HomeMy WebLinkAbout3286Ordinance No. 3286
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=174 - Planning Commission
Passed 3/19/1996
Amending Ch. 2.30
Amended by Ord. 3512
Amended by Ord. 3926
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WHEREAS, as part of this reorganization, the City
Council established a new land use and planning board to replace
the duties and responsibilities of the planning commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to organize and
establish the duties and responsibilities of the land use and
planning board; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2.30 of the Kent City Code entitled
"Planning Agency" is hereby amended to read as follows:
AN
ORDINANCE of the
City Council of the
)Ie(
City of
Kent, Washington,
amending Chapter
2.30 of
the Kent City Code
relating to the
organization,
duties and responsibilities
of
the City
of Kent Land Use
and Planning Board.
WHEREAS,
the City Council
recently reorganized the
planning
agency of
the City of Kent;
and
WHEREAS, as part of this reorganization, the City
Council established a new land use and planning board to replace
the duties and responsibilities of the planning commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to organize and
establish the duties and responsibilities of the land use and
planning board; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2.30 of the Kent City Code entitled
"Planning Agency" is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2.30. PLANNING AGENCY
PART I. GENERALLY
Sec. 2.30.010. Planning authority.
The city council hereby declares its intention to perform
all planning functions under RCW ch. 35A.63 regarding planning
and zoning in code cities.
Sec. 2.30.020. Designation.
The planning agency of the city is hereby created. The
planning agency shall consist of the land use and planning board,
the planning department, and other bodies established by the city
council to perform planning functions on behalf of the City of
Kent. They shall serve in an advisory capacity to the mayor and
the city council.
PART 2. PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Sec. 2.30.060. Creation.
There is created the city planning department. The planning
department shall consist of the following divisions: planning
services development services and office of housing and human
services. The planning department shall perform planning and
zoning functions, conduct plan reviews and issue building and
development permits enforce building codes, manage the city's
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housing and human service program and perform other duties as
established by the city council.
Sec. 2.30.070. Duties and powers responsibilities.
The planning department shall have the following duties and
responsibilities.
A. The planning department through the planning director,
shall administer the affairs of the planning agency. It shall be
the duty of the planning director to be the official spokesperson
for the agency, to set the agenda for the land use and planning
board public hearings workshops, and meetings to prepare all
materials such as agendas staff reports and special reports for
the land use and planning board to collect and to analyze and
use is iespensible few eelleetrnff, anaiyoinq andf technical
data to determine logical matters of urban development within the
i city. The planning department shall be responsible for preparing
and updating the comprehensive plan,— and preparing
amendments to the zoning code, the subdivision code and any other
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related codes or ordinances -�,„�
planning . The planning department, through the
development services division shall issue building permits and
enforce the building codes as prescribed in Chapter 14.08
entitled "Enforcement of the Building Codes.”
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B. The planning dep= _tme agency, through the planning
department, shall maintain elese eentaet with tie =it ___-1
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through the of fi _ e f type—maye„_ advise the mayor and city
council on planning matters. The planning department may carry
out special projects at the request of the city council which
requests shall be forwarded to the planning direeter department
through the office of the mayor.
C. The planning department shall function as an
administrative department of the city aiding in the coordination
of city planning activities within the overall administrative
program of the city government. The planning department shall
forward items for consideration to the land use and planning
board.
D. The planning departme agency shall advise theity I �� a
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be responsible
for all planning matters, including, but not limited to,
,comprehensive plan formulation and amendments, annexation zoning,
zoning code subdivision code and other assigned codes. It shall
be the responsibility of the planning department to prepare the
plans and codes for these planning matters and the responsibility
of the land use and planning board to hold public hearings on
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these plans and codes when advised to do so by the planning
!department The land use and planning board after holding one
or moreublic hearin s shall forward its recommendation on the
plannina department's proposals to the city council for final
'action The council may hold public hearings and perform other
related functions on s ecific plannincf matters in addition to or
in lieu of delegating this function to the land use and planning
board.
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Sec. 2.30.080. Planning director--Creation-
There is hereby created the e4e position of city planning
director who shall be appointed by the mayor.
Sec. 2.30.394 090. Same --Duties and pewers responsibilities.
A. The planning director shall e be in charge of the
planning department. The planning director shall prepare an
annual planning program and an annual budget to implement this
program. The planning director shall represent the p-l���
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agency before government efzf-iej- ,f agencies and the
public as deemed necessary. The planning director or a designated
planning staff member shall be present at all city council and
'land use and planning board meetings and L 1___=__- -J -efRfR±Sq±en an
public hearings_ Elesignate a ffleffibeic of
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B. The planning director is responsible for hiring and
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Sec. 2.30.1-1-G 100. office of housing and human services --Created.
There is hereby created in the city the office of housing
and human services. The office of housing and human services
shall not be a separate department, but rather shall be a
division of the planning department, reporting directly to the
planning director.
Sec. 2.30.4r24 110. Same --General duties and pewers
responsibilities.
The office of housing and human services shall plan,
organize, and administer the activities and functions concerning
human service issues, including the development and assessment of
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human service needs, determination of priorities for human
services, evaluation and recommendation of funding requests, and
the monitoring of performance of services provided by human
service organizations and agencies. The office of housing and
human services shall coordinate activities with other human
service planning agencies and organizations. Additionally, the
office of housing and human services shall coordinate human
service activities between city administration and the city human
services commission, and shall implement policy recommendations
established by the human services commission and provide
necessary support to the human services commission in the
performance of its duties.
Sec. 2.30.4-3-G 120. Same --Manager.
The housing and human services manager shall manage the
office of housing and human services under the direct supervision
of the planning director as delegated pursuant to RCW Title 35A.
The housing and human services manager shall be appointed by the
planning director.
Sec. 2.30.1-4$ 130. Same --Staff.
The housing and human services manager shall, in accordance
with appropriate city policy, recruit and hire employees as may
be budgeted from time to time by the city council to the office
of housing and human services. Staff employees shall report
directly to the housing and human services manager.
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Sec. 2.30.16 140. Same --Salary of staff.
The salary of the housing and human services manager and
staff employees shall be that as established in the city annual
budget.
PART 3. LAND USE AND PLANNING BOARD
Sec. 2.30.1-74 150. Creation.
There is hereby created the land use and planning board.
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PART 3. LAND USE AND PLANNING BOARD
Sec. 2.30.1-74 150. Creation.
There is hereby created the land use and planning board.
Sec. 2.30.38.0-:160 Membership, terms residence requirements, and
(compensation.
jannjng-eeFRfa4:ttee as
the planning eeffifftittee.
A The land use and planning board shall consist of seven
!(7) members each of whom shall be appointed by the mayor and
confirmed by the cid council Appointments shall be deemed
confirmed if not acted on within thirty (30) days following the
mayor's submittal of his or her nomination to the council
president.
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B. The terms of office of the members of the land use and
planning board shall be three (3) years When a vacancy occurs
on the land use and planning board appointment for that position
shall be for three (3) years or for the remainder of the
unexpired term whichever is the shorter period of time. All new
terms shall expire on December 31 of the last year of the term.
No more than three (3) terms may expire in any given year.
C Initial appointments shall be as follows:
1) 2 seats for a one (1) year term
2) 2 seats for a two (2) year term
3) 3 seats for a three (3) year term
All appointments thereafter shall be for three (3) year terms.
D Members of the land use and planning board may be
dismissed by the mayor for missing twenty-five (25) percent or
more of the regularly scheduled meetings in a twelve month eriod
without such absence being excused by the board, for
i.nefficiency, for neglect of duty, for a finding by the land use
andnlanning board of a member's violation of any code of conduct
established by the board or for misfeasance or malfeasance in
office.
E As authorized pursuant to RCW 35 21 200, all appointees
'Ito the land use and planning board shall be residents of the City
of Kent When making the appointments the mayor shall consider
a ointments from residents residing at different locations of
the City.
F The appointed members of the land use and planning board
shall serve without compensation exceTpt that reimbursement for
authorized travel and subsistence may be made to the extent such
may be budcreted for by the city council. Reimbursement for such
shall come from the city budget cateaory designated planning
commission travel and mileage and subsistence.
Sec. 2.30.1-94 170. Organization, meetings, and records.
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A. The land use and planning board shall elect a chair
'person and vice -chair -person from amoncr its members which terms
shall expire December 31 each year. The secretary of the land
use and planning board shall be the planning director. The
secretary shall set the land use and planning board agenda for
workshops and public hearings prepare minutes which may be taken
from electronic recording of public hearings and keep such
records as are necessary for the -oroper o eration of the board
all of which shall be a matter of public record.
B. The land use and.iplannincf board shall conduct at least
'one re ular meeting each month for conducting general business., -
hearings,
usiness,hearin s and other related business exce t when there is not an
agenda item to be considered or heard in which case the land use
W and planning board secretary shall notify the board members the
local press and Qost a notice at the place the land use and
planning board regularly meets stating that due to a lack of
business a meeting is cancelled The land use and planning board
shall establish and operate under a set of bylaws, which bylaws
shall prescribe the rules of procedure for public hearings and
worksho-ps and a code of conduct for its members. The time and
place of regular and special meetings including workshops shall
be established by the bylaws.
Section 2.30.24-9--180. Duties and s responsibilities.
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A. The land use and planning board shall operate as part of
the planning aaencv and shall except in those instances when the
city council has determined to consider the matter, hold public
hearings on comprehensive plan formulation and amendments
annexation zoning zoning code and subdivision code and other
assigned code formulation and amendments which have been prepared
and submitted to the board by the planning department The land
use and planning board after holding one or more public hearings
on these matters, shall refer the planning department's proposals
and its recommendation to the city council for the council's
`final action.
B. In lieu of or in the alternative to the land use and
wlannina board considering and holding hearings and perform other
related functions on matters set forth in subsection (A) above
the city council may elect to perform these functions on such
matters directly without taking input from the land use and
planning board.
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Sec. 2.30.2-14 190. References to planning commission.
All references in the Kent City Code to the planning
'commission shall mean the land use and planning board.
SECTION 2. Transition of Boards. The City Council Planning
;Committee shall continue to sit as the land use and planning
board as authorized pursuant to ordinance No. 3252 until the land
use and planning board, as established pursuant to this
ordinance, is convened and the bylaws for said board are adopted.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity
or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its final
passage as provided by law.
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ATTEST:
-DoNNA SwAw DEPu-rY
TENS TT ('1/1T ER, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROGJ A. LUBOVICH, CITY ATTORN
e
PASSED day of 1996.
APPROVED day of `�} 1996.
PUBLISHED o-� day of 1996.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. 3 a g6O , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as
hereon indicated.
planbbb.ord
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(SEAL)
BRENDA
7TlSCGBER, CITY CLERK -D£PuTy
D0A)tJA SwAw
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