HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 09-005-CCBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE
SUBMITTAL DEAI)LINE FOR THE 2009
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
APPLICATIONS PURSUANT TO GRANT
COUNTY CODE SECTION 25.12.030(e) AND
LIMITING IT TO GRANT COUNTY
INITIATED AMENDMENTS
RESOLUTION
No.2009- �EaS -CC
GRANT COUNTY PLANNING
DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, the Grant County Board of County Commissioners intend to fully
comply with the laws and regulations of the State of Washington, and;
WHEI2EAS, the Grant County Board of County Commissioners adopted a
Growth Management Act compliant Comprehensive Land Use Plan in September of
1999, and;
WHEREAS, the Grant County Board of County Commissioners adopted a
Growth Management Act compliant update to its Comprehensive Plan as mandated in
2006, and;
WHEI2EAS, the Grant County Board of County Commissioners adopted a
Uniiied Development Code implementing the Comprehensive Plan on October 1, 2000,
and:
WHEREAS, the Grant County Unified Development Code provides a process for
amending the Comprehensive Plan, and;
WHEREAS, the Grant County Board of County Commissioners passed
Resolution 06-269-CC that amended the submittal deadline for annual Comprehensive
Plan Amendment Applications, and;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 06-269-CC the Grant County Board of
County Commissioners shall, from time to time, establish the submittal deadline for the
annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment petition applications by resolution at a public
meeting, and;
WHEREAS, notice for this public meeting was published in the Grant County
Journal on January 5, 2009 and January 12, 2009, and;
WHEREAS, the Grant County Board of Commissioners conducted an open
public meeting on January 13, 2009 in regards to this matter, and;
WHEREAS, the Grant County Board of County Commissioners directed the
Department oi Community Development to update, revise and redraft as necessary tha
existing Unified Development Code, and;
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WHEREAS, the Grant County Board of County Commissioners intends to fully
implement the revised Unified Development Code upon its adoption, and;
WHEREAS, the Grant County Board of County Commissioners anticipates
changes will be necessary to the existing Comprehensive Plan to allow the full
implementation of the revised Unified Development Code, and;
WHEREAS, the Grant County Board of County Commissioners anticipates the
changes to the Unified Development Code and the Comprehensive plan will alleviate the
need for many of the site-specific comprehensive plan amendments the citizens of the
- - County may need, and; - - - - - - - - - - - — - - —
WHEREAS, Grant County is may adopt changes to its Comprehensive Plan one
time per year, but is not required to malce site-specific changes to the Land Use Map on
an annual basis;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, THAT the Board of
County Commissioners for Grant County, Washington establish by this Resolution, that
petitions for the 2009 Comprehensive Plan Amendment cycle wide be limited to Grant
County initiated amendment(s) to revise the Comprehensive Plan for the purposes of
allowing full implementation of the revised Unified Development Code or make any
necessary amendments to the Comprehensive Plan for purposes of complying with
changes in applicable state statutes
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon signature.
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DATED this �d y of Januarv 2009.
ATTEST:
Clerk of
Yea Nay
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BOA1zD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Abstain GRANT COUNTY. WASHiNCTnN
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Kichard �tevens, Vice Chair
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