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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Land Use and Planning Board - 03/08/2021 (3) Pending Approval Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular Meeting Minutes March 8, 2021 Date: March 8, 2021 Time: 6:05 p.m. Place: THIS IS A REMOTE MEETING Attending: Ali Shasti, Chair Shane Amodei, Vice Chair Dione Dittmar, Katherine Jones, Joseph O'Toole, Agenda: 1. Call to Order 6:05 p.m. Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Ali Shasti Chair Present Shane Amodei Vice Chair Present Dione Dittmar Present Katherine Jones Present Joseph O'Toole Present 3. Approval of Minutes dated February 22, 2021 MOTION: Move to approve the Minutes dated February 22, 2021 RESULT: APPROVED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Shane Amodei, Joseph O'Toole AYES: Shasti, Amodei, Dittmar, O'Toole ABSENT: Jones 4. Changes to the Agenda 5. Kent Housing Options Plan (KHOP): Middle Housing and Outreach Results In the summer of 2019, the Washington State Legislature passed House Bill 1923 (HB 1923). This bill authorized funding to Washington State jurisdictions to choose from a menu of options, or complete a Housing Action Plan, with the intent of increasing housing availability. Staff have been working on the creation of the Kent Housing Options Plan (KHOP) as phase II of the expenditure of HB 1923 funds. Kaelene Nobis and Hayley Bonsteel summarized and shared information Page 1 of 2 Land Use and Planning Board Land Use Regular March 8, 2021 Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes shared the initial outreach findings gathered from an online survey, public meetings, and focus groups. There was a lively discussion after the presentation with members asking about developer involvement, types of middle housing options, design review for middle housing and availability of zoned property for middle housing. 6. Rooster Ban Zoning Code Amendment The City has received complaints that noise nuisances caused by roosters persists in the city. Following research and consultation with Legal, staff believes a Zoning Code amendment is needed, and should address the following: 1) Specifically banning roosters in Kent City Code 15.08.070 - keeping of animals. Currently, Kent addresses noise nuisances caused by roosters in the following code sections: Kent City Code 8.01.030(12) and Kent City Code 15.08.070(C) Kent Code Enforcement officers have found that it is difficult to enforce noise nuisances caused by roosters as the code requires them to personally hear or record the habitual making of noise to be able to issue a citation. Roosters are not specifically mentioned in this code section. Adding language to this code section banning roosters would allow Kent Code Enforcement officers to more effectively address noise nuisances caused by rooster ownership. Many other cities including Auburn, Renton, and Federal Way explicitly ban roosters within city boundaries. There were questions and discussion by the board regarding whether the code amendment goes far enough. There were concerns regarding whether the City has a limit to the amount of chickens allowed independent of lot size. There was also concern regarding large domesticated animals such as goats. 7. Adjournment 7:10 p.m. Tanya Kosen Committee Secretary Page 2 of 2