Ordinance 30760006.150.111
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ORDINANCE NO. 3076
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 20.00 OF THE
EDMONDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ORDER
TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS AS REQUIRED BY THE
WASHINGTON STATE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT IN
WHICH THE EDMONDS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ONLY
AMENDED ONCE PER YEAR AND ANY APPLICATIONS
FOR SUCH AMENDMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE
SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 1ST OF EVERY YEAR
EXCEPT FOR AMENDMENTS ADOPTED IN 1996, WHICH
MUST BE SUBMITTED BY APRIL 1, 1996; ESTABLISHING
CRITERIA FOR THE ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AMENDMENTS AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.130 requires cities to establish procedures for the
amendment of comprehensive plans and also provides that comprehensive plans may only be
amended once per year, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 20.00 of the Edmonds Community Development Code is
hereby repealed and replaced with the following:
20.00.000 Scope.
The requirements of this Chapter apply to proposed changes to the
existing Comprehensive Plan and to future adoption of any new
elements to the Plan or a new plan.
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20.00.010 Submittal Of Amendments.
In order to meet the requirements of the Washington State Growth
Management Act, chapter 36.70A RCW, the City shall undertake
Comprehensive Plan amendments only once per year. All
amendments requested by the City or private parties shall be
reviewed concurrently, to ensure that the integrity of the
Comprehensive Plan is preserved. All Comprehensive Plan
amendment requests are to be provided in writing, on a form
provided by the Director, and are to be submitted no later than
November 1st of every year, or the first business day after
November 1st, should that date occur on a holiday or weekend.
Applications for Comprehensive Plan amendments to be adopted
in 1996 may be submitted on or before April 1, 1996. The
Council may, for good cause shown, accept applications after the
prescribed deadline.
20.00.020 Notice.
Upon receipt of a completed application for a Comprehensive Plan
amendment, or upon direction of the Council, and following
department review, hearings shall be set before the Planning Board
and City Council. In lieu of all other methods of giving notice,
notice shall be given for a public hearing on a proposed change to
the Comprehensive Plan by publication at least ten days before the
hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of
Edmonds as set forth in Section 1.03.030 of the Edmonds City
Code setting forth the time, place and purpose of the hearing.
Continued hearings may be held by the Planning Board or City
Council, but no additional notices need be published.
20.00.030 Receipt By Mayor And Clerk Certification.
Within 20 working days following the adoption of a
recommendation by the Planning Board, the Board shall transmit
a copy of its recommendations to the City Council through the
Office of the Mayor, who shall acknowledge receipt thereof and
direct the City Clerk or appropriate Deputy Clerk to certify
thereon the date of receipt.
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20.00.0 40 Council Action On Amendments.
Within 60 days of receipt of the Planning Board's recommendation
and the completion of the public hearing required by ECDC
Section 20.00.020, the City Council shall consider the
recommendation and may at that time or subsequently approve,
approve with modifications, or disapprove the proposed
amendment based upon the findings required by this Chapter and
any other applicable provisions. Amendments to the
Comprehensive Plan shall be adopted by ordinance.
20.00.050 Findings.
Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan may be adopted only if the
following findings are made:
1. The proposed amendment is consistent with the provisions
of the Edmonds Comprehensive Plan, and is in the public
interest;
2. The proposed amendment would not be detrimental to the
public interest, health, safety or welfare of the City;
3. The proposed amendment would maintain the appropriate
balance of land uses within the City; and
4. In the case of an amendment to the Comprehensive Policy
Plan Map, the subject parcels are physically suitable for the
requested land use designation(s) and the anticipated land
use development(s), including, but not limited to, access,
provision of utilities, compatibility with adjoining land uses
and absence of physical constraints.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
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five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVED:
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MAYOR, BARBARA S. FAHEY/----)
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED :
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE C TY ATTORNEY:
BY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 03/15/96
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 03/19/96
PUBLISHED: 03/24/96
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03/29/96
ORDINANCE NO. 3076
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3076
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 19th day of March , 199 6 , the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3076 A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting
of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER
20.00 OF THE EDMONDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ORDER TO
ESTABLISH A PROCESS AS REQUIRED BY THE WASHINGTON STATE GROWTH
MANAGEMENT ACT IN WHICH THE EDMONDS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ONLY
AMENDED ONCE PER YEAR AND ANY APPLICATIONS FOR SUCH AMENDMENTS
ARE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 1ST OF EVERY YEAR EXCEPT
FOR AMENDMENTS ADOPTED IN 1996, WHICH MUST BE SUBMITTED BY APRIL 1,
1996; ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR THE ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENTS AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 20th _ day of March , 199_.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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RECEIVED
Affidavit of Publication MAR Z 7 1996
EDMONDS CITY CLERK
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOIMISH,
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ORDINANCE NO. 3076
of the City of
Edmonds, Washington
On the 191h day of March.
1996, the City Council of the
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
g g y p Y
City of Edmonds passed
Ordinance No. 3076. A sum- ;
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
mary of the content of said ;
the
title. providesoas follows:
printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
AN ORDINANCE OF THEM
INGTON AMENDINd CHAP-
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
TER 20.00 OF THE,
EDMONDS COMMUNITY j
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
DEVELOPMENT CODE IN
PROCESS OAS REOUIREDH BY°
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior.
THE WASHINGTON STATE.
IN HICH MANAGEMENT HE EDMONDS
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice ......... ...............................
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS
ONLY AMENDED ONCE PER!
YEAR AND ANY APPLICA-,
TIONS FOR SUCH AMEND-
Of Ordinance No. 3076
MENTS ARE REQUIRED TO
BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEM-
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BER IST OF EVERY YEAR'
EXCEPT FOR AMENDMENTS'
ADOPTED IN 1996, WHICH
MUST BE SUBMITTED BY
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APRIL 1, 1996; ESTABLISH-
ING CRITERIA FOR THE
ADOPTION OF COMPRE-
HENSIVE PLAN AMEND -.
• MENTS, AND FIXING A TIME':
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WHEN THE SAME SHALL]
a, BECOME EFFECTIVE.
a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said
The Iull text or this Ordi -,
ed��st WWII be mailed upon
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
DATED this 20th day of
MarstiNDRA S. CHASE
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
City Clark
Published: March 24, 1996.
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March 24, 1996
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a d ba said newspaper was re .. ular distributed to its subscribers
1�ig/all of said period. V
..........................
,-incipa1 Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this .......5th .....................
day......March ........... .. . ... . .. ... .........................1 19..96..
.................... .....
Notary Public >n and for t e S to of Washington,
residing at Everett, for
County.
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