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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5915
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Senators Anderson, Hale, Bauer and Stevens
Read first time 02/19/97. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
AN ACT Relating to industrial land banks; and amending RCW 36.70A.367.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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.))
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