1608-SAMSLUS2810.1SHB 1608S COMM AMDBy Committee on Land Use & Planning Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert thefollowing:Sec. RCW 36.70A.130 and 2002 c 320 s 1 are each amended toread as follows: (1)(a) Each comprehensive land use plan and development regulationsshall be subject to continuing review and evaluation by the county orcity that adopted them. A county or city shall take legislative actionto review and, if needed, revise its comprehensive land use plan anddevelopment regulations to ensure the plan and regulations comply withthe requirements of this chapter according to the time periodsspecified in subsection (4) of this section. A county or city notplanning under RCW 36.70A.040 shall take action to review and, ifneeded, revise its policies and development regulations regardingcritical areas and natural resource lands adopted according to thischapter to ensure these policies and regulations comply with therequirements of this chapter according to the time periods specified insubsection (4) of this section. Legislative action means the adoptionof a resolution or ordinance following notice and a public hearingindicating at a minimum, a finding that a review and evaluation hasoccurred and identifying the revisions made, or that a revision was notneeded and the reasons therefore. The review and evaluation requiredby this subsection may be combined with the review required bysubsection (3) of this section. The review and evaluation required bythis subsection shall include, but is not limited to, consideration ofcritical area ordinances and, if planning under RCW 36.70A.040, ananalysis of the population allocated to a city or county from the mostrecent tenyear population forecast by the office of financialmanagement. (b) Any amendment of or revision to a comprehensive land use planshall conform to this chapter. Any amendment of or revision to 1 development regulations shall be consistent with and implement thecomprehensive plan. Counties and cities that are required or choose toplan under RCW 36.70A.040 shall ensure that adoption of and amendmentsto their comprehensive plans and/or development regulations providesufficient capacity of land suitable for development within theirjurisdictions to accommodate their allocated housing and employmentgrowth, as adopted in the applicable countywide planning policies andconsistent with the twentyyear population forecast from the office offinancial management. (2)(a) Each county and city shall establish and broadly disseminateto the public a public participation program consistent with RCW36.70A.035 and 36.70A.140 that identifies procedures and scheduleswhereby updates, proposed amendments, or revisions of the comprehensiveplan are considered by the governing body of the county or city no morefrequently than once every year. "Updates" means to review and revise,if needed, according to subsection (1) of this section, and the timeperiods specified in subsection (4) of this section. Amendments may beconsidered more frequently than once per year under the followingcircumstances: (i) The initial adoption of a subarea plan that does not modify thecomprehensive plan policies and designations applicable to the subarea; (ii) The adoption or amendment of a shoreline master program underthe procedures set forth in chapter 90.58 RCW; and (iii) The amendment of the capital facilities element of acomprehensive plan that occurs concurrently with the adoption oramendment of a county or city budget. (b) Except as otherwise provided in (a) of this subsection, allproposals shall be considered by the governing body concurrently so thecumulative effect of the various proposals can be ascertained.However, after appropriate public participation a county or city mayadopt amendments or revisions to its comprehensive plan that conformwith this chapter whenever an emergency exists or to resolve an appealof a comprehensive plan filed with a growth management hearings boardor with the court. (3) Each county that designates urban growth areas under RCW36.70A.110 shall review, at least every ten years, its designated urbangrowth area or areas, and the densities permitted within both the 2 incorporated and unincorporated portions of each urban growth area. Inconjunction with this review by the county, each city located within anurban growth area shall review the densities permitted within itsboundaries, and the extent to which the urban growth occurring withinthe county has located within each city and the unincorporated portionsof the urban growth areas. The county comprehensive plan designatingurban growth areas, and the densities permitted in the urban growthareas by the comprehensive plans of the county and each city locatedwithin the urban growth areas, shall be revised to accommodate theurban growth projected to occur in the county for the succeedingtwentyyear period. The review required by this subsection may becombined with the review and evaluation required by RCW 36.70A.215. (4) The department shall establish a schedule for counties andcities to take action to review and, if needed, revise theircomprehensive plans and development regulations to ensure the plan andregulations comply with the requirements of this chapter. The scheduleestablished by the department shall provide for the reviews andevaluations to be completed as follows: (a) On or before December 1, 2004, and every seven yearsthereafter, for Clallam, Clark, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Pierce,Snohomish, Thurston, and Whatcom counties and the cities within thosecounties; (b) On or before December 1, 2005, and every seven yearsthereafter, for Cowlitz, Island, Lewis, Mason, San Juan, Skagit, andSkamania counties and the cities within those counties; (c) On or before December 1, 2006, and every seven yearsthereafter, for Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Spokane, andYakima counties and the cities within those counties; and (d) On or before December 1, 2007, and every seven yearsthereafter, for Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield,Grays Harbor, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille,Stevens, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties and the citieswithin those counties. (5)(a) Nothing in this section precludes a county or city fromconducting the review and evaluation required by this section beforethe time limits established in subsection (4) of this section. 3 Counties and cities may begin this process early and may be eligiblefor grants from the department, subject to available funding, if theyelect to do so. (b) State agencies are encouraged to provide technical assistanceto the counties and cities in the review of critical area ordinances,comprehensive plans, and development regulations. (6) A county or city subject to the time periods in subsection(4)(a) of this section that, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by thecounty or city establishing a schedule for periodic review of itscomprehensive plan and development regulations, has conducted a reviewand evaluation of its comprehensive plan and development regulationsand, on or after January 1, 2001, has taken action in response to thatreview and evaluation shall be deemed to have conducted the firstreview required by subsection (4)(a) of this section. Subsequentreview and evaluation by the county or city of its comprehensive planand development regulations shall be conducted in accordance with thetime periods established under subsection (4)(a) of this section. (7) The requirements imposed on counties and cities under thissection shall be considered "requirements of this chapter" under theterms of RCW 36.70A.040(1). Only those counties and cities incompliance with the schedules in this section shall have the requisiteauthority to receive grants, loans, pledges, or financial guaranteesfrom those accounts established in RCW 43.155.050 and 70.146.030. Onlythose counties and cities in compliance with the schedules in thissection shall receive preference for grants or loans subject to theprovisions of RCW 43.17.250.SHB 1608S COMM AMDBy Committee on Land Use & Planning On page 1, line 2 of the title, after RCW 36.70A.040; strike theremainder of the title and insert and amending RCW 36.70A.130.--- END --- 4