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TCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL
NO. 9090 -361(a
°i�LEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office: Agenda Date Assigned To:
Originator- EJ/DGH /RI 10/29 10/30/90 Council
Division Head- '
Department Head -
Prosecutor Review RW by fax 10/30
Purchasine/Budeet Mr.-
Executive-
Emergency ordinance establishing interim zoning to impose a temporary moratorium on processing of
conditional use permit applications for solid waste disposal facilities and sites, pending study of appropriate
controls
ATTACHMENTS:
Ordinance
Public Hearing Needed? Yes / _/ No/xr /
SUMMARY STATEMENT•
Refer to the "whereas "' in the body of the proposed ordinance for more information.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION.•
Recommend adoption (a minimum of five votes needed)
COMMITTEE ACTION (including dates):
COUNCIL ACTION (including dates):
10- 30 -.90 Council passed 7 -0
Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number. • oRn 9 o-10 3
Emergency ordinance establishing interim zoning to impose a temporary moratorium on processing of
conditional use permit applications for solid waste disposal facilities and sites, pending study of appropriate
controls
ATTACHMENTS:
Ordinance
Public Hearing Needed? Yes / _/ No/xr /
SUMMARY STATEMENT•
Refer to the "whereas "' in the body of the proposed ordinance for more information.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION.•
Recommend adoption (a minimum of five votes needed)
COMMITTEE ACTION (including dates):
COUNCIL ACTION (including dates):
10- 30 -.90 Council passed 7 -0
Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number. • oRn 9 o-10 3
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SPONSORED BY: Jackson /Haney /Imhof
PROPOSED BY: Jackson /Haneyf Imhof
INTRODUCTION DATE: 10 -30 -90
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3 EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 90 -103
4 AN INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCE
5 IMPOSING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON PROCESSING
6 OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR SOLID
7 WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES, AND
8 DECLARING THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS
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10 WHEREAS, Title 20, the official Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance, allows for
11 solid waste disposal facilities and sites as conditional uses in a number of zones; and
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13 WHEREAS, these conditional uses depend upon the normal conditional use
14 criteria found in Section 20.84 which may be inadequate to address the specific issues of
15 solid waste disposal facilities and sites; and
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17 WHEREAS, the Council directed the Planning staff and Planning Commission to
18 review the regulation; and
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20 WHEREAS, the Planning staff developed draft regulation which included
21 additional restriction and presented them at a public hearing before the Planning
22 Commission on June 12, 1990; and
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24 WHEREAS, these regulation proved controversial and required additional
25 review and coordination among departments within the County and the private sector;
26 and
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28 WHEREAS, the public hearing was continued to a date certain on several
29 occasion to allow this review and the public hearing has been continued to November
30 20, 1990, to further consider the matter; and
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32 WHEREAS, an emergency exists because additional landfill projects are proposed
33 which may require the additional scrutiny to be provided under the new regulations, in
34 order to protect the public health, safety and welfare; and
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36 WHEREAS, allowing the filing of applications for these landfill proposals under
37 the present rules would thwart the effectiveness of the new regulations and would be
38 detrimental to the public's health and welfare; and
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WHEREAS, under the authority of RCW 36.32.120 (7) and 36.70.790, the County
Council may place a moratorium on the processing of such proposals until the new
regulations are in place;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that
upon passage of this emergency ordinance, commercial solid waste disposal
facilities for public use shall not be regarded as permitted or conditionally permitted
uses, and acceptance of any related applications shall be stayed until December 30, 1990;
and
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this moratorium is being imposed on an
emergency basis in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare and will take
effect immediately upon passage.
ADOPTED this 30th day of October, 1990.
ATTEST:
Ramona Reeves, Council Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Civil Depu osecutor
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUR�Y, WASHINGTON
G.
( ) Approved ( ) Denied
Marvin G. Vanderpol, Execu ive Pro Tern
Date: /a --3b 90
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