HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 01-049-CCBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 2001- 49 -CC
An Ordinance Relating to the Re -adoption and Extension of Ordinance 2000 -121 -CC,
Interim Official Controls temporarily amending the residential development densities in
Rural Residential 2 (RR2), Rural Residential 3 (RR3), Rural Community (RC),
Agriculture Service Center (ASC), Recreational Development (RD), Shoreline
Development 1 (SDI), Shoreline Development 2 (SD2), Shoreline Development 3 (SD3),
Shoreline Development 4 (SD4), and prohibiting non-agricultural industrial
development and commercial development in Rural General Commercial (RGC), Rural
Neighborhood Commercial (RNC), Rural Freeway Commercial (RFC), Rural
Recreational Commercial (RRC), Rural Light Industrial (RLI), and Rural Heavy
Industrial (RIH), Rural Residential 2 (RR2), Rural Residential 3 (RR3), Rural
Community (RC), Agriculture Service Center (ASC), Recreational Development (RD),
Shoreline Development 1 (SDI), Shoreline Development 2 (SD2), Shoreline Development
3 (SD3), Shoreline Development 4 (SD4) zoning districts, and other matters properly
relating thereto.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington intends to comply fully
with the orders and directives of the Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board issued in
case nos. 99-1-0016 and 99-1-0019 pending appeal ot'certain portions of the Board's Final Decisions and
Orders to the Thurston County Superior Court; and,
WHEREAS, 36.70A.390 RCW provides for the re -adoption and extension of interim zoning controls for
one or more six-month periods provided the County holds a public hearing on the proposed Interim
Zoning Ordinance and findings of fact are made prior to the renewal; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington have initiated an appeal
of the Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board's decision holding Grant County's
adoption of rural residential densities in the Comprehensive Plan' of'one dwelling unit per 2.5 acres in the
rural lands designation of Grant County is non-compliant �x ith the Growth Management Act; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington have initiated an appeal
of the Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board's decision holding Grant County's
adoption of rural commercial and rural industrial land usr desumatums in the Comprehensive Plan to be
non-compliant with the Growth Management Act; and
The Hoard has not passed on the validitv )f the Uniform Development t id,
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WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington have initiated an appeal
of the Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board's decision holding Grant County's
adoption of Rural Areas of More Intensive Development (RAIDS) in the Comprehensive Plan is non-
compliant with the County -wide Planning Policies adopted in 1993; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners have provided the required public notice regarding this
matter; and
WHEREAS, it is the hope of the Board of County Commissioners that this interim measure will only be
in force for a short period of time. However, if additional time is necessary, it is also the intent of the
Board to maintain compliance with the Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board
decisions through the extension of this ordinance, or portions thereof, until such time as the above
mentioned appeals have been fully resolved to the satisfaction of the Board of County Commissioners.
WHEREAS, the effective date of this ordinance shall be 5 p.m. March 31, 2001 through 5 p.m.
September 30, 2001. In the event an additional extension is necessary, the Grant County Board of County
Commissioners hereby tentatively schedules a Public Hearing for September 11, 2001 at 1:30 p.m. in the
Grant County Courthouse Board of County Commissioners I fearmgs Room, Fphrata, Washington.
NOW, THEREFORE, The Grant County Board of Count} Commissioners do hereby ordain and
establish interim development regulations as follow,:
Rural Residential 2 (RR2): Maximum residential density shall not be greater than one (1) dwelling unit
per five (5) acres.
Rural Residential 3 (RR3): Maximum residential density shall not be greater than one (1) dwelling unit
per five (5) acres.
Rural Community (RC), Agriculture Service Center (AS('), Recreational Development (RD), Shoreline
Development 1 (SDI), Shoreline Development 2 (SD2), Shoreline Development 3 (SD3), Shoreline
Development 4 (SD4):
A) Maximum residential density shall not be greater than one(]) dwelling unit per two and one
half (2 Yz) acres where development is proposed within the obvious historically developed
boundaries.
B) Maximum residential density shall not be greater than one (1) dwelling unit per five (5) acres
where development is proposed outside of the obvious historically developed boundaries.
New commercial development and new non-agricultural industrial development on previously
undeveloped vacant lands outside of the obvious historically developed boundaries shall be prohibited in
Rural General Commercial (RGC), Rural Neighborhood Commercial (RNC), Rural Freeway Commercial
(RFC), Rural Recreational Commercial (RRC), Rural Light Industrial (RLI), and Rural Heavy Industrial
(RHI), Rural Residential 2 (RR2), Rural Residential 3 (RR3), Rural Community (RC), Agriculture
Service Center (ASC), Recreational Development (RD), Shoreline Development 1 (SDI), Shoreline
Development 2 (SD2), Shoreline Development 3 (SD3) Shoreline Development 4 (SD4) zoning districts.
For the purpose of this ordinance, the terms `obvious historically developed boundaries" shall be
determined by assessing structures and developments completed and in place on or before July 1, 1990.
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PASSED by the Board of Grant County Commissioners in regular session at Ephrata, Washington, by the
following vote, then signed by its membership and attested by its Clerk in authorization of such passage
this 7rh dayof March 2001.
2 YEA; 0 NAY; 0 ABSTAIN; and 1 ABSENT.
BOARD OF GRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Deborah Kay Moore, Commissioner
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LeRoy C. Allison, Chairman
Tim Snead, om ssion r
ATTEST:
Peggy GAS b t
Clerk of the Board