HomeMy WebLinkAbout1445RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of
Kent, Washington, declaring an emergency
to pursue a comprehensive plan amendment
for the area known as the Meridian
Annexation Area.
WHEREAS, the King County Boundary Review Board (BRB)
approved the annexation into the City of Kent of the area known as
the Meridian Annexation Area on August 10, 1995; and
WHEREAS, after a public hearing, the Kent City Council
voted to approve the annexation of the Meridian Annexation Area
into the City of Kent, effective January 1, 1996, on August 15,
1995; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Jim White instructed Planning Department
staff to prepare zoning proposals for the Meridian Annexation Area
for review by the Planning Commission and City Council, with the
intent that the zoning for the area would be adopted and in place
by January 1, 1996; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act requires that all
development regulations be consistent with a jurisdiction's
Comprehensive Plan (RCW 36.70A.120); and
WHEREAS, the Kent City Council adopted the City's
Comprehensive Plan on April 18, 1994, and the Land Use Plan Map in
the Land Use Element of the plan included land use designations for
the Meridian Annexation Area; and
WHEREAS, it may be necessary to amend the Comprehensive
Plan's Land Use Plan Map to ensure that the zoning map amendments
which are adopted for the Meridian Annexation Area are completely
consistent with the Land Use Plan Map; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act and Ordinance No. 3237
authorize the City to amend its Comprehensive Plan only once per
calendar year, except in the case of an emergency; and that an
emergency is defined as 11 an issue of community-wide significance
that promotes the public health, safety, and general welfare 11 ; and
WHEREAS, the City Council Planning Committee considered
this issue on September 5, 1995, and voted to recommend to the City
Council that an emergency be declared by resolution to pursue a
comprehensive plan amendment for the Meridian Annexation Area; NOW
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the scope of the work required to adopt
zoning map and land use map amendments for the Meridian Annexation
Area, combined with the requirement that the zoning and land use
maps be consistent with one another, require that a comprehensive
plan amendment for the Meridian Annexation Area be processed
concurrently with the zoning and land use map amendments.
Section 2. That ensuring zoning and land use map
amendments for the Meridian Annexation Area that are consistent
with one another constitutes an issue of community-wide
significance that promotes the public health, safety and general
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welfare in accordance with the definition of an emergency set forth
in Ordinance No. 3237.
Section 3. The City therefore declares that an emergency
exists and authorizes a comprehensive plan amendment for the
Meridian Annexation Area, said amendment to be considered by the
Planning Commission and City Council concurrently with the zoning
and land use map amendments for the Meridian Annexation Area.
Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington this !9 of ~li,.~ , 1995.
Concurred in by the Mayor of the City of Kent, this ;lO
day of ~1.irrJ-erL , 1995.
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBER.t
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Y CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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LUBOVICH, CITY
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I hereby certify that this lS a true and correct copy of
Resolution No. 1'/l/5 , passed by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, the /9 day of ~liirni~L, 1995.
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BRENDA JACO ER, CITY CLERK
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