HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2022-004 A Resolution of the City of Arlington Adopting the 2022 Comprehensive Plan Final Docket RESOLUTION NO. 2022-004
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON ADOPTING THE
2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FINAL DOCKET
WHEREAS, the City's Comprehensive Plan 2015 update was adopted January 25, 2018;
and
WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.130 allows jurisdictions to make amendments to its
comprehensive plan once annually, and directs that the city shall compile and maintain a list,
known as a "docket", of all city-initiated and privately-initiated proposed comprehensive plan
amendments; and
WHEREAS, AMC 20.96.100 allows the city to make amendments to its development
regulations, and directs that most development regulation amendments be processed
concurrently with comprehensive planning docket developed under AMC 20.96.030 (b); and
WHEREAS,there are two city-initiated proposals and no privately-initiated proposals for
the 2022 preliminary docket; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary docket was made available to the public for review and
comment at least fifteen days prior to consideration by the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Community and Economic Development made a
recommendation to the Planning Commission as to which proposed amendments should be
included in the final docket; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a noticed hearing on March 15, 2022 on
selection of proposed amendments for the final docket; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission's Findings of Fact and determination per AMC
20.96.050, are attached hereto as exhibit;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON,
WASHINGTON AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Arlington City Council hereby adopts the Planning Commission's findings
and the docket recommendation made by the Planning Commission per the selection and
decision criteria outlined in AMC 20.96.060 as the 2022 Final Docket.
2. Except as provided in AMC 20.96.010(d), no additional comprehensive plan
amendments may be considered after council adoption of the 2022 docket.
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-004
ADOPTED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 41h day of April, 2022.
CITY OF ARLINGTON
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Barbara Tolbert, Mayor
ATTEST:
Wendy Van er Meersche, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-004
Aulhenlisign ID:75A79C69AOA6-ECl l-A22A-281878DCFF5B
City of Arlington Community and Economic Development
Planning Commission
18204 59th Avenue NE, #B Arlington, WA 98223
Regarding:
Proposed 2022 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket
Summary:
The Planning Commission discussed the 2022 proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Docket at its March 1, 2022,workshop, and subsequently held an on-line open record
Public Hearing to consider this item on March 15, 2022.The Planning Commission
transmits the following findings and recommendation to the City Council:
Findings:
1. State law (RCW 36.70A.130) allows Cities to amend their Comprehensive Plans once
annually. In 2016,the Council updated and clarified the docketing process for
submission and review of all proposed amendments as part of an effort to ensure
that these proposed changes were considered together.
2. AMC 20.96.020 provides clarifying detail for initiating amendments to the
Comprehensive Plan by either the City or by private parties.
3. In either case,the process for inclusion of the proposed Comprehensive Plan
amendments on the Docket are further regulated by AMC 20.96.22 (a) and (b). The
only exception to this section is for emergency amendments, none of which were
proposed for the 2022 docket.
4. There are two items on the 2022 Preliminary Comprehensive Plan Docket; both are
City initiated.
S. In the first item, the City is recommending the rezone of a 0.56-acre lot from
Public/Semi-Public zoning to Residential Moderate Capacity. The parcel is currently
owned by the City of Arlington and encompasses the eastern parcel of J. Rudy York
Park. Council has approved the sale of this parcel for private development, the
proceeds of which will go to the Parks and Recreation capital fund. The future
zoning of the property is required to make the parcel marketable for development.
Approval by the City Council is required for all rezone applications. If the request is
granted, the City's Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and the City's Official Zoning
Map will need to be amended. The rezone of this parcel has a lengthy history with
Council, having been heard multiple times.
6. The second item is regarding updates to Title 20 of the Arlington Municipal Code.
Over the past two years council has approved multiple changes to the Land Use
Code, including changes to the zoning map, creation of new zoning designations,the
addition of new housing types and the creation of overlay design standards. The
proposed code amendments are reflective of these and other changes to both the
Findings of Fact
City of Arlington Planning Commission 2022
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket
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Authentisign ID:75A79C69-40A6-EC11-A22A-281878DCFF5B
-- ` City of Arlington Community and Economic Development
Planning Commission
18204 59th Avenue NE, #B Arlington,WA 98223
Comprehensive Plan and the Land Use Code. Most of the changes are minor
technical adjustments made to insure consistency with both the Comprehensive
Plan and for internal code consistency. The recommended changes also address
revisions to sections that have not been revised or updated for multiple years.
Conclusion and Recommendation:
Based on the foregoing findings and testimony received at the hearing,the Planning
Commission herby recommends, on a vote of four affirmative and one abstention,that the
City Council approve the proposed 2022 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket.
Respectfully submitted through the Department of Community and Economic Development
to the City Council this Sixteenth day of March 2022 by:
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Tim Dean
City of Arlington Planning Commission Chair
Findings of Fact
City of Arlington Planning Commission 2022
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket
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