HomeMy WebLinkAboutord1988-092E # 09- 88:CZMT
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2 DRAFT 2, November 17, 1988
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INTRODUCED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Planning
DATE: August 18, 1988
ORDINANCE NO. 88 -92
5 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TEXT AND MAPS OF THE FOOTHILLS SUBAREA
6 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ADOPTING TITLE 20 ZONING FOR THE FOOTHILLS
7 SUBAREA
8 WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Planning Agency is charged with updating and
9 revising earlier comprehensive plans in order to replace the Interim Zoning
10 Ordinance with the Official Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance, Title 20, and
11 providing recommendations for legislative action to the County Council; and
12 WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Planning Agency has reviewed the Foothills
13 Subarea through development of a Background Document that inventoried and
14 analyzed land use, transportation, community facilities, utilities, recreation,
15 and environmental features of the subarea while determining important economic
16 and land use related issues and developing a citizen participation process which
17 has resulted in development of the Foothills Subarea Comprehensive Plan and
18 zoning; and
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WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Planning Commission
conducted a
public hearing
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on June 8, 1988 for the purpose of receiving public
testimony on the proposed
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comprehensive plan and zoning; and held work sessions
on June 28,
1988 and July
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26, 1988 resulting in findings and recommendations to the
Council;
those findings
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are summarized in the attached Planning Agency Report,
Exhibit "C ",
dated August
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4, 1988, and incorporated herein by reference; and
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WHEREAS, the Deputy SEPA Official issued
a determination
of non -
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significance on August 3, 1988; and
27 WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council has reviewed the Planning Agency's
28 Findings, Reasons, and Motion; and
29 WHEREAS, at the Whatcom County Council Committee of the Whole meeting on
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30 September 8, 1988 it was determined that the Council would hold i t,.,s own hearing
31 to consider; higher density residential zoning in the Mosquito Lake Road area;
32 and a request from Stafford Smith, representing Chuck Gable, a prospective
33 purchaser of the Tomyhoi Associates property; and a request from representatives
34 of Glacier Land Company; and
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1 WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.70.590, legal notice was published in the
2 Westside Record Journal on September 28, 1988 for the October 13, 1988 hearing;
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4 WHEREAS, the Council held a public hearing
on October 13,
1988 where
5 testimony was received concerning zoning requests
for the Raper
property in
6 Section 32, T39N, RSE; the Savage property in Section
27, T40N, R6E;
the Tomyhoi
7 property in Section 25, T40N, RSE; and the Glacier Land Company
property in
8 Sections 7, 8, 17, and 18, T39N, R7E and Sections 1,
12, and 13, T39N, R6E; and
9 WHEREAS, at the Council Committee of the Whole meeting on November 10,
10 1988 the Raper request, the Savage request, the Tomyhoi request, and the Glacier
11 Land Company request were discussed; and
12 WHEREAS, at the Council meeting on November 17, 1988 the Council made a
13 final decision to adopt the Planning Agency's recommended Foothills Subarea
14 Comprehensive Plan and zoning with the attached revisions;
15 NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council as follows:
16 Section 1. Comprehensive Plan and Plan Maps
17 The 1970 Whatcom County Plan Text and Maps for the geographic area known as the
18 Foothills Subarea and the 1976 Mount Baker Foothills Supplement to the 1970
19 Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan are hereby amended in their entirety to read
20 as set forth in Exhibit "A" and the map revisions in Exhibit "B" which are
21 attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
22 Section 2. Zoning Map
23 The Official Whatcom County Zoning Map for the area referred to as the Foothills
24 Subarea is hereby amended in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit "A" and the
25 map revisions in Exhibit "B" which are attached hereto and incorporated herein
26 by reference.
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Section 3. Repealer
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The Interim Zoning Ordinance,
Chapter 2.24,
Whatcom County Code, text and map,
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is hereby repealed as far as
it affects
the Foothills Subarea.
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Section 4. Validity
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Adjudication of invalidity of
any of the
sections, clauses, or provisions of this
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Ordinance shall not affect or
impair the
validity of the Ordinance as a whole or
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any part thereof other than the
part so
declared to be invalid.
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1 PASSED this 17th day of November
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6 ATTEST:
8 Clerk of the Council
9 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
, 1988.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
William P. Roehl Chairperson
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Shirley Van Za ten, Coufify Executive
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13 Civil Deputy secuting Attorney
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