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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 0489 - Need to Establish New Land Use Policy Plan (Comprehensive Plan)SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION NO. 489 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Tukwila acknowledging that the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Tukwila no longer reflects currently held values of the community in regard to planning and land use development; recognizing the necessity of establishing a new land use policy plan or comprehensive plan; and declaring a proposed interim policy. WHEREAS, the comprehensive plan still in existence for the City of Tukwila was adopted prior to the enactment of the Washington State Environmental Policy Act and City of Tukwila Ordinance No. 759 relating to environmental policy, and; WHEREAS, it is clear that the comprehensive plan for the City of Tukwila no longer entirely reflects currently held values of the community, its legislative body or the currently recognized state of the art of planning and community development, and; WHEREAS, it is necessary, as well as required, by the State Environmental Policy Act to review the land use plans and planning processes of the City of Tukwila to assure that the land use plan, its goals and policies are consistent with the mandate of the Environmental Policy Act and the currently held values of the total community; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Tukwila City Council as follows: Section 1: The City Council finds that the present comprehensive plan which indicates public land use policy is no longer adequate to provide guidance for future decision making and land use management. Section 2: The City Council further finds that such plan is not related to clearly established goals and objectives for community development, nor is there present consensus or understanding about the consequences of development actions based on such plan. Section The City Council directs that all segments of the city, includ— ing the City Council, its advisory bodies and the administration work together toward the identification and establishment of goals and policies consistent with the environ— mental mandate contained in the Environmental Policy Act, and with the currently held values of the community in order that a new land use plan may be prepared and adopted for the City of Tukwila. Section 4: The City Council further declares that until such time as a new land use policy plan can be prepared and adopted, the following actions are found to be those which current land use plans do not adequately address with standards and criteria. There is not sufficient understanding and consensus of the consequences of such actions upon present community values and future goals and resources. Therefore, the City Council directs that no application requesting any of the following actions shall be accepted or processed by the City unt81 completion and adoption of a new land use policy plan: A. Any rezone application, except a rezone from one single family residential classification to another single family residential classification. B. Comprehensive Land Use Plan amendments. C. Those land use actions which, subsequent to the preparation of an Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the State Environmental Policy Act are found by the City Council to: 1. Be_ recedent setting. 2. Contain significant environmental impacts which will not be mitigated. D. Proposals for grading, clearing, excavation or filling which are: 1. Located in an area with average slopes in excess of 25%. 2. Located in a geographical area identified by governmental or quasi governmental agencies as having: (a) Naturally unstable, unstable when modified, or in areas of known landslides. (b) Areas which serve to naturally detain significant amounts of storm water run -off. 3. Served by inadequate water, sewer, storm drainage or trans- portation systems unless such action proposes the improve- ment of any deficient system to minimum city standards and at the expense of the private sponsor. Section 51 Any proponent sponsor for an action identified in Section 4 above may appeal the provisions of this policy to the City Council and present evidence or other materials or findings to request a waiver of the provisions of this policy. Upon appeal, the city Planning Department shall recommend, and the City Council shall decide whether to permit an application to be filed and processed with the appropriate city department or departments. The City Council will at such time consider only the question of whether or not there should be a waiver of the policy herein adopted. Such action by the City Council shall in no way prejudge the substantive merits of the proposed action. If it is determined necessary or advisable, the City Council may conduct a public hearing prior to reaching a decision on any waiver request as to the provisions of this resolution. Notice for a public hearing shall be given at the applicant's expense in a manner prescribed by Chapter 18.92 of the Tukwila Municipal Code, Ordinance 251, as amended. Section 6: The City Clerk is directed to file a copy of the resolution with every department and advisory or administrative board for the City of Tukwila. Section 7: This resolution and the policy herein adopted shall be brought before the City Council for its review and reconsideration at the first regular council meeting in July, 1976. Section 8s This resolution becomes effective thirty (30) days after passage, Any application for a building permit on file with the City 30 days subsequent to passage of this resolution is exempt from the provisions of this policy. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a regular meeting thereof this 4th day of August 1975 (Not approved by the Mayor) Shirlee Kinney City Clerk TO: OFFICE MEMO CITY of TUKWILA July 24, 1975 Shirlee Kinney, City Clerk FROM: Catherine Harris, Councilwoman SUBJECT: Attached proposed substitute resolution to be published as notice. Attached substitute resolution is to be published, hopefully, on July 27th. The committee's desire is to provide advance notice to the public that this will be considered for final adoption on Aug. 4. When you forward this to the newspaper, please add the following text as a preface: THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON AUGUST 4, 1975, at 7:00 #s., IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WILL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR FINAL ADOPTION: