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RESOLUTION 16-049
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND,
WASHINGTON,RELATED TO THE 2017 ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE CITY'S
COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN
WHEREAS,the City adopted a 20-Year Comprehensive Growth Management Plan through
Ordinance No. 2539 on July 15, 1996 to meet the goals and requirements of Chapter 36.70A RCW
(also known as the Growth Management Act"GMA"); and
WHEREAS,the City adopted its current Zoning Code (Title 17 PTMC) on April 7, 1997
(Ordinance No. 2571), to comply with the GMA and to implement the Plan; and
WHEREAS,since initial adoption in 1996, the City has undertaken numerous
amendments to the Plan in an effort to ensure that the Plan remains consistent with the goals and
requirements of the GMA, as well as emerging community trends; and
WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.470 and WAC 365-196-640 require that the City establish a
procedure for considering amendments to the comprehensive plan on an annual basis; and
WHEREAS, PTMC 20.04.020 (B) sets forth amendment cycles and identifies the types
of amendments that shall be docketed and considered on an annual basis as follows:
1. Site-specific "formal" applications, timely filed and accompanied by a filing fee;
2. Time sensitive mandated amendments as determined by the director of development
services; and
3. Amendments necessary to address a deficiency in the comprehensive plan or
development regulations identified during project review(pursuant to RCW
36.70A.470(3)), provided, if resources are unavailable, the amendment could be
carried over.
WHEREAS, under PTMC 20.04.035(B), Council may open the annual amendment process
to non-mandatory amendments. Council must make a decision whether or not to do so on or before
December 15th of each year. Council's decision should be based upon consideration of available
resources to review amendments and implement the Comprehensive Plan;and
WHEREAS,the Director of Development Services has recommended that the City not
open the 2017 annual amendment process to suggested amendments given that:
1. With adoption of Ordinance 3154 on October 3, 2016, the City has recently
completed an extensive update to the Comprehensive Plan and development
regulations including numerous suggested amendments.
2. Pursuant to Ordinance 3154 and Resolution 15-042, the 2017 Update is required to
include possible amendments to the City's Critical Areas Ordinance.
3. Resolution 15-042 also directed the City Manager,in consultation with the Planning
Commission,to review suggested items that had not be considered on the 20-year periodic
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update and to create a work plan to address those items.
4. If the 2017 update was open to suggested amendments,additional staff or consultant
resources may be necessary to process those amendments and still comply with the
mandatory updates in 2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Port Townsend that,
pursuant to PTMC 20.04.035(B),no amendments will be considered in the 2017 annual update
except those required by PTMC 20.04.020(B) and possible updates to the City's Critical Areas
Ordinance.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend at a regular business
meeting thereof held this 21 st day of November 2016.
DeboaWah S. ns �...
Mayor
Attest. Approved as to form:
Joanna Sanders, CMC Steven L. Gross
City Clerk City Attorney