1761-S.E AMS NELS S3202.2
ESHB 1761 - S AMD TO GO COMM AMD (S-2983.1/93)
By Senators Nelson and Haugen
NOT ADOPTED 4/12/93
On page 1, beginning on line 7 of the amendment, strike everything through "adoption." on page 3, line 39, and insert the following:
""Sec. 1. RCW 36.70A.040 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Each county that
has both a population of fifty thousand or more and has had its population
increase by more than ten percent in the previous ten years, and the cities
located within such county, and any other county regardless of its population
that has had its population increase by more than twenty percent in the
previous ten years, and the cities located within such county, shall ((adopt
comprehensive land use plans and development regulations under)) conform
with all of the requirements of this chapter. However, the county
legislative authority of such a county with a population of less than fifty
thousand population may adopt a resolution removing the county, and the cities
located within the county, from the requirements of adopting comprehensive land
use plans and development regulations under this chapter if this resolution is
adopted and filed with the department by December 31, 1990, for counties
initially meeting this set of criteria, or within sixty days of the date the
office of financial management certifies that a county meets this set of
criteria under subsection (5) of this section.
Once a county meets
either of these sets of criteria, the requirement to conform with ((RCW
36.70A.040 through 36.70A.160)) all of the requirements of this chapter
remains in effect, even if the county no longer meets one of these sets of
criteria.
(2) The county
legislative authority of any county that does not meet ((the requirements of))
either of the sets of criteria established under subsection (1) of this
section may adopt a resolution indicating its intention to have subsection (1)
of this section apply to the county. Each city, located in a county that
chooses to plan under this subsection, shall ((adopt a comprehensive land
use plan in accordance with)) conform with all of the requirements of
this chapter. Once such a resolution has been adopted, the county ((cannot
remove itself from)) and the cities located within the county remain
subject to all of the requirements of this chapter.
(3) Any county or city
that is initially required to ((adopt a comprehensive land use plan))
conform with all of the requirements of this chapter under subsection
(1) of this section shall take actions under this chapter as follows: (a)
The county legislative authority shall adopt a county-wide planning policy
under RCW 36.70A.210; (b) the county and each city located within the county
shall designate critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, and mineral
resource lands, and adopt development regulations conserving these designated
lands and protecting these designated critical areas, under RCW 36.70A.170 and
36.70A.060; (c) the county shall designate and take other actions related to
urban growth areas under RCW 36.70A.110; (d) the county and each city located
within the county shall adopt ((the)) a comprehensive plan under
this chapter and development regulations that are consistent with and implement
the comprehensive plan on or before July 1, ((1993)) 1994, but a
county or city may obtain an additional six months before it is required to
have adopted its development regulations by submitting a letter notifying the
department of community development of its need prior to the deadline for
adopting both a comprehensive plan and development regulations.
(4) Any county
or city that is required to ((adopt a comprehensive land use plan)) conform
with all the requirements of this chapter, as a result of the county
legislative authority adopting its resolution of intention under subsection
(2) of this section, shall take actions under this chapter as
follows: (a) The county legislative authority shall adopt a county-wide
planning policy under RCW 36.70A.210; (b) the county and each city that is
located within the county shall adopt development regulations conserving
agricultural lands, forest lands, and mineral resource lands it designated
under RCW 36.70A.060 within one year of the date the county legislative
authority adopts its resolution of intention; (c) the county shall designate
and take other actions related to urban growth areas under RCW 36.70A.110; and
(d) the county and each city that is located within the county shall adopt
((the)) a comprehensive plan and development regulations that
are consistent with and implement the comprehensive plan not later than ((three))
four years from the date the county legislative ((body takes action
as required by subsection (2) of this section)) authority adopts its
resolution of intention, but a county or city may obtain an additional six
months before it is required to have adopted its development regulations by
submitting a letter notifying the department of community development of its
need prior to the deadline for adopting both a comprehensive plan and
development regulations.
(((4))) (5)
If the office of financial management certifies that the population of a county
that previously had not been required to plan under subsection (1) or (2) of
this section has changed sufficiently to meet either of the ((requirements
of)) sets of criteria specified under subsection (1) of this
section, and where applicable, the county legislative authority has not
adopted a resolution removing the county from these requirements as provided in
subsection (1) of this section, the county and each city within such county
shall ((adopt)) take actions under this chapter as follows: (a) The
county legislative authority shall adopt a county-wide planning policy under
RCW 36.70A.210; (b) the county and each city shall adopt development
regulations under RCW 36.70A.060 conserving agricultural lands, forest
lands, and mineral resource lands it designated within one year of the
certification by the office of financial management; (((b))) (c) the
county shall designate and take other actions related to urban growth areas
under RCW 36.70A.110; and (d) the county and each city shall adopt a
comprehensive land use plan ((under this chapter)) and development
regulations that are consistent with and implement the comprehensive plan
within ((three)) four years of the certification by the office of
financial management((; and (c) development regulations pursuant to this
chapter within one year of having adopted its comprehensive land use plan)),
but a county or city may obtain an additional six months before it is required
to have adopted its development regulations by submitting a letter notifying
the department of community development of its need prior to the deadline for
adopting both a comprehensive plan and development regulations.
(6) A copy of each document that is required under this section shall be submitted to the department at the time of its adoption."
ESHB 1761 - S AMD TO GO COMM AMD (S-2983.1/93)
By Senators Nelson and Haugen
ADOPTED 4/12/93
On page 6, line 4 of the amendment, after "cities." insert "The exercise of the right of the people to petition for referendum is protected under RCW 4.24.500 through 4.24.520."
ESHB 1761 - S AMD TO GO COMM AMD (S-2983.1/93)
By Senators Nelson and Haugen
ADOPTED 4/12/93
On page 8, line 17 of the amendment, after "county" insert "or city"
On page 8, line 24 of the amendment, after "lands" insert ", forest lands, or mineral resource lands by the date such action was required to have been taken"
On page 8, line 33 of the amendment, after "act." insert "A delay caused by an initiative or referendum on subjects covered in chapter ..., Laws of 1993 (this act) is not an unreasonable delay."
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