HomeMy WebLinkAbout3136Ordinance No. 3136
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=458 — Subdivision Codes
Passed 10/5/1993
Amending Sec. 12.04.170 and adding new Sec. 12.04.235
Amended by Ord. 3511
Amended by Ord. 3906 (Ch. 12.04)
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ORDINANCE NO. 31-36
AN ORDINANCE, of the City of Kent,
Washington, amending 12.04.170 of the Kent
City Code to provide public notice of a
proposed short subdivision to adjacent
property owners, and adding a new subsection
12.04.170(F), describing the manner in which
notice shall be given, and adding a new
section, 12.04.235, allowing for written
public response to the proposed short
subdivision.
WHEREAS, the Kent City Code currently permits the short
subdivision of up to nine lots; and
WHEREAS, the Short Subdivision Committee can currently
consider a short subdivision proposal without public notice to
adjacent property owners; and
WHEREAS, the public interest would be additionally served
if the public were allowed to offer a written response prior to the
Short Subdivision Committee taking action on a short subdivision
application ; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Kent City Code (KCC) subsection 12.04.170
is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 12.04.170. Short Subdivision Committee.
A. The short subdivision committee shall consist of one
(1) planning commissioner; the director of parks and recreation;
the planning director, who shall be chairman; the director of
public works, who may designate the city engineer to attend in his
absence with full voting power; and the fire chief, who may
designate the chief of the fire prevention bureau to sit in his
absence with full voting power.
B. Three (3) of the five (5) members of the short
subdivision committee must be present in order for the committee to
take any action.
C. A meeting attended by the applicant or
be
representative and the short subdivision committee receiptmtrs shall
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held within *'' ' '"' forty—L4-01 days of
application. The meeting shall be open to the public.
D. The short subdivision committee may approve, approve
with modifications and conditions, or deny the application for a
short subdivision. Any short subdivision which is in excess of four
(4) lots shall be subject to full subdivision standards and shall
comply with the following sections of this Code: section 12.04.410
D., installation of improvements or bonding in lieu of
improvements; section 12.04.420 B.,
final plat requirements;
section 12.04.430, general requirements and minimum standards of
residential design; and section 12.04.500, general requirements and
minimum standards of industrial and commercial design.
g. The decision of the short subdivision committee
shall be made at the short subdivision committee meeting. An
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Iadditional meeting may be called if no decision is reached at the
first meeting. The second meeting shall be no later than seven (7)
days after the first meeting.
An applicant may request that an
application, on which the short subdivision committee has taken
affirmative action, be reopened by the committee if it is found by
the planning director and the applicant that new information has
come to light that might affect the action taken by the short
subdivision committee. In case of a denial by the short subdivision
committee, any appeal shall be made to the city council as per
section 12.04.250. New information may be presented during city
council consideration of the appeal.
g, Notice of the short subdivision committee meeting
shall be given in the following manner.
1. Notice shall be iven in wrn to all
2.� One 1 notice of the short subdivision
days after receipt of the application.
Section 2. There is hereby added to Chapter 12.04 of
the Kent City code, a new section, 12.04.235, to be read as
follows:
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Sec. 12.04.235. public Response.
fifteen t15) day application period has passed.
ISection 3. Severability. If any one or more of these
section, subsections, or sentences of this chapter are held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall notaffect
ffect the
the same
validity of the remaining portion of this chapter
shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. this ordinance shall take effect and be in
force thirty (30) days from and after its passage, approval and
publication as provided by laws.
D KELLEHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACO R, ITY CLERK
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I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. 31,36 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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