideration in the Comprehensive Plan update. Staff will bring back a more detailed scope of work in two weeks. Planning Commission Chairwoman Martinez requested that when the Planning Commission is asked to review an issue it be given a very clear indication of why the issue is being reviewed. PROCEDURES AND APPOINTMENTS FOR HOUSING BALLOT COMMITTEE Senior Planner Stroh stated the County Elections Division recommended that the City have written procedures for making ballot committee appointments. Proposed procedures were in the agenda packet. Mr. Stroh added that the Mayor has nominated Ed Heineman, Dee Eklund and Dee Moschel for the Pro Committee. No one has come forward for the Con Committee and in that case there is no need for that committee. Councilman Dowell MOVED and Councilman Johnson SECONDED the motion to recommend approval of the written procedures for making ballot committee appointments and approval of Ed Heineman, Dee Eklund and Dee Moschel to the Pro Committee. Motion carried unanimously. ON-STREET PARKING Mr. Harris stated that this issue came to the whole Council as a recommendation from the Public Works Committee. The Planning Department was not involved in this proposed change to Title 15, which is the Zoning Code. Planning staff do not favor this change because it would force the Planning Department rather than the Police Department to issue tickets to trucks and trailers parked in the street. Staff will work with the City Attorney's office regarding this issue. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY -- FOR INFORMATION ONLY Mr. Harris related that the State Legislative Committee is meeting at the Red Lion this Saturday to consider the future of the PSCOG organization. In the meantime, PSCOG is moving forward with its regional development plan. Mr. Satterstrom stated that the Puget Sound Council of Governments is 3 CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1989 updating the regional transportation plan and regional development strategy. PSCOG hopes to get transportation planning in sync with a regional development strategy and hopes to vote on a new plan by Fall of 1990. There are four major visions for the Puget Sound area: A) Growth is concentrated in major centers with high investments in transit. Seattle, Everett, Bellevue, Tacoma, Bremerton, and a point between Renton, Kent and Tukwila would be high growth areas. B) Growth is concentrated in a number of centers with a high investment in transit and a low or moderate investment in highways. C) There is a high investment in roads and low or moderate investment in transit. D) Dispersed growth with high investment in roads and little investment in transit. PSCOG sees their future more in transportation planning than land use. Mr. Harris stated that the City of Kent needs to be on record at some point in this process and staff will advise the Council in this regard. ADDED ITEM Linda Martinez reported on the status of the West Hill and East Hill housing studies. The Planning Commission is considering four aspects of housing: A) Do we want a designated single family area? B) Do we want to have a new zoning category called R1-5.0 which will promote affordable housing? There are many things to consider in this issue. There is a call to review single family housing building standards. C) Look at Comprehensive Plan Map housekeeping items. D) Look at what can be done in each of the areas. By December all areas should be passed through the Planning Commission. Councilman Dowell expressed confusion about the overlays referred to in the Planning Commission minutes. Mr. Stroh stated that the single family overlay to the Comprehensive Plan is designed to clearly indicate the City's intention in a planned approach to an area; the single family overlay would indicate the City's intent to promote single family housing. Ms. Martinez stated the overlay allows the Planning Department to consider an entire area in light of the plans that an individual brings. In addition, the Planning Commission is considering a zoning change to specific areas. Mr. Satterstrom added that the interim ordinance that controls multifamily density will control until the City Council has adopted all three area-by- area studies. Mr. Stroh commented there had not been much opposition to the single family overlay. However, there is opposition to the R1-5.0 proposal and the site-specific rezones. Ms. Martinez invited the City Council members to the Planning Commission social on October 7th at 3 : 00 PM at the Battelle Center in Seattle. The meeting adjourned at approximately 5: 25 PM. 4