HomeMy WebLinkAbout1498RESOLUTION NO. !L/9t
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of Kent,
Washington, declaring an emergency to pursue
comprehensive plan amendments for the areas known as the
Meridian Valley and Del Mar Annexation Areas.
WHEREAS, the King County Boundary Review Board (BRB) approved the
annexation of the area known as the Meridian Valley Annexation Area on April 4, 1997, into the
City of Kent; and
WHEREAS, the King County Boundary Review Board (BRB) approved the
annexation of the area known as the Del Mar Annexation Area on May 19, 1997, into the City
ofKent; and
WHEREAS, after a public hearing, the Kent City Council voted to approve the
annexation of the Meridian Valley Annexation Area into the City of Kent, effective July 1, 1997,
on Apri115, 1997; and
WHEREAS, after a public hearing, the Kent City Council voted to approve the
annexation of the Del Mar Annexation Area into the City of Kent, effective July 1, 1997, on June
3, 1997; and
WHEREAS, City Administration instructed Planning Department staff to prepare
zoning proposals for the Meridian Valley and Del Mar Annexation Areas for review by the Land
Use & Planning Board and City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act requires that all development regulations
be consistent with a jurisdiction's Comprehensive Plan (RCW 36. 70A.120); and
WHEREAS, the Kent City Council adopted the City's Comprehensive Plan on
April18, 1994, and the Land Use Plan Map in the Land Use Element of the plan included land
use designations for the Meridian Valley and Del Mar Annexation Areas; and
WHEREAS, it may be necessary to amend the Comprehensive Plan's Land Use
Plan Map to ensure that the zoning map amendments which are adopted for the Meridian Valley
and Del Mar Annexation Areas are consistent with the Land Use Plan Map; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act and Ordinance No. 3237 authorize the
City to amend its Comprehensive Plan only once per calendar year, except in the case of an
emergency; and that an emergency is defined as "an issue of community-wide significance that
promotes the public health, safety, and general welfare"; and
WHEREAS, the City Council Planning Committee considered this issue on
September 16, 1997, and voted to recommend to the City Council that an emergency be declared
by resolution to pursue comprehensive plan amendments for the Meridian Valley and Del Mar
Annexation Areas; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the scope of the work required to adopt zoning map and land use
map amendments for the Meridian Valley and Del Mar Annexation Areas, combined with the
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requirement that the zoning and land use maps be consistent with one another, require that
comprehensive plan amendments for the Meridian Valley and Del Mar Annexation Areas be
processed concurrently with the initial zoning and land use map amendments.
Section 2. That ensuring zoning and land use map amendments for the Meridian
Valley and Del Mar Annexation Areas that are consistent with one another constitutes an issue
of community-wide significance that promotes the public health, safety and general welfare in
accordance with the definition of an emergency set forth in Ordinance No. 3237.
Section 3. The City therefore declares that an emergency exists and authorizes
comprehensive plan amendments for the Meridian Valley and Del Mar Annexation Areas, said
amendments to be considered by the Land Use & Planning Board and City Council concurrently
with the initial zoning and land use map amendments for the Meridian Valley and Del Mar
Annexation Areas.
Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington
this 1 of (f)a ' 1997.
Concurred in by the Mayor of the City of Kent, this _f_ day of fOc::t , 1997.
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ATTEST:
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. N1i, passed by the
City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, the _2__ day of , 1997.
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