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2004 Comprehensive Plan Update
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ORDINANCE NO. 31 9?
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington, amending the City of Kent
Comprehensive Plan in compliance with the requirements
of the Growth Management Act (CPA -2002-1).
RECITALS
A. Per RCW 36.70A.130(4), the Growth Management Act (GMA) requires
the City of Kent to review and revise its Comprehensive Plan and development
regulations by December 1, 2004, to ensure that the Comprehensive plan and the
development regulations are in compliance with the requirements of the GMA.
B. The GMA requires each jurisdiction to establish public participation
procedures whereby amendments and updates to the Comprehensive Plan are considered
by the City (RCW 36.70A.130(2)). During the current Comprehensive Plan update
process, the City provided a docketing procedure to solicit public input and publicized the
update efforts through direct mailings, news paper articles, and the City's website. In
accord with Kent City Code section 12.02.060, the City of Kent Land Use and Planning
Board held the following workshops and public hearings on the chapters of the
Comprehensive Plan designated below:
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Chapter
Workshop
Public Hearing
Introduction
5/13/2002
10/28/2002
Community Profile
9/09/2002
10/28/2002
Framework Policies
5/13/2002
10/28/2002
Land Use Element
12/09/2002
7/28/2003
1/13/2002
2/10/2003
3/10/2003
4/14/2003
Community Design
6/10/2002
7/22/2002
10/14/2002
5/27/2003
12/09/2002
3/24/2003
Housing Element
10/14/2002
11/25/2002
Human Services Element
10/14/2002
11/25/2002
Capital Facilities Element
4/28/2003
8/25/2003
Transportation Element
11/24/2003
12/08/2003
Park & Open Space Element
7/08/2002
8/26/2002
Utilities Element
9/23/2002
10/28/2002
Economic Development
7/08/2002
8/26/2002
Entire Comprehensive Plan
2/09/2004
3/08/2004
C. At the conclusion of the March 8, 2004, public hearing, the Land Use and
Planning Board recommended approval of the updated Comprehensive Plan to the City
Council with itemized concerns.
D. On June 1, 2004, the City Council remanded two Comprehensive Plan
policies to staff for re -review, clarification, and forwarding to the Council's Planning and
Economic Development Committee. On June 14, 2004, the Committee performed
additional review, and on July 6, 2004, the City Council held an additional public heanng
and then approved the updates to the Comprehensive Plan as shown in the attached
Exhibit A incorporated by this reference.
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E. The updates to the Comprehensive Plan address issues of compliance with
the GMA, demographic adjustments based on the City's expanded boundaries and new
2000 U.S. Census data, synthesized household and employment allocations, and
refinements based on new and updated regional planning documents. The updates include
language to reflect planning documents that the City has adopted such as the 2003-2007
Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development; Interim 2000
Comprehensive Park, Recreation and Community Services Plan; the Downtown Strategic
Action Plan (1998); and the Kent Economic Development Strategic Plan 2003-2008.
Incorporated in the updates are the results from the Innovative Housing Workshop;
performance measures to evaluate levels -of -service; updates to the 6 -year Capital
Facilities Project and the Transportation Capital Improvements Program; and the goals
and policies from the City's 1999 Shoreline Master Program.
F. In terms of specific chapters, the Framework Policies have been updated to
create new language in the Kent Planning Goals addressing best available science and
supporting designated agricultural resource lands. The Land Use Element contains
updated inventories of land use designations, critical areas, and designated resource land.
The Potential Annexation Area map has been revised to reflect revisions made in the
Countywide Planning Policies and the Land Use map has been revised to reflect changes
in City and County land use designations. In the Community Design Element a new
section has been added on Environmentally Sensitive Design and Construction Goals &
Policies in support of low impact development principles. The Capital Facilities Element
focuses on performance measures to achieve a level -of -service and updates funding for the
Capital Improvement Program.
G. The Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) requires that
amendments to the Comprehensive Plan be reviewed for their potential impacts on the
environment. On March 1, 2004, the City of Kent issued an Addendum to the
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Environmental Impact Statement that was prepared for the Kent Comprehensive Plan (the
"SEPA Addendum'). This SEPA Addendum analyzed the potential impact of various
Comprehensive Plan amendments (#ENV -93-51).
H. On January 15, 2004, the City provided the required sixty (60) day
notification under RCW 36.70A.106 to the state of Washington of the City's proposed
update to the Comprehensive Plan. On February 11, 2004, the City received comments
regarding the update from the Washington State Department of Community, Trade &
Economic Development (CTED). CTED's comments indicated that the proposed update
demonstrated consistency with the requirements of the Growth Management Act and with
the Countywide Planning policies. CTED stated that the update included a number of
excellent policies to support a vibrant and livable community, and CTED's concerns
regarding density issues were analyzed by the City and subsequently addressed in the
update.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE
SECTION]. -Update The City of Kent Comprehensive Plan adopted by
Ordinance No. 3222, is hereby updated to comply with the requirements of the Growth
Management Act. The update to the Comprehensive Plan is attached -and incorporated as
Exhibit "A".
SECTION2. - Severabilt . If any one or more sections, sub -sections, 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.
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SECTION3. -Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force thirty (30) days from and after the date of passage as provided by law.
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBER, ITY CLERK
APPROVED AS
CITY ATTORNEY
PASSED ;0 day ofVu-e y� 72004.
APPROVED a i day of S c!LA yam, 2004.
PUBLISHED a Lf day of UU , 2004.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. 36 97, passed by
the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City
of Kent as hereon indicated.
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