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HomeMy WebLinkAbout924RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, regarding amendments to a plan commonly called the "Valley Floor Plan" which in turn is an element of the City's Comprehensive Plan. WHEREAS, an amendment of the City of Kent's Comprehensive Plan has been proposed in the attached Appendix "A", and is commonly referred to as amendments to the "Valley Floor Plan", and WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 35A.63.073 of the Revised Code of Washington, hearings were held before the Planning Commission of the City of Kent, and WHEREAS, after the final hearing of the Planning Commission on November 12, 1980, the proposed amendments to the Plan were for- warded to the City Council with the recommendation that the amend- ments be adopted, and WHEREAS, the City Council held hearings on the amendments on December 11 and 22, 1980; January 8, 15, 26, 1981, and February 17, 1981, anc_ following said, hearings either approved, disapproved, or modified the recommendations of the Planning Commission, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DO HEREBY RESOLVE: Section 1: That the amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, attached hereto as Appendix "A", and commonly referred to as amend- ments to the "Valley Floor Plan", be and hereby are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein, and the same hereby is adopted. Section 2: That the Comprehensive Plan amendment be filed with the City Clerk and in the office of the Planning Department and be made available for public inspection upon request. PASSED at a regular meeting of the Kent City Council this 2nd day of March, 1981. C ISABEL HOGAN, YOR ATTEST: ~~a<&J MARIEJ ~, CITY CLERK ~ROVED AS TO FORM: \J~f~ DONALD E MIRK, CITY ATTORNEY I hereby certified that this is a true copy of Resolution No. 9c:2 c( , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, the 2nd day of March, 1981. (SEAL) Appendix A Amendments to the Valley Floor Plan OPEN SPACE GOAL 3: Preservation of the open, rural qualities of the Valley to complement new development. The Planning Department shall develop standards for the manner in which objectives and policies under this goal will be interpreted. These standards shall be reviewed and approved by the Council before implementation. Objective 1: Landscaping with materials compatible with the rural characteristics of the valley. Policy 1: Designate open space districts or buffer areas between abutting land use districts. Policy 2: Establish a street tree/boulevard beautification program. Policy 3: Objective 2: Policy 1: Policy 2: Policy 3: Policy 4: Objective 3: Policy 1: Develop a recommended planting list for trees, shrubs, and ground cover that industrial, residen- tial, commercial developments can utilize in the development of their plant landscaping. The plant list would include indigenous plants with low maintenance characteristics. Building design compatible with the rural char- acteristics of the valley. Limit use.of reflective materials. Encourage that the predominant colors used for building facades to be earth tones. Encourage low-profile buildings. Encourage the spacing of buildings so that open space or landscaping may be aggregated. Establishment of common-use open space. Require industrially developed areas to include open space features that can accommodate some of the recreational demand of employees. -i- Policy 2: Policy 3: Policy 4: Policy 5: Require residentiaL, industrial and commercial developments to dedicate land or contribute funds toward open space acquisition. Establish guidelines that lead to usable distri- butions of open space within new developments. Promote the development of scenic roads and pedestrian access to scenic areas. Setbacks along designated recreational and/or scenic routes shall allow for the provision of planned pedestrian/bicycle paths and/or planned tree-lined corridors. (as shown on Landscape Corridor map) . HOUSING GOAL 4: Utilization of the valley's amenities by residential population, while assuring protection from conflict with incom- patible activities. Policy 1: Preserve the advantage of proximity to urban services and amenities by providing adequate road improvements, bike-pedestrian pathways, and transit connections to Kent and the park- and-ride lot. Policy 2: Assure that adequate recreation facilities are programmed and that financing for them is tied to approvals of new residential development. Policy 3: Seek a diversity of building types that will. enhance the valley's scenic qualities. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOAL 1: Promote fill-in development of industrially developed area. (Existing Goal.) Objective 1: Policy 6: Minimize unnecessary public improvement and provide efficient municipal services. (Existing Objective.) Rezoning of RA and MA land for more intensive residential or industrial use should occur con- tiguous to areas already having services, utili- ties and adequate roads available. -ii- Policy 7: Policy 8: Areas rezoned for urban development shall be compact rather than scattered or strung out in linear patterns along arterial streets which would inter- fere with the utility and integrity of lands that are separated by the strip development. Strip developments also typically interfere with the capacity and safety of arterial streets serving them if each land use has separate access. Rezoning of RA and MA lands to more intensive use shall be predicated upon documentation of the need for additional residential, commercial or industrial land in Kent i.e., that documen- tation. shall consist of a fiscal impact analysis which deals with the direct public costs and revenues associated with the rezone. Goal 6: Gradual expansion of high-quality industrial park develop- ment into the study area encouraging those industrial uses that complement the river valley's characteristics. Policy 1: Policy 2: Large bulky structures should generally be dis- couraged from locating on riverfront lots. (Large and bulky refers to buildings with an area under one roof of 1.5 acres or greater and with a facade of 200 feet or more facing the Green River.} Limitation of arterial frontage locations for truck and auto rental or sales outlets. West Valley Highway shall be the only arterial allow- ing such abutting areas. Otherwise, such vehicle sales operations shall be located and oriented away from the east/west arterial streets intended to serve also as pedestrian/bicycle routes. Goal 7: Encourage orderly development that does not mar the valley scenery nor incur hidden costs to the public. Policy 1: Each development should dedicate and/or pay into a fund to acquire and develop adequate on-site and off-site facilities to serve the needs generated by users of the proposed project. -iii- ( I I' I' ,I I J: ! ' \\ II '\ \I, \. ,, 1\ ,·: l:,v ,. :' ,:( \\ \ \\ \ ,I II li :; I, '! II ! I s 116111 51 Landscape . Corridors -lV- .... - ., I c-! :i! ~J RErSIDei.JTI•'-L-- A~R.lc.u L.Tvl< AL- -;V- ··-'""' --. .,. ____ _ ' .. ' . . JL 7i•Nr~.!YuiiiTo·--·~ 7 ~ \ . II I I ~ 1 i e .. ~..o. .I I ,_