1474-S AMS AE S2814.1

SHB 1474 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Agriculture & Environment

                                                   ADOPTED 4/16/97

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.21C RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Within urban growth areas designated under RCW 36.70A.110, decisions pertaining to the following activities are exempt from threshold determination and environmental impact statement requirements:  (a) Construction of or location of any residential structures of ten or fewer dwelling units; (b) construction of an office, school, commercial, recreational, service, or storage building with eight thousand or fewer square feet of gross floor area, and with associated parking for forty or fewer automobiles; (c) construction of a parking lot designed for forty or fewer automobiles; (d) division of land into nine or fewer lots or parcels; and (e) any landfill or excavation of five hundred cubic yards throughout the total lifetime of the fill or excavation.

    (2) The legislative authority of a county or city that is planning under RCW 36.70A.040 may raise the exemption levels specified in subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section by ordinance or resolution to the following maximum levels within urban growth areas: (a) Construction of or location of any residential structures of a maximum of twenty or fewer dwelling units; and (b) construction of an office, school, commercial, recreational, service, or storage building with a maximum of twelve thousand or fewer square feet of gross floor area, and with associated parking for forty or fewer automobiles.

    (3) The exemption in subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall not preclude a city or county from administratively applying substantive protection measures for critical areas regulations required under chapter 36.70A RCW, or from assessing fees for roads, schools, or other impacts under this chapter or chapter 82.02 RCW."

SHB 1474 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Agriculture & Environment

                                                   ADOPTED 4/16/97

    On page 1, line 3 of the title, after "act;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and adding a new section to chapter 43.21C RCW."

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