HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2003-03-03 Item 6A - Briefing - Comprehensive Plan AmendmentsCAS Number: 03-029 Agenda Item Title: 2003 Comprehensive Plan/Zoning Code Amendments.
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ITEM INFORMATION
Original Agenda Date
Staff will brief the City Council concerning Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code
Amendment requests for 2003.
Schedule a public meeting for March 17, 2003.
CAP Forward to City Council for briefing and public meeting.
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APPENDICES
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I Memo from Steve Lancaster dated 2 -23 -03
I CAP Minutes dated 2/11/03
I "Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendments" binder, provided separately.
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FROM: Steve Lancaster, Department of Community Development
SUBJECT: ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR 2003
Enclosed with this memo are proposed annual amendments to the Comprehensive Plan
for 2002 -2003. There will be a briefing on March 3, 2002 to review the proposals and
decision process. A public meeting is scheduled for March 17, 2003 to receive input on
the proposed amendments.
Introduction
Three proposed Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code amendments were submitted for
consideration by the December 31, 2002 deadline. A member of the public filed one
application; two applications came from Tukwila staff. The applications are as follows:
L02 -062 Comprehensive Plan Amendment—Office in MIC /H
L02 -063 Zoning Code Amendment—Office in MIC /H
Amend Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code to allow office uses in the
Manufacturing Industrial Center -Heavy (MIC/H) zone. Requested by City
Council in 2002.
L02 -064 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Revise Sensitive Areas policies
L02 -065 Zoning Code Amendment Revise Sensitive Areas regulations
Amend Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code to include Best Available Science,
and other issues per GMA requirements. Required by State of Washington.
L02 -067 Rezone (Barghausen /Robb LDR to 0)
L02 -068 Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Barghausen /Robb LDR to 0)
Amend Comprehensive Plan and Zoning designation at 6550 and 6542
Southcenter Boulevard from Low Density Residential (LDR) to Office (0)
6300 Southcenter Boulevard, Suite #100 Tukwila, Washington 98188 Phone: 206 431 -3670 Fax: 206 431 -3665
Last year, the City Council recommended further review of amendments to the
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan to address changes to the Growth
Management Act. These are being prepared and will come before the Planning
Commission and Council later in 2003.
Council Consideration
The procedure for City review is illustrated by Exhibit 1.
The first step in Council's consideration is to evaluate the proposed amendment
according to the following review criteria:
Is the issue already adequately addressed in the Comprehensive Plan?
If the issue is not addressed in the Comprehensive Plan, is there a public need for the
proposed change?
Is the proposed change the best means for meeting the identified public need?
Will the proposed change result in a new benefit to the community?
Following its initial consideration of a proposed amendment, the Council shall take one
of the following actions:
Refer the proposal as is to the Planning Commission for further review;
Modify the proposal and refer the Planning Commission for further review;
Defer consideration until a later time;
Reject the proposal.
These "threshold" decisions are to be made following the public meeting scheduled for
March 17, 2003.
Any proposed amendments that are referred by the Council to the Planning Commission
will return before the Council for a final public hearing and a decision at a later date. At
that point, the Council may:
Adopt a proposed amendment;
Adopt a modified version of a proposed amendment; or
Reject the amendment.
Consideration of these proposed amendments is a legislative action, not quasi-judicial.
Next Steps
There will be a briefing before the City Council on March 3, 2003 to review the
proposals and decision process. A public meeting will take place on March 17, 2003 to
receive input on the potential amendments. After the public meeting, the City Council
will decide which proposed amendments will be forwarded to the Planning Commission
for further consideration.
In addition to its annual amendment process, Tukwila is required to update its
Comprehensive Plan to incorporate any changes which have been made to the Growth
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Management Act. The deadline for adopting these changes was extended from late 2002
to December 1, 2004. Tukwila staff is working on this review.
Exhibits:
1. Comprehensive Plan Amendment Process Chart
2. Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment Summary
Attachments:
1. L02 -062 and L02 -063 Office in MIC/H
2. L02 -064 and L02 -065 Sensitive Areas Update
3. L02 -067 and L02 -063 Request Office (0) Designation at 6550 and 6542
Southcenter Boulevard
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Community and Parks Committee
February 11, 2003
Present: Joan Hernandez, Chair; Joe Duffle, Pam Carter (f6r Jim Haggerton),
Bruce Fletcher, Rick Still, Steve Lancaster, Minnie Dhaliwal, John
McFarland, Lucy Lauterbach; Dennis Robertson
1. Foster Clubhouse Demolition Bids for demolition of the clubhouse were opened
today, and the low bidder of seven bidders was Wm Dickson Co. Their price was a little
higher than anticipated, but it includes additional grading and clearing that would have
been done in the construction phase, so the additional money is coming from the
construction phase for that.. Rick said Dickson has been around for 25 years, and he
had worked with them at a previous job where they had done good work. Some trees
from the golf course can be used at Codiga Farm. A private party is buying the kitchen
equipment at the clubhouse for $3,000, so new equipment will be purchased for the new
clubhouse kitchen. The city will own the equipment, and the concessionaire will lease it
to pay it down, at which time the city will buy it back at its depreciated cost.
Recommend bid award to Regular Meeting.
2. Manufacturing and Industrial Center Study The Council had asked for
information about allowing offices in the industrial area of Tukwila, so additional studies
were done. King County Planning Policies have recommended that cities discourage
land uses not compatible with manufacturing and industrial uses, and that they limit the
size of offices and retail unless they are an accessory use to an industry. Tukwila's
Comprehensive Plan also does not allow uses that are unrelated to manufacturing and
industry. There is a limited amount of industrial land in King County, and the reports
envision the need for such land remaining and perhaps increasing into the future,
though how and how much it will grow is unknown. The work done in industrial areas
brings in more new money to the region rather than offices, which shift money within the
region. Another issue is that because offices are valued higher than manufacturing
uses, offices on industrial lands can drive up the price for industrial land, making it
unavailable for manufacturing and industry, while remaining not extremely attractive to
other offices.
An issue raised by offices is the city's process of programmatic EIS work to allow
companies to do remodels without full EIS work (because they fill out general
information before the Programmatic EIS). These do not include detailed transportation
analyses. Offices would have impacts on traffic that manufacturing and industry do not
have. Staff had outlined five policy options for Council regarding offices in the industrial
areas. One option would recognize existing offices; others would allow office use as a
permitted use with or without size restrictions. Steve L asked if this was an issue the
committee thought the Council would like to consider in 2003, or refer to the 2004
update. Pam said it should be done in '03 if it fits in the work plan of DCD. Joan wanted
it to be taken to Council to at least get them familiar with the issue even if it's not
formally decided upon until next year. Joan asked if offices would be conditional uses in
industrial areas, and Steve said they could be in the future if wanted, but are not now.
Pam asked if we want to keep land industrial, if we should discourage splitting up large
lots there. She wanted to know what uses could be expected in the manufacturing and
industrial areas. Recommend issue to COW.
3. Como Plan Amendments for 2003 There are three comp plan amendments that
have been submitted for consideration this year. The first is a staff request to review
offices in MIC /H that was the subject of the earlier issue on the agenda. The second is
to revise the Sensitive Areas ordinance to include the Best Available Science and
perhaps shoreline issues. There is no clear definition for Best Available Science. When
Joan asked about it, Steve said it requires staff to show their research and to review the
literature on each issue. The last issue is a citizen request for a rezone of property from
LDR to Office. The Council will be briefed on these issues March 3 and a public
hearing will be March 17` Recommend briefing to Council.
4. Moratorium Review There has been a moratorium on development of the Transit
Oriented Development (TOD) site near Longacres since September, 2002. A study of
the area is about to begin, and the findings from that will go into the larger Tukwila
Urban Center plan. Because the city had thought transportation improvements that
would ensure the viability of the TOD would happen fairly soon, the moratorium was to
preclude uses in the near term. However, those improvements are not likely to be done
soon, so staff recommends allowing some uses of the property, including trailer or car
parking and sales, contractor storage, and expansion of existing businesses. The idea
is to have uses that won't warrant buildings that would be hard to remove if the area
were ready for redevelopment. This would requite a limited moratorium, with certain
allowed uses. Recommend to Public Hearina Feb 24 at the COW.
5. Fourth Quarter Reports Pam had a question, and it was about Codiga. Bruce said
Mr. Codiga is somewhat confused, and thinks he still owns the property that the city had
bought from him several years ago. The barn needs to come down, but before that
happens the city needs to deal with the dozens of feral cats living in the barn. Joan
wanted Jim to have a chance to ask questions about the reports, so it should be
included next meeting if he has questions. Information.
6. Starfire The committee had a copy of the initial agreement items the city wants to
reach with Starfire. Their copy was easy to understand; the attorneys will work on it
tomorrow to ensure it has the legal wherewithal to withstand scrutiny. David St Pierre
will work on it from the city; Steve DeJulio will work an it for Starfire. Starfire plans to
build three new lighted outdoor soccer fields and two indoor lighted fields. The three
turf fields to the west won't be done in the first phase, so will remain as is. The new
fields will have very good new artificial turf that lets rain through, among other attributes.
There will be some leftover re -use water that Fort Dent used when it was all grass.
There will be a concessionaire, and the City will be allowed to use the park for the 4` of
July. The project will have a 40 -year lease. The new fields will allow the advanced
players to use them, and could result in some hotel room rentals for Tukwila. As Starfire
is working to get charitable non profit status, they won't be required to pay an
admissions tax. Recommend agreement to Reaular Meetina for adoption.
Committee chair approval