Resolution 1512RESOLUTION NO. 1512
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT TO SUPPORT THE
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 4283, WHICH ADOPTED INTERIM SITE
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND PROCESSES FOR THE CG ZONE
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2022, the city council adopted Ordinance 4283, which established
interim site development standards and a modified design review process for buildings over
thirty-five feet in the CG zone; and
WHEREAS, the city council held a public hearing on January 17, 2023 to inform its
deliberations on whether to leave Ordinance 4283 in place; and
WHEREAS, the city council is required by RCW 36.70A.390 to adopt, no later than immediately
after the hearing, findings of fact justifying the adoption of Ordinance 4283; NOW
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, HEREBY
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. ADOPTION OF FINDINGS .
A. The city council hereby adopts the above Whereas clauses and the Whereas clauses in
Ordinance 4283 as its findings of fact to support the adoption of Ordinance 4283.
B. The city council hereby adopts the following additional findings of fact to support the
adoption of Ordinance 4283:
1) Five years have passed since the 2017 adoption of Ordinance 4078, which
updated the CG site development standards in accordance with the Highway 99
Subarea Plan;
2) The occurrence of development in the subarea pursuant to those 2017 CG site
development standards has allowed for a greater understanding of the massing
allowed by those 201 7 standards;
3) Some have questioned whether the impact of that massing might be inappropriate
in certain portions of the subarea, e.g., across the street from single-family zoned
neighborhoods;
4) While those impacts were discussed in 2017 at a theoretical level, it is appropriate
to revisit those questions in light of recent development in the subarea;
5) Prior to Ordinance 4283, certain zoning districts, like the BD zones, benefitted
from a heightened public process by having the design of projects in their districts
reviewed by the ADB;
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6) Ordinance 4283 reduces an inequity between neighborhoods by affording the CG
zone a public design review process similar to that of the BD zone;
7) While the council may still want to review the use of the ADB for quasi-judicial
processes generally, processing design review decisions in the CG zone similarly
to those in the BD zone is an appropriate action in the short term;
8) The city council needs more time to evaluate the effectiveness of Ordinance 4283,
and would benefit from a planning board recommendation on that ordinance and
related subjects, which recommendation will also take time; and
9) The continued effectiveness of Ordinance 4283 will provide that time.
RESOLVED this 24th day of January, 2023.
ATTEST:
~~SSEY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
RESOLUTION NO.
CITY OF EDMONDS
January 20, 2023
January 24, 2023
1512
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