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ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL 5019
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/09/95.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
Relating to
industrial developments.
AN ACT
Relating to industrial developments; adding a new section to chapter 36.70A
RCW; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A new
section is added to chapter 36.70A RCW to read as follows:
A
county required or choosing to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 may establish, in
consultation with cities consistent with provisions of RCW 36.70A.210, a
process for reviewing and approving proposals to authorize siting of specific
major industrial developments outside urban growth areas.
(1)
"Major industrial development" means a master planned location for a
specific manufacturing, industrial, or commercial business that: (a) Requires
a parcel of land so large that no suitable parcels are available within an
urban growth area; or (b) is a natural resource-based industry requiring a
location near agricultural land, forest land, or mineral resource land upon
which it is dependent. The major industrial development shall not be for the
purpose of retail commercial development or multitenant office parks.
(2) A
major industrial development may be approved outside an urban growth area in a
county planning under this chapter if criteria including, but not limited to
the following, are met:
(a)
New infrastructure is provided for and/or applicable impact fees are paid;
(b)
Transit-oriented site planning and traffic demand management programs are
implemented;
(c)
Buffers are provided between the major industrial development and adjacent
nonurban areas;
(d)
Environmental protection including air and water quality has been addressed and
provided for;
(e)
Development regulations are established to ensure that urban growth will not
occur in adjacent nonurban areas;
(f)
Provision is made to mitigate adverse impacts on designated agricultural lands,
forest lands, and mineral resource lands;
(g)
The plan for the major industrial development is consistent with the county's
development regulations established for protection of critical areas; and
(h) An
inventory of developable land has been conducted and the county has determined
and entered findings that land suitable to site the major industrial
development is unavailable within the urban growth area. Priority shall be
given to applications for sites that are adjacent to or in close proximity to
the urban growth area.
(3)
Final approval of an application for a major industrial development shall be
considered an adopted amendment to the comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to
RCW 36.70A.070 designating the major industrial development site on the land
use map as an urban growth area. Final approval of an application for a major
industrial development shall not be considered an amendment to the
comprehensive plan for the purposes of RCW 36.70A.130(2) and may be considered
at any time.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. This act
is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or
safety, or support of the state government and its existing public
institutions, and shall take effect immediately.
