HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning and Development April 23 1991WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Tuesday, April 23, 1991
The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor,
1000 N. Forest, by Chairperson Marge Laidlaw.
Also Present
Don Hansey
Absent
Emily Jackson
1. ORDINANCE IMPOSING A PERMANENT MORATORIUM ON
SURFACE MINING (AB91 -147; RELATED TO AB90 -443)
Dan Taylor, Whatcom County Planning Director, spoke at length about what the
Department of Natural Resources regulates and what the County regulates when dealing
with surface mining activities.
Bob Carmichael, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, stated that the real difference
between this Ordinance and the one that the Planning Commission looked at previously is
the splitting out of two dates. The subject matter is the same, and all the issues have been
thoroughly considered by the Commission over the last year and a half.
This Ordinance would place a moratorium on surface mining activity within Whatcom
County. The only exceptions would be those parcels identified as likely sites to be
designated as mineral resource lands and those parcels determined to have vested rights
until December 31, 1991 or until regulations are in place in compliance with the Growth
Management Act, whichever is first.
HANSEY MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL.
Motion carried unanimously.
2. OTHER BUSINESS
No other business.
Planning and Development Committee Minutes, April 23, 1991, page 1
The meeting was adjourned.
ATTEST
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
Marge idlaw, Committee Member
Planning and Development Committee Minutes, 4 -23 -1991, page 2