HB 2083-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Declares that an existing resort may be authorized by a county only if:

     (1) The comprehensive plan specifically identifies policies to guide the development of the existing resort;

     (2) The comprehensive plan and development regulations include restrictions that preclude new urban or suburban land uses in the vicinity of the existing resort, except in areas otherwise designated for urban growth under RCW 36.70A.110 and 36.70A.360(1);

     (3) The county includes a finding as a part of the approval process that the land is better suited, and has more long-term importance, for the existing resort than for the commercial harvesting of timber or agricultural production, if located on land that otherwise would be designated as forest land or agricultural land under RCW 36.70A.170;

     (4) The county finds that the resort plan is consistent with the development regulations established for critical areas; and

     (5) On-site and off-site infrastructure impacts are fully considered and mitigated.

     Declares that a county may allocate a portion of its twenty-year population projection, prepared by the office of financial management, to the master planned resort corresponding to the projected number of permanent residents within the master planned resort.