HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2025-011 Amending AMC Chapter 20.16 Permits and Land DivisionORDINANCE NO. 2025-011
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON AMENDING CHAPTER 20.16
OF THE ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING PERMITS AND LAND DIVISION
APPROVAL UNDER CITY PLANNING NO. PLN 1292
WHEREAS, the city has proposed an update to the Permits and Land Division Approval
regulations to the City zoning code; and
WHEREAS, the Arlington Planning Commission considered the revisions on June 3, 2025
and at a public hearing conducted on June 17, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made findings and provided its recommendations to
the City Council concerning the proposed changes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the same at a workshop held on July 14, 2025, a
meeting on July 21, 2025, and considered them along with the Planning Commission
recommendations; and the City Council having determined approving said amendment was in
the best interest of the City; and
WHEREAS, the amendments were presented to the Department of Commerce for
comment and said Department had no comments on the ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the proposed amendment to the municipal
code and finds it to be consistent with city and state law and in the best interests of the citizens;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arlington does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.16.240 shall be and hereby amended as
follows:
20,16.240 Time Limit for Resubmitting Additional Information.
If while processing a permit the Community and Economic Development Director or hearing body
requests additional information or revised plans necessary to continue processing the permit or
for determining consistency with this Title, the applicant shall submit such information or revised
plans within sixty (60) days of the request. 'ginA-pOn extension of this deadline may be granted �m
a.:r Mfl60, d',-,.° '., by the requesting authority if it is determined that the time is not adequate given
the information requested, however this may result in an extension to the established time limits
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inform::cet9011 rehEl PEITI-91NK. e t-(?11-" On WWrnefralilt-, then the prgj,e°s k on'N4?l; red v')R$.1. If an
extension is requested the applicant shall provide to the city in writing the reasons for the
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xtension of the deadline. The extension request must be received a minimum of five (5) working
fays prior to the deadline.
Section 2. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.16.265 shall be and hereby amended as
follows:
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20.16.265 Fire 0I ffl6LIApproval Prior to Issuance of Permits.
No zoning, special use, or conditional use permit shall receive final approval until the Fire f41,iir.sh-,A
("codKI has verified that the provisions of AMC Title 15 are satisfied.
Section 3. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.16.270 shall be and hereby amended as
follows:
20.16.270 Time Limits for Permit Processing.
(d) If, at any time, an applicant informs the city, in writing, that the applicant would like to
temporarily suspend the review of the project for more than 60 days, or if an applicant is not
responsive for more than 60 consecutive days after the city has notified the applicant, in
writing, that additional information is required to further process the application, an additional
30 days may be added to the time periods for the city to issue a final decision for each type of
project permit that is subject to this chapter.
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(2) Any written notice from the city to the applicant that additional information is required to
further process the application must include a notice that nonresponsiveness for 60
consecutive days may result in 30 days being added to the time for review. For the purposes
of this subsection, "nonresponsiveness" means that the applicant is not making
demonstrable progress on providing additional requested information to the city, or that
there is no ongoing communication from the applicant to the city on the applicant's ability
or willingness to provide the additional information.
Section4. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of thIm
ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared unconstitutional
otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this ordinance be pre-empted by sta
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or federal law or regulatio, such decision or pre-emptioshall not affect the validity t
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances.
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Section 5. Effective Date. The title of this ordinance which summarizes the contents shal'
be published in the official newspaper of the City. This ordinance shall take effect and be in ful'
force five (5) days after the date of publication as provided by law.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Arlington and APPROVED by the Mayor this 21st
day of July, 2025.
CITY OF ARLINGTON
Don E. Vanney, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ate, r,
Wendy Van ger Meersche, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Oskar E. Re, City Attorney
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1, Wendy Van Der Meersche, being the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Arlingto
Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance N
2025-011 was approved at the July 21, 2025 City Council meeting. I
CHAPTER 20.16 OF THE ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
PERMITS AND LAND DIVISION APPROVAL UNDER
CITY PLANNING NO. PLN 1292"
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Wendy Van Oer Meersche
City Clerk for the City of Arlington