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ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL 5915
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/19/97.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
Allowing
counties planning under the growth management act to establish industrial land
banks as permissable urban growth outside of an urban growth area.
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 or a county that has a population greater than one
hundred forty thousand and is adjacent to another country may establish, in
consultation with cities consistent with provisions of RCW 36.70A.210, a
process for designating a bank of no more than two master planned locations for
major industrial activity outside urban growth areas.
(2)
A master planned location for major industrial developments outside an urban
growth area may be included in the urban industrial land bank for the county 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 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)
Final approval of inclusion of a master planned location in the urban
industrial land bank shall be considered 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
locations may be considered at any time.
(5)
Once a master planned location has been included in the urban industrial land
bank, manufacturing and industrial businesses that qualify as major industrial
development under RCW 36.70A.365 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((.)); or
(c) requires a location with characteristics such as proximity to
transportation facilities or related industries such that there is no suitable
location in an urban growth area. The major industrial development may not
be for the purpose of retail commercial development or multitenant office
parks.
