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Date: <br />Time: <br />Location <br />Present: <br />Absent: <br />Staff: <br />City of Tukwila <br />Planning Commission <br />PLANNING COMMISSION (PC) MINUTES <br />March 24, 2016 <br />6:30 PM <br />Council Chambers <br />Chair, Sharon Mann; Vice Chair, Miguel Maestas; Commissioners, Louise Strander, Brooke <br />Alford and Nhan Nguyen <br />Commissioner Mike Hansen <br />Minnie Dhaliwal, Planning Supervisor; and Wynetta Bivens, Planning Commission Secretary <br />Chair Mann called the public hearing to order. <br />Motion: Commissioner Nguyen made a motion to adopt the February 25, 2016 minutes. Commissioner <br />Maestas seconded the motion. All were in favor. <br />Request: Commissioner Strander requested revisions to the minutes. After reviewing the public hearing <br />recording staff determined that the applicable comments were already included in the minutes. <br />Chair Mann opened the public hearing and swore in those wishing to provide testimony. <br />CASE NUMBER: L16 -0010 <br />TITLE: 2016 Housekeeping Code Amendments <br />TOPIC: Housekeeping Code Amendments to Title 17, 18, 19 and 21 (Subdivision, <br />Zoning, Sign and SEPA Environmental Regulations) of the Tukwila <br />Municipal Code. The proposed amendments range from code clarification to <br />updating development regulations and permit processes. <br />LOCATION: City Wide <br />Minnie Dhaliwal, Planning Supervisor, Department of Community Development, gave the presentation. <br />Two comment letters and a list of additional amendments related to the Sign Code were entered into the record. <br />A copy of each of these items were previously handed out to each member of the Commission. The comment <br />letters were received during the review process; one from Washington State Department of Transportation <br />(WSDOT) and one from the Southcenter Square property owner. The list of additional Sign Code amendments <br />were content based regulations that the city attorney recommended to address in the ordinance. <br />The Commission reviewed proposed changes for the following four Ordinances: Sign Code, Zoning Code, <br />SEPA, and Subdivision/Plats. <br />Sign Code <br />Proposed sign code and sign permit changes: <br />Due to a Supreme Court's ruling on Reed v. Town of Gilbert staff is proposing eliminating any content <br />based regulations such as political signs, which are considered unconstitutional. <br />