2844-S2.E AMS HONE JONS 075

E2SHB 2844 - S AMD TO S COMM AMD S5940.4 266

   By    Senator Honeyford

NOT ADOPTED 3/06/2008

   On page 13, after line 8, insert the following:

"  NEW SECTION. Sec. 17. If any city, town, or county implements model evergreen community management plans and ordinances pursuant to section 14 of this act, and consistent with sections 12 and 13 of this act, thereby reducing the development potential of land within a community's urban growth area designated for development in its comprehensive plan:

(a) That city, town, or county must determine the acreage and qualitative reduction in land suitable for development within its urban growth area and docket that amount as a deficiency to the planning director of the county in which the land is located;

(b) By December 1, 2010, and at least every five years thereafter, each county, in consultation with its cities as required by RCW 36.70A.110 and 36.70A.210, must increase the total land area within its urban growth areas by the total docketed acreage deficiency, with comparable qualitative land characteristics, through amendment of the county's comprehensive plan; and

(c) The county within which the increased land suitable for urban development is located must review its comprehensive plan elements under RCW 36.70A.070 and its development regulations under RCW 36.70A.060 and adopt any amendments necessary to assure that the comprehensive plan elements and development regulations are consistent with the changes required by (b) of this subsection. This review may be combined with but may not be delayed by the review required by RCW 36.70A.130(3) or the review and evaluation required by RCW 36.70A.215.

(3) For purposes of this section, "docketing" means compiling and maintaining a detailed list, available to the public, of acreage and land use deficiencies in a manner that ensures the deficiencies will be presented for the required periodic county action.

(4) For purposes of this section, "qualitative land characteristics" means the designated use of the land in deficiency, its suitability for development, the general location of that land within the county, its physical characteristics, and the availability of urban governmental services for the land."

   Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: This amendment ensures that there is no-net loss of buildable land within urban growth areas due to the model evergreen community management plans and ordinances.