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ORDINANCE NO. __317,3
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington, amending the City of Kent
comprehensive plan for the Del Mar Annexation Area.
WHEREAS, in 1990, the Washington 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(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 that the
cumulative effect of 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 Ordinancf
3237 establishing procedures for amendment to the Kent Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, on June 3, 1997, the Kent City Council adopted Ordinance
3351, relating to the annexation into the City of Kent of an area known as the Del Mar
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 Del Mar Annexation Area on the Plan's land use plan map; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the adoption of Ordinance 3351, the City's
planning staff began work on annexation zoning for the Del Mar Annexation Area, as
outlined in Section 15.09.055 of the Kent Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 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 Del Mar Annexation Area are consistent,
the Kent City Council adopted Resolution 1498 on October 7, 1997, which declared an
emergency to pursue a comprehensive plan amendment for the Del Mar Annexation Area;
and
WHEREAS, the Land Use and Planning Board conducted a public hearing
on September 22, 1997, on amendments to the comprehensive plan land use plan map for
the Del Mar Annexation Area; and
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 September 22, 1997, recommended approval
of a land use plan map amendment to the City Council; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council held two public hearings to consider the
recommendation of the Land Use and Planning Board. The first hearing was held on
October 7, 1997, and the second hearing was held on November 18, 1997; and
WHEREAS, at the November 18, 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 recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted an amendment to the land use plan
map in the Kent Comprehensive Plan for the Del Mar Annexation Area and that the
amended land use designations for the Del Mar Annexation Area be as illustrated in Exhibit
A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, the Washington State Environmental Act (SEPA) requires that
comprehensive plans be reviewed as to their potential environmental impact and that on
November 18, 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 November
18, 1997;
NOW THEREFORE,
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 Del Mar Annexation Areas is hereby amended as shown in
Exhibit A..
SECTION 2. - 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.
ATTEST:
I BRENDA JACOBEX, (CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROGER A. LUBOVICH, CITY A 1QRNFY�
PASSED: day of i L 6L,—i -� 1997.
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APPROVED: day of 2 1997.
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PUBLISHED: 12— day of '1997.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No.
-1-3-7-3 ,passed
by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the
City of Kent as hereon indicated.
f =cam-�� (SEAL)
BRENDA JAC E , CITY CLERK
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