HomeMy WebLinkAbout3473Ordinance No. 3473
["Beginning July 1, 1998"]
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
Amends Ord. 3222
ORDINANCE NO. 3 V 73
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington, amending the City of Kent Zoning
Map to change the zoning designation from Office -Mixed
Use (O -MU) to Multi -Family Residential -Townhouse (MR -
T16) for a 4.8 acres property located generally at the
northwest corner of the intersection of South 260th Street
and 108th Avenue SE, south of Kent-Kangley Road (CPZ-
98-9).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Washington Growth Management Act
("GMA"), the City of Kent accepts applications for comprehensive plan and zoning map
amendments once each year•, and
WHEREAS, among the applications received by the City was a valid
application requesting comprehensive plan and zoning map amendments involving a 4.8
acre property located generally at the northwest corner of the intersection of South 26e
Street and 108th Avenue SE, south of Kent-Kangley Road; and
WHEREAS, this proposed comprehensive plan amendment and zoning
map amendment was considered by the Land Use and Planning Board and City Council
as part of the 1998 proposed comprehensive plan amendments; and
WHEREAS, the Kent Land Use & Planning Board held public hearings
on the proposed comprehensive plan and zoning map amendments on November 23,
November 30, and December 14, 1998; and
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WHEREAS, the Kent Land Use & Planning Board reviewed the proposed
� amendments, took public testimony, and moved to recommend denial of the
comprehensive plan amendments CPA -98-2(1) and CPZ-98-9 to the full City Council; and
WHEREAS, on February 2, 1999, the Kent City Council voted to take
final action and tabled this comprehensive plan and zoning amendment application for
further deliberation because:
1. The applicants had proposed to develop condominiums on the site;
2. The City Council and Mayor had expressed interest in the idea of
developing a zoning designation that would encourage condominium
developments in the City; and
3. The City Council tabled this application until such time a new
condominium zoning designation was established; and
WHEREAS, on August 3, 1999, after meetings and public hearings with
the Public Works and Planning Committee and the Land Use and Planning Board, the
City Council voted to adopt two new Multifamily Residential -Townhouse zoning districts
that require condominium development, designated as the MR -T12 and MR -T16 zones;
and
WHEREAS, on August 17, 1999, the City Council approved the creation
of an ordinance for the MR -T12 and MR -T16 zoning districts which would permit the
development of townhouse condominium units at 12 units per acre and 16 units per acre,
respectively; and
WHEREAS, on September 7, 1999, after a public hearing and concurrence
from the applicant, the City Council voted to amend the comprehensive plan designation
of the subject 4.8 acres property from Mixed Use to Low Density Multifamily Residential
and to amend the zoning map designation from Office -Mixed Use (O -MU) to Multifamily
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Residential Townhouse (MR -T16); NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Kent zoning map is hereby amended to
establish a new zoning map designation for the 4.8 acre property located at the northwest
corner of south 260`x' Street and 108'h Avenue SE, and south of Kent-Kangley Road, Kent,
Washington from a zoning designation of Office -Mixed Use (O -MU) to Multi -Family
Residential -Townhouse (MR -T16) as depicted in the attached Exhibit A, incorporated by
this reference (CPZ-98-9).
SECTION 2. - Severability. If any one or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this Ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance and the same shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. - Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from and after the date of passage and publication as provided by law.
ATTEST:
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BRENDA JACOB , ITY CLERK
—JRd WH -E, MAYORS
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RO R A. LUBOVICH, CIT ATTORNEY
PASSED: / day of lam- 1999.
APPROVED: ! day of e-, v«1�L- , 1999.
PUBLISHED: day of91999.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. 3 q 13, passed
by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the
City of Kent as hereon indicated.
-(SEAL)
BRENDA JAC , CITY CLERK
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