HomeMy WebLinkAbout1663RESOLUTION NO. J 6/J
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington, declaring an emergency to pursue a
revision of the Kent Comprehensive Plan to ensure
compliance with RCW 36. 70A.
WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth Management Act ("GMA")
requires the City to conform with the requirements of the GMA including development
of a comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the GMA requires cities to revise their comprehensive
plans and development regulations by December I, 2004, and every seven (7) years
thereafter to ensure that the comprehensive plan and development regulations comply
with the requirements of the GMA; and
WHEREAS, the GMA requires each jurisdiction to establish
procedures governing amendments to the comprehensive plan considered by the city
council (RCW 36.70A.l30(2)), and limits these amendments to once each year unless
certain circumstances exist; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kent has established a procedure for amending
the Comprehensive Plan in chapter 12.02 of the Kent City Code, which permits
amendments to the Comprehensive Plan in addition to the standard annual update if an
emergency exists, and which defines emergency as an issue of community-wide
significance that promotes the public health, safety, and general welfare; and
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2002, staff presented to the Planning
Committee a list of proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan; and
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Comprehensive Plan Update
Declllring Emergency
WHEREAS, on May 13, 2002, the Land Use and Planning Board began
consideration of amendments to each element of the Comprehensive Plan in workshops
and public hearings, and reviewed the last element in a public hearing on December 8,
2003; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use and Planning Board will hold a fmal
workshop and public hearing on the entire comprehensive plan in early 2004, and will
make a recommendation to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the GMA requires development regulations to be
consistent with and implement the comprehensive plan, and in order to complete any
necessary revisions to the development regulations by the December 1, 2004
deadline, the City must first complete revisions to the Comprehensive Plan; NOW
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Given that the update to the Comprehensive Plan and
development regulations are due by December 1, 2004; that the update to the
Comprehensive Plan must occur before the City can complete revisions to the
development regulations; and that the deadline for submittal of requests for annual
comprehensive plan amendments is September 1st of each year, completion of the
update to the Comprehensive Plan outside of the annual amendment process is
necessary to comply with GMA and constitutes an issue of community-wide
significance that promotes the public health, safety, and general welfare in accordance
with the definition of an emergency as set forth in section 12.02.010 of the Kent City
Code.
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SECTION 2. The City Council, therefore, declares that an emergency
exists and authorizes staff to process revisions to the Comprehensive Plan outside the
annual amendment process in 12.02.o30 KCC.
PAS SED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington this C;tlv day of January, 2004.
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CONCURRED in by the mayor of the city of Kent, this~ day of January,
2004.
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. / ~ {, 3,
passed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, the~ day of January,
2004.
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