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The request is to amend the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Map to extend the Crossroads Commercial
designation for a property in the Hinote's Corner location of Whatcom County.
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ATTACHMENTS:
(1) Proposed Ordinance with Attachment "A
(2) Agency Report
(3) Staff Report
March 27, 2003
SEPA review required? ( X ) Yes ( ) No Should Clerk schedule a hearing? ( ) Yes ( Xt) No
SEPA review completed? ( X) Yes ( ) No Requested Date:
'A hearing must be held ifthe Council changes the Planning Commission
recommendation (WCC20.10.110.
SU'MMARYSTATEMENT: Distribution Request
The request is to amend the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Map Indicate those who should receive a copy after Council
to rezone 0.76 acre from Rural (R2A) to Crossroads Commercial (General action. List specific names to the right.
Commercial) in the Hinote's Corner location of Whatcom County. ADS Facilities management
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Related File Numbers: File NCMP2003 -00010 (this item
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PROPOSED BY: PDS
INTRODUCTION DATE: 10/21/03
ORDINANCE NO. 2004 -018
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL WHATCOM COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP FOR
0.35 ACRES IN THE CROSSROADS COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION
OF HINOTE'S CORNER
WHEREAS, The request is to amend the official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Map
for roughly 3 acres of a parcel of land from Rural, (132A), to Crossroads Commercial, (General
Commercial), located in the northeast portion of Hinote's Corner; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to RCW 36.70.590, legal notice was published in the Bellingham
Herald on Thursday, March 13, 2003; and
WHEREAS, The Deputy SEPA Official for Whatcom County issued a Determination of Non -
significance on March 13, 2003, notice mailed to surrounding property owners and the site posted;
and
WHEREAS, The Whatcom County Planning Commission held a public hearing on the
proposed amendment on Thursday, March 27, 2003, and considered all testimony; and
WHEREAS, The Whatcom County Planning Commission recommended denial of the
applicant's proposed map amendment on Thursday, March 27, 2003; and
WHEREAS, The Whatcom County Planning Commission recommended that the General
Commercial zoning line be adjusted 105 feet easterly of the present location, to a point 425 feet east
of the western section line of Section 4, Township 39 North, Range 3 East of Willamette Meridian,
(an area of approximately 0.76 acre); and
WHEREAS, The Whatcom County Council at its regularly held meeting on November 5,
2003, recommended an amendment to the Planning Commission's recommendation and
recommended holding a public hearing on Tuesday, November 13, 2003; and
WHEREAS, The County Council recommended reducing the area of the proposed rezone of
the Faber property to an area of 0.35 acre as shown by the dimensions on the attached Exhibit "A ";
and
WHEREAS, the County Council finds the amendment in the best interest of the public health,
safety, and welfare, based on the following findings and conclusions:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. Legal notice was published in the Bellingham Herald on Thursday, March13, 2003, notice
mailed to surrounding property owners and the site posted on March 10, 2003.
2. A Determination of Non - significance was issued under the State Environmental Policy Act
(SEPA) on March 13, 2003.
3. The Whatcom County Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed
amendment on Thursday, March 27, 2003, and considered all testimony.
4. The property is flat, with a residence, a converted storage /garage building and a personal
storage Coverall building. A Group B water system and a 42' diameter non - potable water
tank have been constructed onsite.
5. The soil is prime soil, permeability is moderately rapid and available water capacity is
moderate. The area is situated in a Critical Aquifer Recharge Area.
6. A changed condition that indicates a need for an amendment in the Whatcom County
Comprehensive Plan Official Map is the conversion of the existing 60 year old chicken
battery into a fully renovated 161 foot long storage /garage building that straddles two zone
designations.
6. The applicant for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment has provided no evidence to support
the rezone of the entire +/- 3 acres from Rural, R2A, into General Commercial, GC.
7. The Planning Commission recommended denial to the applicant's proposal and recommended
a further adjustment to the zone line put forward by the Planning staff at the March 27, '03,
public hearing.
8. The Whatcom County Council recommended an amendment of the Planning Commission's
recommendation on November 5, 2003, and recommended a readjustment to the zone line
and a public hearing for November 18, 2003.
9. County Council finds that a readjustment in the extension of the zoning line 105 feet easterly
of the existing location of the Crossroads Commercial (General Commercial) zoning line on
the south portion of the applicant's property, thence running the zone line at right angles
north 147 feet, thence running the zone line at right angles west 105 feet to meet with the
present location of the zone line, will be sufficient to allow access to the rear (or easterly end)
of the renovated storage building.
CONCLUSION
The Whatcom County Council concludes that its recommended amendment, based upon the above
analysis and findings of fact, is consistent with the goals and policies of the Growth Management
Act, the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and the County -wide Planning Policies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that:
Section 1. The Official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Map for the Crossroads Commercial
at the Hinote's Corner is hereby amended as shown on Attachment "A ".
Section 2. Adjudication of invalidity of any of the sections, clauses, or provisions of this Ordinance
shall not affect or impair the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the
part so declared to be invalid.
ADOPTED this 9 day of March , 2004
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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APPROVED as to form
Karen Prakes
Civil Deputy Prosecutor
( Approved ( )) Denied
Pete Kremer, Executive
Date: 3 _ /J-Ivyr
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