HomeMy WebLinkAbout3368ORDINANCE NO. 336
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington, amending the City of Kent
Comprehensive Plan for the Meridian Valley Annexation
Area.
WHEREAS, in 1990 the Washington State Legislature adopted the Growth
Management Act as Chapter 36.70A RCW (GMA), requiring jurisdictions throughout the
State of Washington, to prepare and adopt comprehensive plans; and
WHEREAS, the Kent City Council adopted the City of Kent
Comprehensive Plan on April 18, 1995; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130 (2), the GMA states that each
Comprehensive Land Use Plan shall be subject to continuing evaluation and review by the
City upon adoption; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130 (2) each jurisdiction is required
under the GMA to establish procedures whereby proposed amendments or revisions of the
comprehensive plan are considered by the City Council no more frequently than once a
year; that all proposals shall be considered by the City Council concurrently so the
cumulative effect of the various proposals can be ascertained; and that the City may adopt
amendments or revisions to the comprehensive plan whenever an emergency exists; and
WHEREAS, on July 6, 1995 the Kent City Council adopted Ordinance No.
3237 establishing procedures for amendment to the Kent Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, on April 15, 1997, the Kent City Council adopted Ordinance
No. 3344, relating to the annexation into the City of Kent of the area known as the
Meridian Valley annexation area, and that this area would become part of the City of Kent
on July 1, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the Kent Comprehensive Plan includes land use designations
for the Meridian Valley annexation area on the plan's Land Use Plan Map; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the adoption of Ordinance No. 3344 the City's
Planning staff began work on annexation zoning for the Meridian Valley annexation area,
as outlined in Section 15.09.055 of the Kent Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 36.70A.120 the GMA requires that the City enact
development regulations which are consistent with and implement its comprehensive plan;
and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the Comprehensive Plan land use
designations and zoning map amendments for the Meridian Valley annexation area are
consistent, the Kent City Council adopted Resolution No. 1498 on October 7, 1997, which
declared an emergency to pursue a comprehensive plan amendment for the Meridian Valley
annexation area; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use and Planning Board conducted a public hearing
on August 25, 1997, on amendments to the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Plan Map for
the Meridian Valley Annexation Area; and
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WHEREAS, the Land Use and Planning Board considered various
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Plan Map alternatives and public testimony during its
public hearings, and following its deliberations on August 25, 1997, recommended
approval of a Land Use Plan Map Amendment to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held two public hearings on the
recommendation of the Land Use and Planning Board: the first hearing was held on
September 16, 1997 and the second hearing was held on October 21, 1997; and
WHEREAS, at the October 21, 1997 hearing, the City Council heard
additional, new public testimony; and
WHEREAS, the City Council moved to close the public hearing, considered
the public testimony provided at the hearings, and moved to modify the Land Use and
Planning Board's land Use Plan Map Recommendation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted an amendment to the Land Use Plan
I Map in the Kent Comprehensive Plan for the Meridian Valley Annexation Area, and that
I the amended land use designations for the Meridian Valley Annexation Area be as
illustrated in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
requires that comprehensive plans be reviewed as to their potential environmental impact,
and that on October 28, 1997, the City of Kent issued an Addendum to the Environmental
Impact Statement which was prepared for the Kent Comprehensive Plan, and that this
Addendum analyzed the comprehensive plan amendments adopted by the City Council on
October 21, 1997; NOW THEREFORE,
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Land Use Plan Map in the City of Kent Comprehensive
Plan for the area known as the Meridian Valley Annexation Area is hereby amended as
shown in Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that the amendment outlined in
Exhibit A meets the criteria for a comprehensive plan amendment as outlined in Section
12.02.050 of the Kent City Code.
SECTION 3. - 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 4. - Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force thirty (30) days from the time of its final approval and passage as provided by law.
JI,X,fWHITE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBE , CI ; CLERK
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROGER A. LI7BOVICH,
PASSED: day of-���eit- , 1997.
APPROVED: T day of �t r.-��E/Li , 1997.
PUBLISHED: r day of 51997.
, 1997.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. -33(og' , passed
by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the
City of Kent as hereon indicated.
BRENDA JACO R CITY CLERK
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