HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2025-009 Denying Fir Lane RezoneORDINANCE NO. 2025-009
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, DENYING THE
FIR LANE PROPERTY ARLINGTON LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT
AND CONCURRENT REZONE UNDER CITY PLANNING NO. PLN 1303
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington has the authority to regulate land uses within the City,
and is in the process of its periodic annual review and update of the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, included in the review of the Comprehensive Plan was a series of proposed
amendments to the City of Arlington Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission considered the proposed Fir Lane property Land
Use Map amendment and Concurrent Rezone on May 6, 2025 and conducted an open record
public.hearing on May 20, 2025 and recommended denial to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the same at a workshop held on June 9, 2025, a
meeting on June 16, 2025, and considered the rezone along with the Planning Commission
recommendations; and the City Council having determined denying said amendment was in the
best interest of the City; and
WHEREAS, the rezone comprehensive plan amendment was presented to the
Department of Commerce for comment and said Department had no comments on the
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, review under the State Environmental Policy Act occurred with comments
received and considered; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the proposed Fir Lane properties
comprehensive plan amendment and concurrent rezone and finds it to be inconsistent with city
and state law and in the best interests of the citizens;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arlington do hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Findings. The City Council adopts/denies the following findings as required by
AMC Chapter 20.96:
a. The subject property is suitable for development in general nonconformance
with adjacent land use and the surrounding development pattern, and not
with zoning standards under the potential zoning classifications.
b. The proposed amendment is not consistent with the goals, objectives, and
policies of the comprehensive plan;
c. The proposed amendment is not consistent with the scope and purpose of the
city's zoning ordinances and the description and purpose of the zone
classification applied for;
d. Circumstances have not changed substantially since the establishment of the
current zoning map or district to warrant the proposed amendment;
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e. The proposed zoning is inconsistent and incompatible with the uses and zoning
of surrounding property;
f. The property that is the subject of the amendment is not suited for the uses
allowed in the proposed zoning classification; and
g. Adequate public services cannot be made available to serve the full range of
proposed uses in that zone.
Section 2. The City Council denies the Fir Lane Rezone amending the Arlington Land Use
Map and Zoning Map.
Section 3. Severability. If any provision, section, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance
as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. Effective Date. The title of this Ordinance, which summarizes the contents of
this ordinance, shall be published in the official newspaper of the City. The Ordinance shall take
effect and be in full force five (5) days after the date of publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Arlington and APPROVED by the Mayor this 16th day of
June, 2025.
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Don- Janney, Mayor
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Wendy Van 66r Meersche, City Clerk
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Oskar E. Rey, City Attorney
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1, Wendy Van Der Meersche, being the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Arlington,
Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance No.
2025-009 was approved at the June 16, 2025 City Council meeting.
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Wendy Ian De Meersche
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