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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington, relating to land use and zoning and
public health, safety and general welfare,
establishing a temporary interim map and
temporary interim zoning controls on land use
zones authorizing multifamily development
within the City of Kent; declaring an emergency.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals and Findings
1.1 City of Kent has experienced and continues to
experience extreme population and employment growth resulting in
:ompeting demands for facilities and services and requiring
extensive land use planning and regulation. This growth includes
i dramatic percentage increase in the City's residential housing
3evoted to multifamily housing. Currently, 68 percent of the
�ity's residential housing is multifamily housing.
1.2 Policy direction from Council to address the impacts
3f the growth and, specifically, multifamily housing, is set forth
Ln Resolution No. 1123 which required the Planning Commission to
bring before the Council recommendations for a minimum of a 20
Dercent reduction in multifamily housing development in the City.
1.3 The policy differs substantially from existing
zoning and, therefore, the Commission recommendations will seek to
=_stablish specific land use and zoning changes that will
accomplish this policy direction of the Council.
1.4 The Kent Planning Department conducted a study
related to multifamily housing available in the City and made
recommendations to the Kent Planning Commission. The Kent
Planning Commission has conducted extensive public hearings to
lonsider these proposals and is prepared to make recommendations
o the Kent City Council.
1.5 From January 1, 1987 through December 29, 1989,
applications for 3140 multifamily units were filed with and
accepted by the City of Kent. Currently, 11 applications
for 741 multifamily housing units are pending with the City.
1.6 Continued applications for multifamily housing
development in advance of Council consideration and adoption of
recommendations related to multifamily housing reduction will
preclude consideration of significant and potentially desirable
land use alternatives by the Council during its review process,
set a development pattern which may not be in the public interest
and may be inconsistent with Council Resolution No. 1123 .
Council could be foreclosed from truly considering planning in
area zoning options if application for development of multifamily
housing occurred before final adoption of comprehensive plan and
zoning amendments.
1.7 Development of properties under existing zoning in
advance of the adoption of any changes would preclude
consideration of significant and potentially desirable land use
alternatives through the planning process, set development pattern
which is not in the public interest, and be inconsistent with City
Council Resolution No.
1.8 An interim ordinance to regulate development of
multifamily housing is warranted as a temporary, emergency measure
o safeguard the public welfare pending the adoption of new
comprehensive plan and zoning measures and as a safeguard against
he loss of planning alternatives presented to the public and in
he planning process.
1.9 In order to meet this emergency and to be able to
properly plan, all existing property currently zoning multifamily,
that being all MRD, MRG, MRM, and MRH property and all other zones
ithin the City where multifamily is a conditional use should be
oned R1-20, as interim zoning.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES HEREBY
N AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. All existing properties zoned multifamily
ithin the City of Kent, that being properties zoned MRD, MRG,
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, and MRH are limited to land use and zoning allowed for
perties zoned R1-20 as specifically as shown in the
prehensive plan overlay map to be prepared by the Planning
artment and appended to this ordinance.
Section 2. For all land in the City of Kent where
ultifamily is a conditional use, no conditional use shall be
ranted for multifamily purposes and, for that conditional use
nly, may only be granted at a zoning of R1-20.
Section 3. These interim controls and zoning as applied
n Sections 1 and 2 shall be in effect for 90 days from the
ffective date of this ordinance or until the adoption and
ffective date of amendments to the comprehensive plan and/or
oning code related to multifamily development as referenced
.erein, which ever comes first.
Section 4. The City Council finds as a fact and declares
that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of
Dublic peace, health or safety and for the support of city
jovernment and its existing public institutions, and by reason of
the facts above stated and the emergency which is hereby declared
to exist, this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
the approval or signing of the same by the Mayor or passage over
Zis veto, as provided by law.
ST:
E JENSEN, CITY CLERK
DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
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D AS TO FORM:
ANDRA DRISCOLL, CITY ATTORNEY
PASSED the day of , 1990.
PPROVED the day of , 1990.
UBLISHED the day of , 1990.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
o. , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
ashington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereo
indicated.
7990-280
(SEAL)
MARIE JENSEN, CITY CLERK
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