HB 1699 - DIGEST

Provides that counties may not authorize master planned resorts within the following areas: (1) Within twenty-four air miles of an urban growth boundary with an existing population of one hundred thousand or more unless residential uses are limited to those necessary for the staff and management of the resort;

(2) On a site with fifty or more contiguous acres of unique or prime farmland identified and mapped by the United States natural resources conservation service or its predecessor agency;

(3) In the Columbia river gorge national scenic area as defined by the Columbia river gorge national scenic act, P.L. 99-663; or

(4) In forested areas with high potential for catastrophic wildfires, as determined by the department of natural resources.