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NO. 98 -134
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Introduction
Division Head: Sylvia Goodwin
3/13/98
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P & D / Council
Dept. Head: Michael Knapp
3/13/98
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SUBJECT. File Reference: 02 -982M An Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural
Five Acres (R5A) to Light Impact Industrial (LII) for approximately 1.6 acres in the Cherry Point - Ferndale Subarea.
ATTACHMENTS: Whatcom County Planning Department Agency Report
Proposed Ordinance with Exhibit "A" (Map).
Excerpt from Draft Planning Commission minutes, March 12, 1998
SUMMARYSTATEMENT.
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The request is to amend the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural Five Acres (R5A) to Light Impact
Industrial (LII) for approximately 1.6 acres in the Cherry Point - Ferndale Subarea; consistent with the Comprehensive Plan
designation of Urban Growth Area.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Director of Planning and Development Services recommends
Council adopt the proposed ordinance.
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN.-
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
1998 - 134 3/24/98: Introduced
4/7/98: Adopted 7 - 0, Ord. #98 -025
Related File Numbers: #02 -98:ZM
Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only):
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PROPOSED BY: consent
INTRODUCTION DATE: 3/24/98
ORDINANCE NO. 98 -025
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL WHATCOM COUNTY ZONING MAP
FROM RURAL FIVE ACRES (R5A) TO LIGHT IMPACT INDUSTRIAL (LII) FOR
APPROXIMATELY 1.6 ACRES IN THE CHERRY POINT - FERNDALE SUBAREA
WHEREAS, The Whatcom County Planning and Development Services
Department has requested that the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map be amended
from Rural Five Acres (R5A) to Light Impact Industrial (LII) for approximately 1.6 acres
in the Cherry Point - Ferndale Subarea; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.70.590 legal notice was published in the
Bellingham Herald on Thursday, February 26, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the Deputy SEPA Official determined .in a memorandum dated
March 3, 1998 that SEPA requirements have been met by the Draft and Final
Environmental Impact Statements prepared in conjunction with the adoption of the
Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan in 1997 and that no further SEPA review is
required for the rezone; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed
amendment on March 12, 1998 and considered all testimony; and
WHEREAS, the Council held a public meeting on April 7, 1998 to consider this
matter and approved the Planning Commission recommendation; and
WHEREAS, the Council found the amendment in the best interest of the public
health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the.Council has adopted the following Findings and Conclusions:
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FINDINGS
1. The subject property is in Ferndale's Urban Growth Area and is within the Short
Term Planning Area.
-2. The Whatcom County Council requested that the Planning and Development
Services Department initiate rezones of parcels that were approved for
comprehensive plan map changes to make -the zoning consistent with the
Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan.
3. The subject property is presently vacant and wooded.
4. Surrounding Uses include the 1 -5 right -of -way; a 58 acre partially wooded and
partially farmed- parcel in Ag Open Space taxation; a wooded area and a 26 unit
mobile home park; a small wooded tract and a single family residence owned by
Mr. Hall; a warehouse /light industrial complex; and undeveloped Light Impact
Industrial zoned land divided into numerous parcels under the Grandview Light
Industrial Park General Binding Site Plan.
5. The area is presently served by individual wells and septic systems, with the
potential for limited quantities of industrial consumptive water and potable water
provided by Whatcom County Public Utility District No. 1. Ferndale's
Comprehensive Plan assumes that the area will be served by City utilities within
the planning period (by 2015) although Ferndale's six year capital facilities plan
does not include any project to extend utilities to this area.
6. Fire protection is provided by Whatcom County Fire Protection District Number 7
which has a mutual aid agreement with the City of Ferndale. The nearest fire
station is approximately one -half mile south and one -half mile east, at Grandview
and Enterprise Roads.
7. The subject property is adjacent to Portal Way which is a rural major collector
and is constructed to all- weather standards.
8. Although the Soil Survey maps indicate prime agricultural soils on the site the
small size and constrained location make it unsuitable as part of the agricultural
resource land base.
9. The site is flat with no significant hydrologic features, wetlands or wildlife habitat.
10 Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan goals and policies address consideration
of locational and market factors and required quantities of land; sufficient and
appropriately located residential, commercial, and industrial lands; increasing
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light industrial uses along the Interstate -5 corridor; channeling growth to areas
where adequate services can be provided; encouraging provision of serviced
industrial sites by cities; ensuring adequate land supply to accommodate twenty
years of growth within urban areas; preventing sprawl and promoting phased
development from the urban core outward; distinguishing areas where final plans
for urban services are not yet in place; assuring that adequate capacity in public
facilities exists or is projected within ten years to servethe urban growth areas;
and the need to provide serviced industrial land in Ferndale's Urban Growth
Area.
11. An error in the present classification is the rural zoning inside an Urban Growth
Area.
12. A changed condition is Inclusion in an Urban Growth Area.
CONCLUSIONS
1. In view of the fact that the subject property is in Ferndale's Urban Growth Area
and is within the Short Term Planning Area as adopted by Whatcom County, the
proposed rezone appears to be appropriate. Further support for this proposal is
provided by the goals and policies in the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan
that emphasize providing adequate serviced land for industrial development.
Future development utilizing Ferndale sewer and water services will require
annexation to the City of Ferndale. .
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that:
Section 1. The Official. Whatcom County Zoning Map is her amended from Rural .
Five Acres (R5A) to Light Impact Industrial (LII) for approximately 1.6 acres in the
Cherry Point - Ferndale Subarea, in Section 6, T39N, R2E, as shown on Exhibit "A"
(Map), Assessors parcel number 390206 - 118274.
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 7 day of
ATTEST:
Am& 6rown- .
Clerk of the Council
APPRO ED as to form
A1., � 4U11-1,
aren Frakes, Civil Deput rosecutor
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April .1998.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Robert Imhof, Council hair
Approved () Denied
Pete Kremen, Executive
Date: 1_1.3
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EXHIBIT "A