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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1470RESOLUTION NO. / Lf 7 0 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, declaring an emergency under KCC Chapter 12.02 to pursue an amendment to the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan. WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth Management Act and Chapter 12.02 of the Kent City Code authorize the City of Kent to amend its Comprehensive Plan only once per calendar year except in the case of an emergency; and WHEREAS, under Section 12.02.035 of the Kent city Code an emergency is defined as an issue of community-wide significance that promotes the public health, safety and general welfare; and WHEREAS, the City of Kent began hearings with its Planning Commission on the proposed Kent Comprehensive Plan from July to December of 1994 in which a draft plan was considered by the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission's recommendations were referred to the City Council who in turn referred the Commission's recommendations to the Council's Planning Committee; and WHEREAS, the Council Planning Committee conducted hearings from March through April of 1995 on the draft Kent Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, at a March 7, 1995, hearing, a member of the public testified, and requested that the City allow more flexibility for retail uses in the M-1(C} Zoning District; and WHEREAS, on March 28, 1995, after reviewing the request for more flexibility in the M-1(C} Zoning District, and in preparation for the Planning Committee's April 4, 1995, meeting, the planning department staff prepared a memorandum recommending the addition of a land use policy (LU-16.4} which would allow more flexibility for retail uses in the M-1(C) Zoning District; and WHEREAS, on April 4, 1995, the Council Planning Committee considered this recommendation and unanimously voted to add policy LU-16.4 to the Land Use Element of the Kent Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, on April 4, 1995, the Planning Committee voted to forward the draft Comprehensive Plan, as amended, on to the full City Council; and WHEREAS, the Exhibits attached to Council's packet included the added policy LU-16.4 as considered and recommended by the Kent Planning Committee, but the Exhibit which included LU-16.4 was inadvertently omitted from the Ordinance actually adopted by the Kent City Council; and WHEREAS, the intent of the Planning Committee was to include LU-16.4 as an added Land Use Policy to the Land Use Element of the Kent Comprehensive Plan; and 2 WHEREAS, the public participated in public hearings and expressed its desire that the City adopt this additional Land Use Element into the Kent Comprehensive Plan thereby allowing greater flexibility in the M-1(C) Zoning District; and WHEREAS, the expectations of the public who attended the public hearings before the Planning Committee and the City Council were that the Kent Comprehensive Plan would include the added Land Use Policy LU-16.4; and WHEREAS, an omitted policy from the Land Use Element of the Kent Comprehensive Plan defeats the expectations of the participants in the public hearings and the recommendations of the Kent Planning Committee; and WHEREAS, amending the Kent Comprehensive Plan to include Land Use Element Policy LU-16.4 is consistent with the expectations of the public during public hearings at which the matter was discussed and promotes the public health, safety and general welfare of the public; NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City council of the City of Kent finds that the inadvertent omission of Land Use Element Policy LU-16.4 is an issue of community-wide significance as it affects the expectations of the public who participated in the public hearings and its omission from the Kent Comprehensive Plan is not consistent with the recommendation of the Kent Planning Committee, or the intent of the Kent City Council. Section 2. The City Council of the City of Kent therefore declares that an emergency exists pursuant to KCC 12.02.035 necessitating the preparation of a Comprehensive Plan 3 Amendment to amend the Kent Comprehensive Plan's Land Use Element to include LU-16.4 attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference. Section 3. The City Council of the city of Kent therefore resolves that a Comprehensive Plan Amendment be prepared for the adoption of omitted policy LU-16.4 to the Land Use Element of the Kent Comprehensive Plan. Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington this 1 day of lli.4if , 1996. 1 Concurred in by the Mayor of the City of Kent, this day of MCUJ= 1996. 41~.~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. (Sf70 , passed by the city Council of the City of Kent, Washington, the 7 day of ~ , 1996. .:tllllp81Jimd.res 4 ~EAL) Y CLERK EXHIBIT A Policy LU-16.4 -To expand retail opportunities to provide necessary personal and business services for the general industrial area, implement the recommendations of the West Valley Industrial Study regarding potential areas for expanded retail opportunities for properties within the Ml Industrial Park district.