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Home My WebLink Aboutord2011-053 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2011 — 275 A CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: Originator: _ Crawford 10/26/2011 11 / 22 / 2011 Introduction Division Head: 12 / 06 / 2011 Hearing Dept. Head: G )O • Q-10 ` Z Prosecutor: Purchasing/Budget: Executive: TITLE OF DOCUMENT: Ordinance creating a no shooting zone in the Glenhaven Lakes area ATTACHMENTS: SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( X ) Yes ( ) NO SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO Requested Date: • SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public hearing, you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.) This ordinance amends Whatcom County Code 9.32 , Unlawful Discharge of Firearms, and establishes a no shooting zone in the Glenhaven Lakes area of Whatcom County COMMITTEE ACTION:: COUNCIL ACTION: 11 / 22 / 2011 : Introduced 12 / 06 / 2011 : Council Adopted 6- 1 , Larson opposed Ord . 2011 -053 Related County Contract #: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: Ord . 2011 -053 Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County 's website at: www. co. whatcom. wa. us/council. No Shooting Zone - Glenhaven Lakes area SPONSORED BY: CONSENT PROPOSED BY : CRAWFORD INTRODUCTION DATE : November 22 , 2011 ORDINANCE NO . 2011 -053 AMENDING WHATCOM COUNTY CODE 9 . 32, UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS, TO ESTABLISH A NO-SHOOTING ZONE IN THE GLENHAVEN LAKES AREA OF WHATCOM COUNTY WHEREAS, pursuant to Whatcom County Code 9 . 32 . 050, the County Council may, upon its own initiative, pass a resolution declaring its intent to form a no shooting zone ; and WHEREAS, on October 22, 2011 , the County Council approved Resolution # 2011 - 035 , declaring its intent to conduct a hearing in consideration of creating a no shooting zone in the Glenhaven Lakes area of Whatcom County ; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Whatcom County Code 9 . 32 . 020 and RCW 36 . 32 . 120 , the County Council has the authority and power to establish no shooting zones ; and WHEREAS, a " no shooting zone" is an area designated by the County Council in which the discharge of firearms is prohibited ; and WHEREAS, the Revised Code of Washington 9 . 41 . 300 ( 2 ) specifically states that counties may enact laws and ordinances restricting the discharge of firearms in any portion of their respective jurisdiction where there is a reasonable likelihood that humans, domestic animals or property will be jeopardized ; and WHEREAS, the Glenhaven Lakes area in southern Whatcom County, which includes both Cain Lake and Reed Lake , has a population and residential housing density development pattern that is more urban in nature than the remainder of the rural portions of Whatcom County ; and WHEREAS, a number of citizens residing in this area have requested this restriction on the discharge of firearms as a means to promote public safety and welfare ; and WHEREAS, twenty two other " no shooting " zones have been established throughout unincorporated Whatcom County as a means to protect the public . NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that a new section of Whatct i ' tIbly&,4ityicode 9 . 32 shall be added to create a no-shooting zone in the Glenhaven Lakes a r e a A to this ordinance . EtiS eh day of December , 2011 . 0 COUNTY S •• < s • - WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL M = WHATCO COUNTY WASH GT N are /. ST FT ' Dana Brat/vale . is, CI & of the Council Sam a ford, Council C it rf * ```• APPR ED ,ASITio'�FOR0: ( p ! • - d ( Denied Civil Deputy Prosecutor Pete Kremen, Executive Date : / p( < 3 f/ Exhibit A . (Glenhaven Lakes Area No Shooting Zone) 9 . 32 . 340 No shooting zone number 23 established . A . No shooting zone number 23 is also known as the Glenhaven Lakes area . B . The boundaries are described as follows : This No Shooting Zone is intended to represent all of the rural land zoned for one unit per two acres ( R2A) in portions of Sections 29 and 32 , Township 37 North , Range 4 East, Whatcom County , Washington per Title 20 as designated at the time of adoption of the ordinance codified in this section lying Westerly of Cain lake Road and Easterly and Southerly of Commercial Forest Lands as shown on aforesaid map . Said Zone more particularly described as follows ; All of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29 , Township 37 North , Range 4 East, And all of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29 , And all of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 29 lying Westerly of Cain Lake Road , And all that portion of the West Half of Section 32 , Township 37 North , Range 4 East of W . M . and the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of said Section 32 , all lying Westerly of Cain lake Road . 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