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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6960ORDINANCE NO.:6960 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO COMPLETION OF THE. 2024 PERIODIC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE WASHINGTON STATEGROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT AND ADOPTION OF THE UPDATED ELEMENTS, APPENDICES., PLANS INCORPORATED; BY REFERENCE, LAND USE MAP,..AN'D ZONING MAP. WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth. Management Act (Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 36.70A.130) requires thaf allcities and counties periodically take legislative. action to review and,. if needed, revise its comprehensive land use plan and development regulations to ensure the. plan and regulations comply with the requirements of the. Washington State Growth Management Act; and WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.70. describes... required and optional Elements of the. Comprehensive Plan (the:Plan). The Plan shall.be an internally consistent document, and all elements. shall be consistent with,,a future_ land use map; and. WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.140 indicates that a comprehensive.. plan shall, be adopted and amended with public participation. Auburn City Code (ACC) 14.22.030 required early and continuous public participation in the comprehensive plan process; and WHEREAS, AC..C. 14.22.01.0 provides a description of the purpose of the comprehensive plan. The city, of Auburn comprehensive plan establishes the principles, goals, objectives and poll cles. guiding future development of the city- in compliance. with Chapter 36.70A RCW, the Washington State.,GrowthManagement Act. The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures and review criteria for amending, the Ordinance No 6960 December 2, 2024 Page 1 o. 5 Rev. 2024 comprehensive plan and to provide provisions for public participation in the planning process;, and WHEREAS, pursuant. to Chapter 36 70A. RCW, the Environmental. Impact Statement (EIS) 5coping Notice':was transmitted. to the. Washington State Department of Commerce on. ctob.er 23, 2023 and: WHEREAS, Pursuant to Revised `Code of Washington (RCW) 36.70A, the draft Comprehensive Plan was transmitted to the Washington State Department of Commerce on April 9, 2024. The 60-day notice period envied June 9, 2024; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 36.70A RCW,: the Draft. Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) :was transmitted. to the Washington. State Department of Commerce on May 20, 2024; and WHEREAS, Agencies, affected tribes, and members of the public were invited to comment on the proposed contents of the DEIS. Comments were. accepted up to the 60- day notice period on 5,00 p:m. PST on June. 19, 2Q24 and WHEREAS', Pursuant to .Chapter 36.70A RCW, the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was transmitted to the Department of Commerce on October. 18, 2024. The City: did not act upon the FEIS until November. 8, 2024; and WHEREAS, the City of Auburn provided its draft Comprehensive Plan to the. Puget Sound Regional Council.(PSRC) on May 20, 2024 to provide comment on the draft Comprehensive Plan prior to. PSCR's certification of the plan; and. WHEREAS, the City of Auburn also provided its draft Comprehensive Plan to the King County Affordable Housing Committee to provide comment on the draft Comprehensive Plan; and Ordinance No. 6960 D:ecember2, 2024 Page 2 of 5 Rev. 2024 WHEREAS, the City held an in -person public meeting on June 5, 2024 at:6:00 p.m. PST in City Council Chambers and a virtual meeting (or telephonically) meeting on June .Q, 2024 at 6 00 p.m. PST to discuss the DEIS and draft .Comprehensive Plan, WHEREAS, the City of Auburn Planning 'Commission :scheduled..and held public meetings on April 2, 2024, April 16, 2024, April 30, 2024, May 21, 2024, June 4, 2024, June 18,.2024, July .2, .2024, April 30, 2024, September 17, 2024, October 8, 2024,: December 3, 2024, for.the purposes of staff presentations and discussion on the various components of the plan; and WHEREAS, he Planning Commission scheduled and held public hearings on April 16,. 2024, April `30, 2024; :May '7,. 2024, June 4, 2024, June 1.8, :2024„ .July 2, 2024, July 16, 2024, October 8, 2024, December.3, 2024, to receive public testimony on the proposed Plan; and WHEREAS,'the Auburn City Council finds it appropriate and in the best interest of the City to 'adopt the Auburn Comprehensive Plan, which includes the Land Use Element, the HOUsing Element, the Capital Facilities Element, the Utilities. Element, the Transportation Element the Economic Development':Element,. the Parks and Recreation Element, the Appendices listed within and the referenced functional plans listed in the Capita[ Facilities Element;: and WHEREAS, the Auburn City Council determinesthat the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan* meets the. criteria set forth in the. Auburn City Code and all other applicable legal criteria;:and WHEREAS,.the Auburn City Council determines that the Comprehensive Plan is consistent with the Growth Management Act, the King County and Pierce County ordinance No. 6960 December 2, 2024 Page 3 o. 5 Rev. 2024 County -Wide Planning Policies, and the: Puget Sound Regional Council Vision 2050; WHEREAS, by adoption of this ordinance, the City of Auburn has completed the mandatory periodic comprehensive plan review process that is set forth in RCW 36.70A.130. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE. CITY OF AUBURN,. WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows - Section 1. Adoption of Comprehensive Plan. The City of Auburn 2024 Comprehensive Plan,. its updated ,Chapters of the Comprehensive Plan, updated Additional Documents: of the Comprehensive Plan, that are incorporated by reference,. and Supplementary..Reports:Documentsof the Periodic Comprehensive Plan Update, set forth in Exhibits 1 through 24, is on. file. with the office of the City Clerk is adopted and is available for inspection therein. Section 2. Implementation. The Mayor is authorized, to implement those Administrative procedures necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation. Section 3. Severabiility. The provisions of this ordinance. are declared to be separate. and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, :subdivision', section,. or portion of tlis ordinance, or the invalidity of the application of it.to any person or circumstance; will not affectthe validity ofthe, remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its, application to other persons or circumstances.. Section 4. Effective date. This Ordinance will take effect and be in force five days from ,and.after its passage, approval, and publication as provided. by law. Ordinance No 6960 becembee 2, 2024 Page 4 of. 5 Rev. 2024 Shawn Campbell', MMC, City Clerk Published: Ordinance No. 6960 December 2, 2024 Page 5 of 5 INTRODUCED: Or 16 2� ' PASSED: DEC 16 2024 DEC 16 2024 •-•, 9 ,-4 AM Fi wff',a - W-11 City Attorney Rev. 2024 The exhibit to this Ordinance is on our website at auburnwa.gov. Then click on City Hall up at the top and then Agendas and Minutes and scroll down to the Monday December 16, 2024 City Council Meeting.