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INTRODUCED BY: Hansey
PROPOSED BY: Executive
DATE INTRODUCED: 8 -31 -89
ORDINANCE NO. 89 -73
All EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE OFFICIAL WHATCOM
COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, TEXT AND MAP, TITLE 20 OF THE
WHATCOM COUNTY CODE, FOR THE LAKE WHATCOM SUBAREA OF THE
VIHATCOM COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND ADOPTING THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE LAKE WHATCON SUBAREA
WHEREAS, Whatcom County Ordinance 84 -04 which amended
Ordinance 82 -58 is found to contain a provision for the expiration
of the Lake Whatcom Subarea Comprehensive Plan and official Whatcom
County Zoning ordinance text (Title 20) and map, which would allow
the zoning to revert back to the Interim zoning for the Lake
Whatcom Subarea; and,
WHEREAS, Lake Whatcom is the potable drinking water
supply for the City of Bellingham and other areas within the
County, and further development within the Lake Whatcom Watershed
must be limited to a quantity and density which is consistent with
the overall maintenance of a safe and adequate water supply, and
WHEREAS, it has been determined by the County Council
that an emergency exists that requires immediate action by the
Council for the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Whatcom County, and
WHEREAS, RCW Chapter 36.70 empowers the County to enact
a zoning ordinance and provide for the administration and
enforcement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the County Council that
an emergency exists that requires immediate action for the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of Whatcom County, and _
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Council hereby
adopts the Lake Whatcom Subarea Comprehensive Plan and official
Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance, text and map for those areas of
Lake Whatcom Subarea as shown in Exhibit A and contained in the
November 1988 edition of Title 20, including the subsequent
amendments thereto and that portion of the zoning ordinance which
proposed urban level uses and densities within the watershed
designated on the zoning map as Urban Residential Low,
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Urban Residential Medium, Resort Commercial, Rural Residential Two
(two dwelling units per acre) , and Neighborhood Commercial, and
repealing all other portions of the ordinance that are in conflict
with this ordinance, and
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance is adopted
pursuant to 2.40 of the Whatcom County Charter and therefore shall
expire on the 61st day following the date on which this ordinance
becomes law.
BE IT FIWAULY ORDAINED that it shall be the policy of the What -
com County Council to have the final ordinance before it in sufficient
time for it to be effective no later than October 31,-1989.
APPROVED this 31st day of August , 1989.
ATTEST:
Ramona Reeves
Clerk of the Council
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
andall J. t s, ief Civil
Deputy Pros ting Attorney
Exhibits A and B attached.
WHATCOM COUN COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY). SHIRT
Donald G.
Chairpers
( ) APPROVED ( ) VETOED
SHIRLEY VAN ZANTEN
County Executive
Date: 1- 3r- &
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Exhibit A
Ordinance 89-73
WHATCOM COUNTY
STATEMENT OF EMERGENCY EXEMPTION
FROM PROCEDURES OF THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
AND WHATCOM COUNTY SEPA ORDINANCE
PROPONENT Whatcom Coun
311 Grand Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225
DESCRIPTION OF ACTION THAT MUST BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID:
AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY
AN IMMINENT DANGER. TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY
AN IMMINENT THREAT OF SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
Emergency action to adopt Title 20 zoning text and Lake Whatcom Subarea
Comprehensive Plan for the Lake Whatcom Subarea of Whatcom County.
LEAD AGENCY Whatcom County Department of Public Works, Division of
Buildings & Code
This emergency exemption is granted pursuant to the authority of
WAC 197- 14-g80 and Whatcom County SEPA Ordinance Section
RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL Jerry Mixon
POSITION /TITLE Deputy SEPA Official for Whatcom Count
DAT$,ugust 31, 1989 SIGNATURE (
Exhibit B
Ordinance 89 -73
B &C 11/81