HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning April 27 1993WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
April 27, 1993
The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 1000 N.
Forest St., 2nd floor, by Dan Warner, Chair.
Also present:
Larry Harris
Barbara Brenner
Absent:
1. DISCUSSION OF COUNTY -WIDE ADDRESSING SYSTEM (AB92 -170)
Topics discussed: Background; potential cost; Citizen's Advisory Committee;
Engineering's recommendation; present GRID system; public's suggestions; pros and cons
of a quadrant system; problems with name similarities.
Persons speaking: Warner; Ed Henken, Engineering; Brenner; Harris.
HARRIS MOVED TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION.
The motion carried 2 to 1 with Brenner opposed.
2. DISCUSSION OF ANCILLARY USES BEING CONDITIONALLY
PERMITTED IN MINERAL RESOURCE AREAS (MRA) (AB93 -151)
Topics discussed: Background; original recommendation to and from Planning
Commission; temporary vs. conditional permits; number of permitted asphalt plants; timing
of action; costs of trucking; problems with moving the product; cost escalation; changing 18
month temporary permits to length of job duration; concrete cleaner to haul than gravel;
administrative costs incurred under temporary permits; time constraints possible under
conditional use permits; methods for accomplishing the change (text change to Title 20);
SEPA checklist time constraints; process should begin with industry; sections in State bill
which take local jurisdiction in mining regulations.
Persons speaking: Brenner; Jeff Griffin, Planning Dept.; Warner; Harris; Dan Taylor,
Planning Dept.; Gary Orr, Pacific Concrete; John Critchlow, Realtor; Lysa Starkenburg,
Whatcom Sand and Gravel; Bob Woods, Budget Analyst.
BRENNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL WRITE A LETTER
TO THE GOVERNOR ASKING THAT HE VETO SECTIONS 16 AND 19 OF BILL
5502.
The motion carried unanimously..
3. ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 1993 UPDATE OF THE WHATCOM
COUNTY SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (AB93 -109)
Topics discussed: Background; inadequacy of current dock and canopy sizes; process
of making changes; alleged staff statement that variances would not be allowed; variance
process; length of permitting time; preference for conditional use over variance; process for
changing Shoreline Management Program; areas of disagreement within the Program;
method of figuring square footage in canopies; changes from the original resolution.
Persons speaking: Warner; Taylor; Brenner; Don Robinson, Whatcom Construction
Co.; Harris; Schaara Chase, 5559 Pleasant Bay Rd.
HARRIS MOVED TO WAIT FOR HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION
BEFORE RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO THE SHORELINE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
The motion carried unanimously.
HARRIS MOVED TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
The motion carried unanimously.
4. OTHER BUSINESS
Brenner introduced accessory units.
Topics discussed: traffic increase; effects on zoning.
Persons speaking: Brenner; Warner.
BRENNER MOVED THAT THE COMMITTEE ASK THAT THE CONCEPT OF
ACCESSORY UNITS BE FURTHER EXPLORED BY THE PLANNING
DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BROUGHT BACK TO
COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
The motion carried 2 to 1 with Warner opposed.
Warner and Taylor discussed the proliferation of billboards on the freeway going into
Canada. Warner asked Taylor to see to the enforcement of the County's billboard
ordinance.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:52 p.m.
Planning Minutes, 4127193, Page 2
ATTEST:
Nancy C n, Assistant Clerk
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
Dan Warner, Chair
Planning Minutes, 4127193, Page 3