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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 25-083-CCGRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA MEETING REQUEST FORM (Must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board by 12:00pm on Thursday) REQUESTING DEPARTMENT: Development Services REQUEST SUBMITTED BY: Jim Anderson -Cook CONTACT PERSON ATTENDING ROUNDTABLE: Jim Anderson -Cook CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: ❑YES *NO DATE: 9/19/25 PHONE:2522 • A A 1 9r 1! ❑Agreement / Contract ❑AP Vouchers ❑Appointment / Reappointment ❑ARPA Related ❑ Bids / RFPs / Quotes Award ❑ Bid Opening Scheduled ❑ Boards / Committees ❑ Budget ❑ Computer Related ❑ County Code ❑ Emergency Purchase ❑ Employee Rel. ❑ Facilities Related ❑ Financial ❑ Funds ❑ Hearing El Invoices / Purchase Orders ❑Grants — Fed/State/County El Leases ❑MOA / MOU ❑ Minutes Fn� Ordinances ❑Out of State Travel ❑ Petty Cash ❑ Policies ❑ Proclamations ❑ Request for Purchase ❑ Resolution El Recommendation ❑Professional Serv/Consultant ❑Support Letter ❑Surplus Req. ❑Tax Levies ❑Thank You's ❑Tax Title Property ❑WSLCB ADOPTING AN EXTENSION TO ORDINANCE NO. 25-032-CC RELATING TO A MORATORIUM ON ANY AND ALL NEW COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WIND PROJECTS REGARDLESS OF PERMIT TYPE FOR A PERIOD OF 6 ADDITIONAL MONTHS, AND PROVIDING THAT THE MORATORIUM, UNLESS EXTENDED, SHALL SUNSET WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ADOPTION. FISCAL / BUDGET IMPACT: Please i r r i! i i �1 i 1 r 1 r i i 11 • i i i 11 i i If necessary, was this document reviewed by accounting? ❑ YES ❑ NO © N/A ouires ieuai review- route zQ loom Tor review o If necessary, was this document reviewed by legal? M YES ❑ NO ❑ N/A DATE OF ACTION: 9/23/25 DEFERRED OR CONTINUED TO: APPROVE: DENIED ABSTAIN D1: D2: D3: 4/23/24 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Grant County, Washington ADOPTING AN EXTENSION TO ORDINANCE No. 25- -CC ORDINANCE NO.25-032-CC RELATING TO A MORATORIUM ON ANY AND ALL NEW COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WIND PROJECTS REGARDLESS OF PERMIT TYPE FOR A PERIOD OF 6 ADDITIONAL MONTHS, AND PROVIDING THAT THE MORATORIUM, UNLESS EXTENDED, SHALL SUNSET WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ADOPTION. RECITALS: WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioner for Grant County enacted Ordinance No. 25-032- CC on April 1, 2025 placing a moratorium barring the acceptance of any wind development land use permit applications pursuant to RCW 36.70A.390; and, WHEREAS, the Development Services Department continues to prepare draft regulations and shall conduct workshops with the Planning Commission to review those draft regulations on January 7, 2026, and February 4, 2026; and, WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners believes that unless this land use issue is addressed immediately with reviewed or new zoning controls, wind developments may proliferate through the County without adequate mitigation and/or zoning controls to ensure the facilities are consistent with the adopted goals and policies in the Comprehensive Plan; and, WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners finds that this issue presents an emergency condition within the County and that imposing a moratorium on any new applications for wind developments is necessary to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare of the community; and, WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.390 authorizes the Board of County Commissioners to enact a moratorium for a period of six (6) months subject to conducting a public hearing on the moratorium within sixty (60) days of its enactment; and, WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.390 also authorizes the extension of the moratorium by one or more six (6) month periods as necessary; and, WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners for Grant County shall duly advertise and conducted an open record public hearing to consider this moratorium extension on October 7, 2025. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED THAT the Grant County Board of Commissioners extends the moratorium enacted by Ordinance No. 25-032-CC for a period of six (6) additional months from the original expiration date of April 1, 2025. The new expiration date shall be March 23, 2026. The moratorium shall continue to have the following effect: A. This moratorium shall not apply to the acceptance, processing, and issuance of any building permit applications for wind generation sites that had an issued and valid land use permit in place prior to the effective date of this moratorium. B. This moratorium does not apply to residential accessory wind generation uses constructed on or adjacent to an existing private single-family residence for purposes of augmenting that specific single-family residence's energy resources. C. A public hearing will be conducted within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this ordinance. D. Should any part of this moratorium be found to be unlawful or unconstitutional and set aside, the remaining portions of the moratorium will remain in full effect. E. This moratorium is necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare. DATED this 23rd day of September, 2025. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Yea Nay Abstain GRANT COUNTY, WVASHINGTON E 'VJ/ i` ❑ ❑ Rob (J_. _neg',e16ir Cindy Ca r, Vice-Chair- 0/ ❑ ❑ Kevin Burgess, M ber ATTEST: 11G� Barbara J. Vasquez Clerk of the Board