5915 AMS ANDE S2438.1

 

 

 

SB 5915 - S AMD - 213

By Senator Anderson

 

                                                                   

 

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

 

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 36.70A.367 and 1996 c 167 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) In addition to the major industrial development allowed under RCW 36.70A.365, a county required or choosing to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 ((that has a population greater than two hundred fifty thousand and that is part of a metropolitan area that includes a city in another state with a population greater than two hundred fifty thousand)) may establish, in consultation with cities consistent with provisions of RCW 36.70A.210, a process for designating ((a)) industrial land banks of no more than two ((master planned locations for major industrial activity outside)) noncontiguous locations, which may include multiple development sites, as permissible urban growth outside of urban growth areas.  The industrial land bank location must be characterized by:  (a) Some existing industrial or commercial development or must be adjacent to an area characterized by such development; or (b) a unique physical or locational characteristic that supports its designation as an industrial land bank.

    (2) ((A master planned location for major industrial developments outside an urban growth area may be included in the urban)) "Industrial land bank" means a location designated for one or more manufacturing, industrial, commercial, or high-technology businesses, related office uses, and incidental retail or commercial uses designed to serve or support the industrial land bank, that requires a location with characteristics such as size or proximity to transportation facilities, natural resources, or related industries, such that the county finds there is no suitable location in an existing urban growth area.  The industrial land bank shall not be for the purpose of retail commercial development or multiple tenant office parks.

    (3) In order to designate an industrial land bank, the county must make findings that:  (a) An inventory has been conducted and there is no suitable location available for the industrial land bank within an existing urban growth area; (b) the establishment of the industrial land bank is important to achieving documented economic development goals, policies, or plans of the county or state; and (c) the necessary infrastructure to support the industrial land bank is available or can be provided by private or public sources in a reasonable manner and time frame.

    (4) Development in an industrial land bank ((for the county if criteria including, but not limited to, the following are met)) must address the following:

    (a) ((New)) Infrastructure is provided for and/or applicable impact fees are paid;

    (b) ((Transit-oriented site planning)) Transportation impacts are addressed and traffic demand management programs are implemented where appropriate;

    (c) Buffers are provided between the ((major)) industrial ((development)) land bank 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; and

    (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 as provided in RCW 36.70A.365)).

    (((3) In selecting master planned locations for inclusion in the urban industrial land bank, priority shall be given to locations that are adjacent to, or in close proximity to, an urban growth area.

    (4))) (5) Final approval of ((inclusion of a master planned location in the urban)) an industrial land bank shall be ((considered)) through adoption of the comprehensive plan or an adopted amendment to the comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to RCW 36.70A.070, except that RCW 36.70A.130(2) does not apply so that inclusion or exclusion of ((master planned)) industrial land bank locations may be considered at any time.

    (((5))) Once ((a master planned location)) an industrial land bank has been ((included in the urban industrial land bank, manufacturing and industrial)) approved, businesses that the local jurisdiction determines qualify ((as major industrial development)) under ((RCW 36.70A.365)) subsection (2) of this section may be located there.

    (6) Nothing in this section may be construed to alter the requirements for a county to comply with chapter 43.21C RCW.

    (((7) The authority of a county to engage in the process of including or excluding master planned locations from the urban industrial land bank shall terminate on December 31, 1998.  However, any location included in the urban industrial land bank on December 31, 1998, shall remain available for major industrial development as long as the criteria of subsection (2) of this section continue to be met.

    (8) For the purposes of this section, "major industrial development" means a master planned location suitable for manufacturing or industrial businesses 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 may not be for the purpose of retail commercial development or multitenant office parks.))"

 

 

 

SB 5915 - S AMD - 213

By Senator Anderson

 

                                                                   

 

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "banks;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 36.70A.367."

 


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