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RESOLUTION NO. 2 2 3 2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE CITY OF AUBURN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO
INCLUDE AN URBAN GROWTH ELEMENT AS MANDATED BY THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1990, AND DIRECTING THAT
THIS RESOLUTION AND THE ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT
AMENDS BE FILED WITH THE AUBURN CITY CLERK AND BE AVAILABLE FOR
PUBLIC INSPECTION.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the City of Auburn
Comprehensive Plan on August 18, 1986 pursuant to Resolution
No. 1703; and
WHEREAS, Policy 10.1.1 of the Comprehensive Plan advises
that the City should ". establish City policy regarding the
development of unincorporated areas near the City to guide City
actions regarding such development"; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the City of Auburn
Comprehensive Plan to integrate the Urban Growth and City
Expansion Plan as an element to the Auburn Comprehensive Plan
and to add policies to ensure the orderly development of those
currently unincorporated areas surrounding the City; and
WHEREAS, among the strongest themes in evolving state-
directed growth management strategies and in regional
crovernance discussions are: 1) that urban development should
occur only when and where the full range of urban services will
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be adequately provided or that a financial commitment be in
place to complete improvements or strategies within six years
(the "concurrency" concept); 2) that cities are the preferred
providers of urban services; and 3) that areas not needed or
not appropriate for urban growth should be designated and
protected for rural uses; and
WHEREAS, the 1990 Growth Management Act requires that
cities propose the location of an urban growth area by July 1,
1991. The proposal is to be made to the appropriate county
which is to make a decision on growth areas by July 1, 1993.
The county decision is final; however, there are provisions for
state resolution of objections raised by cities. Once an urban
growth area is formally adopted by a county, cities cannot
annex beyond the area. Extensions of sewer and water
facilities outside an urban growth area are severely limited;
and WHEREAS, several planning programs currently under way
could affect both the City's desires regarding the final
location of an urban growth area and the counties' ultimate
urban growth area decisions: (1) The Soos Creek Community Plan
has been transmitted to the King County Council for its
consideration. City staff has worked closely with county staff
during preparation of this Plan; (2) The County Council has
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initiated a project to determine the appropriate location of
urban growth areas within the remaining unincorporated portion
of the Federal Way Community planning area. City staff is
cooperating in this effort; however, the project has not yet
progressed to the point of having even a tentative proposed
boundary; and (3) In addition to these King County planning
efforts, Pierce County has initiated work toward designating
appropriate urban growth areas. It is expected that Auburn is
the most likely provider of future urban services to the entire
Lakeland Hills community, including that portion lying in
Pierce County.
WHEREAS, the City recognizes that any of these planning
efforts, changes in growth trends, or changed circumstances
relating to service feasibility could require that Auburn's
Urban Growth Area be modified; and
WHEREAS, the amendment of the Auburn Comprehensive Plan
Map to include Auburn's Urban Growth Area will recognize and
reinforce an increased role for the City in directing how the
area develops and will clearly communicate how the City will
carry out its role; and
WHEREAS, the 1990 Growth Management Act prohibits the
extension of sewer and water facilities in a manner that will
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promote urban development outside designated urban growth
areas. Although the City intends to implement this
prohibition, the City recognizes that utility extensions beyond
an urban growth area may be necessary where facilities serving
existing development are failing. The City also recognizes the
potential need for service agreements between service providers
in adjacent urban growth areas, if deemed beneficial; and
WHEREAS, one of the most difficult problems expanding
cities face is the inheritance of poorly developed land through
annexation. Property developed under county standards
frequently have inferior street and other public facilities
systems. Such areas have in the past been allowed to develop
without adequate consideration to the adequacy of emergency
services and other governmental services. The City wishes to
prevent this situation from worsening in the area that will
look toward Auburn for urban services (and possibly for future
annexation); and
WHEREAS, since cities are now looked upon as the primary
providers of services for urbanized areas, it is logical that
such areas be annexed if feasible. This approach will promote
coordination between service and facilities planning on one
hand and land use planning and development regulation on the
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other. It will also promote fiscal equity among all residents
.and property owners receiving the benefits of City services;
and
WHEREAS, in some cases immediate annexation is not
possible for a variety of reasons, including boundary issues
(irregularity, lack of contiguity) and difficult state
annexation laws; and
WHEREAS, significant extensions of City utility facilities
have already occurred in the Lea Hill area and such extensions
have supported the development of pockets of urban development.
Allowing these pockets to "fill in" will promote the efficient
use of existing water and sewer lines and build support
(through annexation agreements) for future annexation; and
WHEREAS, development of a large "planned community" such
as Lakeland Hills South is a long and complex process.
Therefore, commitments to extend utilities may be needed before
annexation is feasible in order to allow proper facility and
financial planning; and
WHEREAS, the City should ensure that unincorporated areas
which are provided City utilities develop in a manner that will
not be detrimental to the City's interests, now or in the
future. Therefore, requiring demonstration that public
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facilities and services are adequate to support any proposed
development prevents overloading City facilities and services;
requiring compliance with City land use requirements promotes
neighborhood compatibility and ensures local control of land
use; and requiring compliance with City facility construction
standards avoids the City having to take remedial steps in an
area after it annexes; and
WHEREAS, managing urban growth areas, by their very
nature, requires intergovernmental cooperation and
coordination; and
WHEREAS, the counties are vested with the ultimate
authority to establish urban growth areas, absent an appeal to
the state or the courts. These decisions and the land use and
facility decisions of other nearby jurisdictions have a
profound effect on Auburn's future growth and character.
Active and early participation in the planning and decision
making of these jurisdictions will help ensure Auburn's
interests are considered; and
WHEREAS, it is important to also monitor and influence
specific development proposals affecting the community; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Soos Creek Community Plan includes
proposed policies for developing an interlocal agreement under
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which King County would support annexation of land within the
urban growth area. This approach is promising and should be
pursued; and
WHEREAS, the City's ability to control extension of water
and sewer service will be a powerful tool for ensuring proper
growth management within Auburn's utility service areas;
however, some areas within Auburn's ultimate urban growth area
may lie outside the City's utility areas. Therefore, the City
should seek commitments by King and Pierce Counties to allow
urban development in Auburn's Urban Growth Area only if
provided with adequate urban services; and
WHEREAS, implementation of this Plan Element will reduce
the amount of non-sewered development occurring in the area
surrounding Auburn, but it will not eliminate the use of on-
site systems. It is the City's intent to provide additional
protection of groundwater and surface waters. This is of
critical importance in the North Lake Tapps area of Pierce
County due to its proximity to the aquifer feeding Coal Creek
Springs; and
WHEREAS, the Upper Green River Valley may be the only area
in the immediate vicinity suitable for long term, economically
viable agricultural production. The protection of this area
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for agricultural uses has been City policy since adoption of
the 1986 Comprehensive Plan. Other areas near the City would
be difficult to provide with the full range of urban services
that would be needed to support urban development; and
WHEREAS, Auburn's Comprehensive Plan designates the 53rd
Avenue S.E./Hidden Valley area as rural. The adjacent North
Lake Tapps area should also be designated for long-term rural
uses to ensure compatibility with the 53rd/Hidden Valley area
and to protect Coal Creek Springs.
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the City of Auburn
Comprehensive Plan was transmitted to the Auburn Planning
Commission, and after proper notice, a public meeting was held
on August 19, 1991, wherein the Planning Commission conducted a
public hearing on the proposed amendment;
WHEREAS, at said hearing the Planning Commission heard
public testimony, received evidence and exhibits, reviewed the
proposed amendment, and thereafter recommended that the City
Council approve the proposed amendment to the City of Auburn
Comprehensive Plan to include the Urban Growth and City
Expansion Element.
WHEREAS, on September 3, 1991 the City Council conducted a
public hearing wherein the Council heard public testimony,
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received evidence and exhibits and reviewed the Planning
Commission's recommendation, at the conclusion of which, the
City Council recommended approval of the amendment to the
Comprehensive plan to include an Urban Growth and City
Expansion Element.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, IN A REGULAR MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED, HEREWITH
RESOLVES THAT:
Section 1. The City of Auburn Comprehensive Plan adopted
on August 18, 1986 pursuant to Resolution No. 1703 is hereby
amended to include an Urban Growth and City Expansion Element
by deleting in whole existing Policy 10 entitled "City
Expansion" and adopting a new Policy 10 entitled "Urban Growth
and City Expansion" which is attached hereto, designated
Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein as if set out it full.
Section 2. The Urban Growth and City Expansion Element
referenced above is adopted and approved in accordance with
Chapter 35A.63 RCW as an element of the City of Auburn
Comprehensive Plan and it is directed that it be filed along
with this Resolution with the Auburn City Clerk and be made
available for public inspection.
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Section 3. The Urban Growth and City Expansion Element
referenced above is herewith designated as a basis for the
exercise of substantive authority under the Washington State
Environmental Policy Act rules in accordance with R.C.W.
43.21C.060.
Section 4. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement
such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out
the directives of this legislation.
DATED and SIGNED this 3rd day of September, 1991.
CITY OF AUBURN
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M A O R
ATTEST:
Robin Wohlhueter, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ste hen R. Shelton
City Attorney
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URBAN GROT~PTH AND CITY EXPANSION ELEMENT
AUBURN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
10. URBAN GRO~PTH AND CITY EXPANSION
GOAL 10. To ensure the orderly development of those
currently unincorporated areas surrounding the
City, in a manner that ensures adequate and
cost-effective provision of needed public
services and facilities, reduces sprawl,
implements the goals, objectives and policies of
the Auburn Comprehensive Plan, and protects
designated rural areas.
Objective 10.1. To designate an Urban Growth Area,
consistent with state law, within which the City of Auburn
will be the primary urban service provider.
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10.1.1. Auburn's Urban Growth Area is designated by Map
F.
10.1.2. The Auburn City Council may revise the Urban
Growth Area in the future, in response to:
a. The results of King County's update of the Soos
Creek Plateau Community Plan;
b. The results of the current joint city - King
County planning effort under way for the
unincorporated Federal Way Community Plan area;
c. King County's or Pierce County's decisions
regarding Urban Growth Areas under Section 11 of
the 1990 Growth Management Act (SHB 2929); or
d. Changed circumstances relating to population and
employment growth and projections, urban service
feasibility, or similar factors.
10.1.3. The City of Auburn should amend its
Comprehensive Plan Map by July 1, 1993 to
include the entire Auburn Urban Growth Area.
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The appropriate King County Community Plans
shall be used as the starting point for such
amendment, and shall be consulted for City land
use, public facility or public service
decisions affecting these areas until the Plan
Map is amended.
10.1.4. The City of Auburn shall not extend or allow the
extension of City sewer or water utility service
beyond its Urban Growth Area, except under the
following circumstances:
a. The extension is necessary to alleviate an
imminent threat to public health, in which case
such extension shall be designed and/or
conditioned to ensure that it does not promote
or accommodate additional urban development
outside the Urban Growth Area; or
b. The extension is into an adjacent officially
designated Urban Growth Area recognized by the
City as an area appropriate for urban growth.
10.1.5. City services other than sewer or water may be
provided beyond the Urban Growth Area, by
contract or otherwise, only under the following
circumstances:
a. Such services will not be provided at a level or
to a standard that will encourage urban growth;
or
b. The extension is into an adjacent officially
designated Urban Growth Area recognized by the
City as an area appropriate for urban growth.
Objective 10.2. To ensure that urban development within
Auburn's Urban Growth Area occurs only at such time as the
full range of urban services can be provided or
appropriately guaranteed at adequate levels and in a cost-
effective manner.
Policies:
10.2.1. The City of Auburn shall encourage the
annexation of areas ready for development due
to: location within the Auburn Urban Growth
Area; proximity to the City; existing urban
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development patterns; and the City's ability to
provide adequate and cost-effective urban
services. For example, the City's ability to
provide adequate and cost-effective public
services to the Lea Hill area has been analyzed
by the Fiscal Impact Analysis for Annexation:
Lea Hill Plateau Studv (Auburn Planning
Department, 1990).
10.2.2. The City of Auburn shall require annexation or a
commitment to future annexation as a condition
of extending sewer and/or water utility service
within Auburn's Urban Growth Area but beyond the
current City limits.
10.2.3. The City may approve the extension of sewer
and/or water utility service to unincorporated
properties within Auburn's Urban Growth Area
prior to annexation only under the following
circumstances:
a The development to be served lies within an area
already characterized by urban levels of
development, and City sewer and/or water service
can be provided in a manner consistent with
adopted utility plans; or
b. The development to be served constitutes a large
planned development providing a range of urban
amenities and facilities (e.g. adequate open
space, park land, school sites, neighborhood
commercial services, public transit facilities,
etc.).
10.2.4. In all cases where the extension of sewer and/or
water utility service is allowed within the
Auburn Urban Growth Area prior to annexation,
the following conditions shall apply:
a. The property owner/developer shall enter into a
legally binding agreement to support annexation
to the City at such time as the City deems
annexation appropriate; and
b. The property owner/developer shall demonstrate
to the City's satisfaction that adequate urban
governmental services (including but not limited
to storm and sanitary sewer systems, streets and
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arterials, domestic water systems, parks and
2 open spaces, fire and police protection
services, emergency medical services, public
3 schools and public transit services) will be
provided to the development; and
4 c. The City should pre-zone the subject property
5 and the property owner/developer shall agree to
comply with appropriate City policies,
6 subdivision and zoning requirements where such
requirements are not superseded by applicable
7 County requirements (in the event of significant
conflict between City and County requirements,
8 the City may choose to not extend utility
service). Whenever pre-zoning does not occur,
9 land shall be zoned R-1 Single Family
Residential concurrent with annexation; and
10 d. The property owner/developer shall agree to
11 comply with appropriate City development
standards and public facility specifications
12 where such requirements are not superseded by
applicable County requirements (in the event of
13 significant conflict between City and County
requirements, the City may choose to not extend
14 utility service). Any facilities to be
dedicated to the City of Auburn upon completion
15 (e.g. sewer and water lines and appurtenances)
shall be built strictly according to City
16 standards and specifications; and
17 e. The property owner/developer shall allow City
plan review prior to construction, and
18 inspection during construction of all public
improvements as they are built, regardless of
19 the ownership of such improvements, and shall
reimburse the City for any reasonable costs
20 incurred in such plan review and inspection.
21 Objective 10.3. To ensure coordination and cooperation
between the City of Auburn and adjacent jurisdictions in
22 implementing mutual goals, objectives and policies
regarding urban growth.
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10.3.1. The City shall continue to actively participate
25 in and influence the planning and development
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activities of adjacent jurisdictions, in order
to promote the interests of the City and its
residents.
10.3.2. Auburn's Growth Impact Area is designated by Map
F. Growth and development within these areas
has a high potential for impacting the City and
its residents. The City shall seek interlocal
agreements with King County, Pierce County and
other appropriate jurisdictions, to provide a
meaningful role for the City in the development
of land use and development policy, and in the
review of significant development proposals,
within these areas.
10.3.3. The City shall seek interlocal agreements with
King County and Pierce County to support the
annexation of land within Auburn's Urban Growth
Area, to the City of Auburn.
10.3.4. The City shall seek King County and Pierce
County agreement to adopt and enforce City of
Auburn development standards for development
that may occur within Auburn's Urban Growth Area
prior to annexation.
10.3.5. The City shall oppose, and shall seek King
County and Pierce County agreement to prohibit,
additional urban development within Auburn's
Urban Growth Area, unless adequate urban
governmental services (including but not limited
to storm and sanitary sewer systems, domestic
water systems, adequate streets and arterials,
parks and open spaces, fire and police
protection services, emergency medical services,
public schools and public transit services) are
provided concurrent with development.
Exceptions to the requirement for urban sanitary
sewer and domestic water service may be
permitted only for the following types of
development, where such development lies farther
than 300 feet from an adequate public sewer or
water system:
a. One single family dwelling per existing lot; or
b. Specific public or quasi-public developments
(e.g. public schools) deemed necessary to
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provide adequate services needed by existing
residents and properties lying within the Urban
Growth Area; or
c. Where sanitary facilities are required in
conjunction with a land use characterized by
large areas of open space, such as golf courses,
parks or similar uses.
10.3.6. Whenever on site sewage facilities are allowed,
they shall be sited, designed, built and
maintained according to best management
practices. If built in an area contributory to
any beneficial groundwater use, including but
not limited to planned or existing potable water
sources or existing fisheries, such facilities
shall demonstrate compliance with the Washington
State Anti-Degradation Policy (WAC 173-200-030)
and implement all known, available and
reasonable methods of control and treatment for
the reduction or elimination of pollutants.
10.3.7. The City of Auburn shall encourage King County
to permanently designate the Upper Green River
Valley, the Southeast Lake Holmes Road area, and
the area located east of SR 18 and south of
Covington, as rural.
10.3.8. The City of Auburn shall encourage Pierce County
to permanently designate the North Lake Tapps
area as rural.
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