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City of Tukwila
Washington
Ordinance No.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, APPROVING THE CITY'S PACIFIC
HIGHWAY REVITALIZATION PLAN, TOGETHER WITH AN
ADDENDUM, AS AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN OF THE CITY;
DETERMINING THAT THE BLIGHTED AREA IDENTIFIED BY
PREVIOUS RESOLUTION IS AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA
SUITABLE FOR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS; DETERMINING
THAT THE CITY IS THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY TO EXERCISE
ITS URBAN RENEWAL POWERS; AND AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS TO CARRY OUT
THOSE POWERS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila, Washington (the "City by Ordinance 1757, passed on
December 4, 1995, adopted a Comprehensive Land Use Plan (the "Comprehensive Plan and
included within that plan certain goals and elements with respect to the Pacific Highway (now
known and hereinafter referred to as Tukwila International Boulevard) corridor; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted a Zoning Code by Ordinance 1758, passed on December 4,
1995, and last amended by Ordinance 1872, passed June 21, 1999, consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, after a four -year effort involving numerous citizens, advisory panels, elected
officials and staff and following formal review and comment by the City's Planning
Commission and a duly advertised public hearing, the City, by Ordinance 1848 passed August
17, 1998, adopted the Pacific Highway Revitalization Plan (the "Pacific Highway Plan and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Code amendments adopted by Ordinance 1865, passed on
January 19, 1999, included changes designed to assist in the implementation of the Pacific
Highway Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted, by Resolution 1435, findings to the effect that a limited
area of the Tukwila International Boulevard corridor, generally bounded by S. 140th Street,
42nd Avenue South, S. 146th Street and 37th Avenue South (the "Area is a blighted area and
that the Area needs to be reclaimed through redevelopment and /or revitalization; and
WHEREAS, to eliminate blight in the Area, to implement the Pacific Highway Plan, and
to exercise its power under Chapter 35.81 RCW, Urban Renewal Law, the City desires to create
an urban renewal plan and within the plan to designate the Area as an urban renewal area;
and
WHEREAS, the Pacific Highway Plan, together with the urban renewal addendum,
satisfies the requirements of an urban renewal plan as defined by Chapter 35.81.010 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the City's SEPA Official has conducted an environmental review of the
Pacific Highway Plan per Chapter 43.21, RCW, State Environmental Policy Act, and has issued
a Determination of Nonsignificance; and
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WHEREAS, the City's SEPA Official has conducted an additional environmental review
per Chapter 43.21, RCW, State Environmental Policy Act, on the addendum to the Pacific
Highway Plan, the urban renewal plan, and has issued an addendum to the Determination of
Nonsignificance on the environmental checklist created for the Pacific Highway Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City's Planning Commission has held a public hearing and reviewed and
recommended to the City Council on the urban renewal addendum, all in accordance with
Chapter 35.81.060 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to formally readopt the Pacific Highway Plan, together with
the urban renewal addendum, as the Tukwila International Boulevard Plan— Revitalization
and Urban Renewal (the "Plan (Attachment A);
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings. The City makes the following Findings of Fact.
A. The recitals set forth above are hereby adopted as part of the City Council's Findings
of Fact and are by this reference incorporated herein as if fully set forth in their entirety.
B. The Area as described above and within the Plan is hereby declared to be an "urban
renewal area" as defined in Chapter 35.81.010(16) RCW, and the rehabilitation, redevelopment
or combination thereof in the Area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety,
morals or welfare of the residents of the City of Tukwila.
C. The Plan conforms to the City's Comprehensive Plan or parts thereof.
D. The Plan affords maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the
municipality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the Area by private
enterprise by providing for sound and consistent planning for the Tukwila International
Boulevard corridor as a whole and the Area specifically.
E. As set forth in the City of Tukwila Capital Improvement Plan, Comprehensive Plan
and through existing and proposed annual budgets, the City has provided for a sound and
adequate financial plan in order to implement the Plan.
Section 2. Adoption of Urban Renewal Plan. In accordance with the findings contained
in Section 1, the City Council of the City of Tukwila hereby amends and readopts the Pacific
Highway Revitalization Plan as the Tukwila International Boulevard Plan— Revitalization and
Urban Renewal (the "Plan in its entirety.
Section 3. Approval of Urban Renewal Projects. Pursuant to Chapter 35.81.060(4) RCW,
the City may approve the urban renewal projects as described in the Plan after first finding
that a workable and feasible plan exists for notifying and assisting in the relocation of
households who may be displaced by an urban renewal project in the Area.
Section 4. Designation of Powers. Pursuant to Chapter 35.81.150 RCW, the City shall
directly exercise its urban renewal project powers in the urban renewal area. The appropriate
officers and employees of the City, under direction of the Mayor, shall carry out the Plan and
exercise all the powers and authority permitted under Chapter 35.81 RCW or as otherwise
authorized by law.
Section 5. Ratification and Confirmation. Any actions of the City or its officers prior to
the date herein and consistent with the terms of this ordinance are ratified and confirmed.
Section 6. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be invalid or
unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of
this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation.
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Section 7. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published in the
official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force and effect five (5) days
after passage and publication as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY -OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a
Special Meeting thereof this 6 v day of 2000.
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
d E. Cantu, CMC, City Clerk
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Steven M. Mullet, Mayor
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 1-
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: /0 6
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Attachment A Tukwila International Boulevard Plan— Revitalization and Urban Renewal
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, APPROVING THE CITY'S
PACIFIC HIGHWAY REVITALIZATION PLAN, TOGETHER
WITH AN ADDENDUM, AS AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN OF
THE CITY; DETERMINING THAT THE BLIGHTED AREA
IDENTIFIED BY PREVIOUS RESOLUTION IS AN URBAN
RENEWAL AREA SUITABLE FOR URBAN RENEWAL
PROJECTS; DETERMINING THAT THE CITY IS THE
APPROPRIATE ENTITY TO EXERCISE ITS URBAN
RENEWAL POWERS; AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS TO CARRY OUT THOSE
POWERS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 1898
On January 10, 2000, the City Council of the City of Tukwila passed Ordinance
No.1898, approving the City's Pacific Highway Revitalization Plan, together with an
addendum, as an urban renewal plan of the City; determining that the blighted area
identified by previous resolution is an urban renewal area suitable for urban renewal
projects; determining that the City is the appropriate entity to exercise its urban renewal
powers; and authorizing and directing the appropriate officials to carry out those powers;
providing for severability; and establishing an effective date.
The full text of this ordinance will be mailed without charge to anyone who submits a
written request to the City Clerk of the City of Tukwila for a copy of the text.
APPROVED by the City Council at a Special Meeting on January 10, 2000.
Emailed to Seattle Times: 1/13/00
Published Seattle Times: 1/15/00
CITY OF TUKWILA
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Cantu, CMC, City Clerk