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HomeMy WebLinkAbout24-043 Related to Postponing the 2025 Annual Update of the City's Comprehensive Plan During the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review and Development RegulationsResolution 24-043 Page 1 of 2 RESOLUTION NO.24-043 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, RELATED TO POSTPONING THE 2025 ANNUAL UPDATE OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DURING THE 2025 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PERIODIC REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WHEREAS, on July 15, 1996, the City of Port Townsend ("City") adopted its 20-Year Comprehensive Growth Management Plan ("Plan") through Ordinance 2539 in order to meet the goals and requirements of Chapter 36.70A of the Revised Code of Washington ("RCW") (the "Growth Management Act," "Act," or "GMA"); and WHEREAS, the City adopted its current Zoning Code as Title 17 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code ("PTMC") on April 7, 1997, (Ordinance 2571) to comply with the GMA and to implement the Plan; and WHEREAS, since initial adoption in 1996 and 1997, the City has amended the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations through the annual update and Periodic Review processes to ensure the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations remain consistent with the goals and requirements of the GMA as well as emerging community trends; and WHEREAS, the City is currently conducting a Periodic Review of the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations, due in December 2025, as required by RCW 36.70A.130; WHEREAS, in accordance with WAC 365-196-610(3)(a) the periodic review and annual amendment processes shall not overlap; and WHEREAS, PTMC 20.04.020.13 also states that "the annual docket must be combined with the broader GMA docket or postponed until the year following the update;' and, WHEREAS, on December 11, 2023, City Council adopted Resolution 23-056 stating that the City would combine the 2024 annual amendment process with the 2025 Periodic Review; and WHEREAS, the draft preliminary docket of potential amendments for the 2025 Periodic Review includes formal and informal amendment applications from the combined 2024 annual amendment cycle; and, WHEREAS, the Director of Planning and Community Development has recommended that the City postpone the 2025 annual amendment cycle until the year following the Periodic Review (2026) consistent with WAC 365-196-610(3)(a) and PTMC 20.04.020.13 and given that: a. The City is required to complete a state mandated Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review in 2025; b. Planning and Community Development staff are operating at capacity for planning and permit functions and staff time will be committed to the 2025 Periodic Review, making simultaneous reviews of the annual amendments and the Periodic Review Resolution 24-043 Page 2 of 2 infeasible; and c. Adding additional amendments after the Periodic Review's preliminary docket is approved via public hearings in early 2025 is an unnecessary redundancy, a burden on resources, and inconsistent with legal and regulatory requirements. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend that, pursuant to PTMC 20.04.040.1) and state laws and rules under the GMA, the Comprehensive Plan annual amendment cycle will be postponed to 2026 while the City engages in its Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review in 2025. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 16" day of December, 2024. y David J. Faber Mayor Attest: m yµiM� m� ✓ mo Y Lies (its Clerk