AN ACT Relating to amendments to comprehensive plans; and amending RCW 35.63.100, 35A.63.070, 36.70.390, and 36.70.590.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. Section 35.63.100, chapter 7, Laws of 1965 as amended by section 8, chapter 144, Laws of 1967 ex. sess. and RCW 35.63.100 are each amended to read as follows:

The commission may recommend to its council or board the plan prepared by it as a whole, or may recommend parts of the plan by successive recommendations; the parts corresponding with geographic or political sections, division or subdivisions of the municipality, or with functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan, or in the case of counties, with suburban settlement or arterial highway area. It may also prepare and recommend any amendment or extension thereof or addition thereto.

Before the recommendation of the initial plan to the municipality the commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, giving notice of the time and place by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and in the official gazette, if any, of the municipality.

When a mobile home park may be affected by a plan recommendation, the commission shall give written notice of the hearing to each resident-household of the mobile home park. The commission shall be provided a list of names of the mobile home park residents by the owner or agent. The list shall be provided in a timely manner prior to the public hearing.

The council may adopt by resolution or ordinance and the board may adopt by resolution the plan recommended to it by the commission, or any part of the plan, as the comprehensive plan.

A true copy of the resolution of the board adopting or embodying such plan or any part thereof or any amendment thereto shall be certified by the clerk of the board and filed with the county auditor. A like certified copy of any map or plat referred to or adopted by the county resolution shall likewise be filed with the county auditor. The auditor shall record the resolution and keep on file the map or plat.

The original resolution or ordinance of the council adopting or embodying such plan or any part thereof or any amendment thereto shall be certified by the clerk of the city and filed by him. The original of any map or plat referred to or adopted by the resolution or ordinance of the council shall likewise be certified by the clerk of the city and filed by him. The clerk shall keep on file the resolution or ordinance and map or plat.

Sec. 2. Section 35A.63.070, chapter 119, Laws of 1967 ex. sess. and RCW 35A.63.070 are each amended to read as follows:

After preparing the comprehensive plan, or successive parts thereof, as the case may be, the planning agency shall hold at least one public hearing on the comprehensive plan or successive part. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of such public hearing shall be given as provided by ordinance and including at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation delivered in the code city and in the official gazette, if any, of the code city, at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing. When a mobile home park may be affected by a plan recommendation, the planning agency shall give written notice of the hearing to each resident-household of the mobile home park. The planning agency shall be provided a list of names of the mobile home park residents by the owner or agent. The list shall be provided in a timely manner prior to the public hearing.

Continued hearings may be held at the discretion of the planning agency but no additional notices need be published.

Sec. 3. Section 36.70.390, chapter 4, Laws of 1963 and RCW 36.70.390 are each amended to read as follows:

Notice of the time, place and purpose of any public hearing shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and in the official gazette, if any, of the county, at least ten days before the hearing. When a mobile home park may be affected by a plan recommendation, the commission shall give written notice of the hearing, at least ten days prior to the hearing, to each resident-household of the mobile home park. The commission shall be provided a list of names of the mobile home park residents by the owner or agent. The list shall be provided in a timely manner prior to the public hearing.

Sec. 4. Section 36.70.590, chapter 4, Laws of 1963 and RCW 36.70.590 are each amended to read as follows:

Notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and in the official gazette, if any, of the county at least ten days before the hearing.

When a mobile home park may be affected by a plan recommendation, the board shall give written notice of the hearing, at least ten days prior to the hearing, to each resident-household of the mobile home park. The board shall be provided a list of names of the mobile home park residents by the owner or agent. The list shall be provided in a timely manner prior to the public hearing.

The board may prescribe additional methods for providing notice.