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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Land Use and Planning Board - 06/26/1984 KENT PLANNING COMMISSION June 26, 1984 • The Kent Planning Commission meeting was called to order by Chairman Stoner at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26, 1984, in the City Council Chambers. COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Carol Stoner, Chairman Nancy Rudy, Vice Chairman James Byrne Douglas Cullen Chuck Lambert Raymond Ward Robert Anderson, excused Richard Foslin, excused PLANNING STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: James Harris , Planning Director Lin Ball , Assistant Planner Lois Ricketts , Recording Secretary APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES FOR MAY 22, 1984 Commissioner Rudy MOVED that the • minutes of May 22, 1984, meeting be approved as presented. Comm is- sioner Cullen SECONDED the MOTION. MOTION unanimously approved. PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND SECTION 2.3.2 PRELIMINARY PLAT PROCEDURES, PARAGRAPH Ms. Ball presented the proposal to 8, EXPIRATION DATE amend Section 2.3.2 Preliminary Plat Procedures, Paragraph 8, Ex- piration Date, of the City of Kent Subdivision Code to allow for an extension of time for filing of the final plat beyond the current one-year time extension. A 1983 amendment to the State Subdivision Code allowed any city, town or county to adopt procedures to allow for additional time extension for final plats beyond the one-year extension provided for by state law. Section 2.3.2, Paragraph 8, of the Kent Subdivision Code currently reads as follows: Expiration Date. Preliminary Plat approval shall lapse three (3) years from the date of approval unless a final plat based on the preliminary plat, or any phase thereof, is submitted within three (3) years from the date of preliminary plat approval . One one-year extension shall be granted to an applicant who files a written re- quest with the City Council and Planning Department at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of this three-year period, if the applicant can show that he has attempted in good faith to submit • the final plat within the three-year period. Kent Planning Commission Minutes June 26, 1984 In the case of a phased subdivision, final plat approval by the City Council of any phase of the preliminary plat will constitute an automatic one (1 ) year extension for the filing of the next phase of the subdivision. The Planning Department proposes the following amendment: Expiration Date. Preliminary Plat approval shall lapse three (3) years from the date of approval unless a final plat based on the preliminary plat, or any phase thereof, is submitted within three (3) years from the date of preliminary plat approval . One one- year extension shall be granted to an applicant who files a written request with the City Council and Planning Department at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of this three-year period, if the applicant can show that he has attempted in good faith to submit the final plat within the three-year period. Additional time extensions beyond this one-year time period may be granted by the City Council if the applicant can show unusual circum- stances or situations which make it impossible to file the final plat within the four-year time period. The applicant must file a written request with the Cit Council and Planning Department for this addi- tional time extension; this request must be filed at least thirty 30) days prior to the plat expiration date. The request must include • documentation as to the need for the additional time period. Additional time extensions shall be granted in not greater than one 1 year in- crements. In the case of a phased, subdivision final plat approval by the City Council of any phase of the preliminary plat will constitute an automatic one (1 ) year extension for the filing of the next phase of the subdivision. Ms. Rudy asked what would happen if an applicant requested an extension but had not done anything up to that point about the situation. Ms. Ball responded that the situation would be reviewed by the Planning staff, and that the applicant would have to substantiate the fact that work had been done on the situation. Mr. Harris pointed out that this amendment would give the applicant extra time when extenuating circumstances had made it impossible for the applicant to pursue a building program, i .e, depressed economic times, pending L. I . D. , etc. Ms. Ball emphasized that this amendment would not set a time limit, but the applicant would be able to request for an extension each year, and this ex- tension would be reviewed yearly. Mr. Ward asked for examples of unusual circumstances in which an applicant would not be able to file the final plat for a four or five year period. -2- Kent Planning Commission Minutes • June 26, 1984 Ms. Ball felt that an L. I . D. project, street project or utility extension would be examples of situations. Mr. Ward remarked that it would be some situations beyond their control , such as a death in a partnership. Commissioner Cullen MOVED and Commissioner Lambert SECONDED the MOTION that the Planning Commission amend Section 2.3.2 of the Kent Subdivision Code as presented by the Planning Department. MOTION approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Ja es P. Harris, Secretary l t -3-