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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 99-004-CCGRANT CC7UNTY OFFICE OF SOARD OF COLJNTY CQMMISSIONERS PC7ST OFFICE BC1X 37 � �PHRI�?A, WASHINGTOh1 9qea� 15091 754•2011 BOARD aF �C)[.TNTY ��}MIVIISSIt3NER.� GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTQN RESOLUTION N(7. 9�-4-�C ORD►INANCE NO. 99-4-CC IN TIIE MA'ITER OF REVISING THE Bt7UNDARY C}F T'HE INTERIlVi URBAN GROWTH AREA Ft3R T'HE CI'I'Y OF EPHRATA, GRAi�iT C{�UNTY, WASHIlYGTO�` WHEREAS, duzing the 1990 iegislatzve session. the Wash.iugton State L,egisiature enac�ed tize Grawrh Manageme�t AcL {GMA} which was codified as. amoug ather c,hapters, Chapter 36.74A RCW; and WHER.EAS, Grant Couuty is mandated to plan coasistent with all requirernents of the CrrpwCh Management Act; and WHEI2EA.S, the GMA requires cot�nties to adopt courny-wide planning policies to guide the adopt.ion of comprehensive plans. The principal purpose of these policies is tcr insure that the comprehensive plans or caunties and the cities within them are conrdinated and consistent with each other; and WHEREAS, the Bnard adopted the Final ,�dvpred Policies of the Grant Countv Planned Growrh Commitiee on May 6, 1993 subsequent ta a cooperative effart invalving aIl local jurisdictions in Grant County; and WHEREAS, the GMA and the Final Adoared Policies af t�re Grant Countv Ptanned Grrnvth C'amrrr�rrcc provide dizection regarding designation of Urban Grawth Areas (UGAs); and WHEREAS, the City of Ephtata canducted pvbiic hearings and adogted a proposeci I�rterim Urban Growth Area for the City of Eghrata in 1995; and WHEREAS, the Grarxt Couuty SEPA Responsible Official reviewed tha IUGA proposal and associated SEFA document,ation and issued a Mitigated Declaration ofNon-significance (MDt*1S) an May 16, 1995 �'orthe designation oftkie proposed IUGA; and WHEREAS, the Baard of Gcaut Courny Commissioners held a public hearing on Octaber 24, 1995, upon notice, at which time the Board of County Commtssioners heard comments ia regard ta tha propased IUGA and continued the public heacuig untal November 6, 1995; and WHE�tEAS, the Board of County Comm�ss�oners, based on findings and conclusions made followtnV Lhe public hearing, adopted by Resoiution and Ordznance Na. 95-I34-CC an Interim Urbar� Crrowtf� rlrea r'�r rhe City of Ephrata as identified in Exhibit .-�. and TIM SNEqp -�� �N F0.NCHER LEROY A,LLISOIY 11ST�ttr,�-� —ai�'• � DISTRIC'1' 1 2Gaa RD F VE , Z� aD S HW zo2na rva � s e '�+OS£S t vcE. WA 48831 � C wx 998dg WM6EF7 Wr 48tlR" �NOrJE :86•95AB =�0^.E 7ti��a771 PtK'NJE ��fl•2517 Ordinance No. qa_� _rr Resoiuti�n No. 99-�-CC �'age 2 WHEEREAS, the Baard of Couuty Cotnmissioners estabiished tile Ittterim Urban Grawth Area with saveral stapulations, including that madification afthe �tenm Urban Growth Area may bc made bythe CQurny based on revised dat,a or c�iauged circumsr.ances; azzd WI-IERE.A5, pvpulation data rec}uired for designauon of the Urban Grawth Area has been significantly revised; and WEiER�AS, Graut Couuty has received significaic�t public comment regarding the adt�pted luterim Urban Growth Area; and Wi:�REAS, the Wast�ington State Departrnetzt of Corrimunny, Trade and Econamic Uevelopmeut stated the fallawing in their review of tha Ephrata UGA: 1. The Ephrata land use inventory clearly ilicxstrrates t#zat tl�sre is au exteusive �znaurn of vacant or undeveloped property withm ihe corporat� limits. and that is sufficieut to accammodata populatian and employment forecasts far #hs Lweizty-year planning period; 2. Ephrata's UGA shonld provide for a density of appro�mately faur units per acre and shauld encourage lev�ls of service consisteut with those densrues: and 3. Tbe land uses and densities propased in the unincorporat.ed portion of th� UGA do ucrt ensure future development at urban densrties and may nat be sennceable by water, sewer, and other urbara services. HERE.�S, Graztt Couzzty has retained the services of a professional cansultant to prepare the Graut ..�unty Comprehensive Plan aaci, among other things, r�tinew a!1 Irnerizn Urban Growth Areas for cornpliance with tha GMA; and WHEREAS, said professional cansuh�nt has prepared a wTitten report regarding: l. aLlocatian of population ta Urban Growth Areas conforming with official population projections for Grarn Courny as prepared by the Washington State Office of Financial Management; and 2. designation of a proposed Urban Growth Area far the City of Ephrata. WIiERE,AS, tk�e Qt�ut County Departme�tt of Comnnunity Development, Loug Range Piauning Division, as }ead agency, has pre{�ared a SEPA Checklist for the proposed actian of revrsing tlie boundary of tha Interim Urban GrowT.� Area far the City of E�hrata; and �'4'KEREAS, the Graut Coumy SEPA Respvnsible Official has reviewed the SEPA Checklist and issued a Declaratian of Non-significauce (DNS) on Qctober �. 1998 for the propased action of revising the boundary ofthe Interim Urban Growth A.rea for the City af Ephrata; and WHEREAS, the Washington 5tate Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development was provided 60 clay notrce and opportunit}r to commecn. and no comzneuts have been recexved; and WHEREAS, the Board of Grant Courty Commiss�oners held a public heariug on C}ctober 20, I998, upon natice, in the Board Rot�m of the County Commiss►aners at the Gram Coumy Caurthause, Ephrata, `trashirt�ton, at which time Lhe Baard of Caurny Commtssioners heard coznments in re�ard ta ths .�posed action of revisin� ehe bo�dary ofthe Intenm i:r�an Growtt� Area far the City af Ephrata and Ordinance Na. 99-4-CC Resalution No. 99-4-CC Page 3 contznued the publie hearing urnil Navember �, i 998, upon notice, in the Baard Room af the Cauntv Cammissioners at the Grant Cocu�ty Courchouse. E�phrata, Washingtan; and WIiEREAS, the Board ofCsrant County Cammissianers makes the following findings and conclusions: RCW 36,i0A.020 sets forth a list af thirteen �oals "to guide d�e development and adoption of comprehensive plans and develapment regulations".under the GMA. In formulating the Interim Urban Growth Area adopted by this resolution, the Board has considered and weighed the goals as they apply to the subject matter of this resolutian, and has attempted to reacb a reastxied balance among these goals. 'Ihe ;�ndin�;s beIow and the record geuerat.ed in the hearing and adopt7ion of this resoiutiou show that this measure is consistent with the GMA goals. 2. The Washingtou State Offico ofFiananciai tifanagement (OFM} hasthe responsibiiiLytopraject P�Pu}ation grawth rates underthe GMA. The 4FM prepares three sets ofpopulatiaa projections: a rnedium series and aherna�tiv�a law and �igh series. The medium series reflects the LIFM's hzghest level of certaiuty; ths two altematives reflect judgmeuts as to the uncertairny of the acettracy of the cnedium series, As such, tha law and his�n pcojeciions refloct a"reasoaable" range ofpopulatian growth. The OFM gopt�tion projections for the year ZO1$ far all of Graut Coun�iy are as follows: 84,307 far the low senies; 91,624 far the hi�h senes; and 104,391 for the high series. To ensure that the Cotmty and its incorparated cities and towus adequately address tha economic challenges preseuted, and p1.�m for housing, infrastrucwre, and services needed bythe future population, it is reasauable to p[an for the QFM 6ugh series, Using the hieh series will also avoid tighteaing arban land supply and raising housing costs. Therefore, Grant Coeanty is p}anuing for and this reso(utian reflects a projeded populatian af 2d4,391 in 2018 for ail of Gc'ant Cotmty. Praje�te� papulation growth has been allocated ta the various grawth areas of the Cauuty based on documented histarical growth rates over the tast decade, the tast twa decades, and the last twa vears: aud developing or curreut jurisdictionai planning pragrams which identify quantitative increases in business and industry development and housing constructinn activity. E-iistoric popula#ion growth in Ephrata, based on clata provided by the Washiragton Stafe Office af �inancial Management is as follows: Penod Average Annual Growth Rate 19�0-1980 0.1% i 9$0-1990 0,0% 1990-199$ 1.6% 1996-1 �9$ 0.9°Jo Based an historicai growth trends, ar� average annua! rate of grawth af 2°'0 over the pianning penod was seiected far the City af Ephrata. Thss annual rate of growth results in a populatio�a increase ar ?.947 pepple and a total population of �.14? people by 2418. -�. This resalution establishes an amended boundary for the interim urban �rawth area (IUGA) araund the City of Ephrata as adopted by Grant County Board af Caminissioners Resolution and Ordinance No. 95-134-CC on November 6, 1995. and in compliance witli Chapter 36.70A RCW and WAC - �;- 195, A final urban grvwth boundarv �viil be adopted as part of the Grant County Com�prehensi�'e Plan. Ordinanca No, 99-4-CC F�esolution No, 99-4-CC Page 4 S. T1tis IUGA baundary is estabtished based on a land supply and deznaud analysis prepared by the Cac�ty and attached hereto as Exhibit B and sumrnarized hereinafter. Land Demand First, the demand for land to accommodate the projected papulation growth was estiznateii. Based on 1990 U.S. Census o£ Populatian and Housing data far the City of Ephrata, the County esti�nated that each housing unzt in resideIICial areas will coutain an avecage of 2,47 persons. Based an guidaace provided bythe Washington State Depanmerrc of Community, Trade and Economic Developmeut (DCTED), an averaga resideutial densrtv was estunated as 4 hausehalds per acre. Und�rthis analysis, a total of 298 acres is required to accommodate tha projected population grc�rth of 2,947 peopla ov�r the planning period. The Coturty also inctuded a tt�arket safety factoc uz its analysis Lo accouut for the dyuamic operatioa of laud markets. "Fhis factor is a margin af safetv so that the suppiy af land is uot c�straYraed to a poirn where hausing costs are inflated. pCTED's repart eutitled "Issues in Desig�zating Urban Growth Areas {Part I}: Pmviding Adequate Urban Area Land Sugply" (March 1992) suggests that such a markeL factor should not exceed 25°'4. � market safety factor af 15% was userl by Grant Courny for designati.ng this IT,JGA. Multiplying the acreage (298 acres) required to accommadaie the projected populatioa� growih by this m.arkei safety factor of 1.15 resutts in a land demand of 343 acres. Land Sunaiv An inventory prepared by the City of Ephrata and contained in the City of Ephrata Gomprehensive Lcrnd Use Plan 1996-�016 was used to deternune the supply of vacarn land planned far residantiai use izi the IIJGA. A total of 1,108 acres of vacant Iaad was calculated. However, not aii land is deveiapable dus ta a variety nf factors. To determi.ne the net �rea af land available for devaIapmeut, this analysis accaurnsd for future roads, tapographical iinaitatians, crzticai or environmentalty sensitive areas, public facilities, and land that is considsred not available for develapme�t during the planning periad. Therefore, a series of redudion fadors tataling 60% were applied to the t,ot.al vacaut laud to estimate total davelopablo land. Reducing the tocal acreaga (1,10$ acres) af vacant land by 60% reduction factor resufts in a net, develcypable, availabie land suppiy of 444 acres, w}iich exceeds the tand demand of 343 acres by 101 acres. 6. Because NGAs must be designated not anly with regard to reside�tiai land needs, but aiso commercial and industrial iand ueeds, the County canducted a land capacity analysis far commercial and industrial iauds. Commerciat Land Needs The Ephrata Connprehensive Plan states that there are 168 acres of commercial land within the existing carparate limits, of which 27 percent. or 45 acres, are vacant. Based on ciiairnaining current ratios of commercial lands and populavon, as discussed in Exhibit B, a total of 15 acros af`addit�.onat cammercial land is required to serve the City�s needs through the planning period. Tharefore, a 32-acre area lying immediateiy west af SR 28 (Basin Street S.W,} nearthe narth. baundary af the Crty is icaciuded in the IUGA. The proposed land use designation is cornpatibie �v�th adjacent iand uses and is consistent w�th land Use aiong the hin,hway. Orc�inance No. 9q-t,-GC Resolution No, 99-4-G� Pa�e 5 r1 186-acre C2 area located imuuediatelv sauth of 5R 282 and curre�ttly vacant with soms commarciaUindustrial adiviiy was pcoposed far inclusian in ihe IUGA by the City of Epht�ta. This area will b� excluded from tbe E{�}uata 1 UG �, ssuce the inclusion only a£ Area C 1 withiu the IUG� satisfies the commercial land deficit ot' 15 acres under thn analysis presented above. Inclusion af Area C2 in tha UGA provides srgnificantly more (nearly doub[e) coa.�ia1 acreage than wauld be required during the 20-year planning period. Developmecrt af cocnmec�cial busiaesses in this area couId de#ract fromi axisting commercial operations in the dowmown cace. Ft�rther, inciusion of Area C2 in the UGA wouid create an irregular NGA boundary and leav�e tha area trnown as Greezifield Eskates as an "istand" sucrounded by NGA boundaries. Industri�! Land Ne�cix There ar$ 3,592 acres of industrial land within the sacistiug corgarate iimits of Ephrafa. AFPraximat�ly 2,236 ac�.s of�is total are wirhin the limits af and cornrolled by tf�s Part oi Eghrata. Ab4ut 2,583 acres ac 72°/a ofthe tata! induscnal lands are vacant. 'Ihe Comgrehensivc Plan states that future industrial needs for tha City could be supplied by the larga amnurrt of industrial Land available at the Part of Epivata. 'Ibe anneacation in ltilay 1998 of approximately 890 acres of land, naw designarted as mdustrial, provides about 945 acres of v�acant industrial lands within the City and not coatrolled by the Port. No additional indusu-ial lands ara naeded wit�iin the UGA. PubGc Lands A tvtal of 608 acres of iand designated for public facilzties, parks and open space was calculated from tlae Ephrata Compreheusive Land Use P}an. The Land Use �'lan designates as Pubtic Ope� Space a 308-acre area west ofthe City in ttze Beezelv Hills and a 43-acre sirip adjacecrt. to'tfio W�st Caual. The proposed land ase of th�se areas is for recreational adivities and habitat preservatiou. Tbe City has rnade grant applicatioas far development of access iartprovements and trails in the area. The Cit�� owns partions ofthe area; other portians are owned by other public agencies, including tha Deparbmeut of Natural Resoutces �.nd the Grant Courny Publie Utility District. The GMA encourages corarnies and cities co identify apen space corridors within and between UG�s which includa lands useful for rec�eauon, w•�ldtife habitat, trails, and connectipn af ctiticai areas. RCW 36.70A.160 addresses purchase of these iands by the goveming jurisdiction, recognizing that deveiopmettt restrictions xt�ay not be imposed upon Iand designated as open space without the City ar Cocurty first acc}uiring sufftciettt urterest m scach propexty. Before #his area is desiguated as Open Space, parce! awnership should be assessed and agreements obtained from the owners regarding the designatian. However, the area will be included in the IUGA. 7. The IUGA boundary adopted by t�iis resal�tion: • [s reasonabiy consistsut with the allocauoa of gowth projected; � Includes both incarporatsd and unincorporated land; « Pravides adequata lands for commercial and industrial purposes; • Provides adequata [ands for open space and recreational aeeds; • Recognizes the need to eusure that an adequate mi�c af affordable hausing remain avaiiable; • Reco,gnizes e�sting patLerns of land uses and 1ot sizes; and • Recognizes areas that hav� adequate ex�sting public facilities at�d service capabiiiLies to serve such developrrtent. The area within the IUGA boundarv adooceci bv this resolartion is; Ordinance Na. qq-�,�-;r EZesoiution No. 9�-c,_��; Page 6 • charaderized by urbau grc�wtt� or adjacent to such areas in compliance with RCW' 36.70A.110; • together with other urbau areas which will be part of the Couuty's Cnmprehensive Plan, sufficiznt ta permit tlia 20-year urban growth praiected by OFM pursuaIIt to RCW 36.70A.110; Adequate public facilities and services edchec� e�cist in the uniz�corporated portions afthe UGA or are planued to be provided as growtlz occurs. •� 8. The IUGA bound�ary adopted bythis resolution recognizes exisiing pattems of land usa and iat sizes. For exarnple, the area cammouty referred to as Greenfield Estates is eutirety remav$d fiiam the IUG.-� because it consists pzimarily af tats five acres in size and has retained a rura! character. 9. The IUGA boundary adopt.sd by this resolutian recoguizes th� GMA goa! of encouragmg the availability of affnrcfabla h�sing Lo all economic segments. For a�car�gl�, threo ax�eas taotaling 30.6 acres remains within th� IUGA baundary because ttus area is designated as high-density muhi-famii�� and will pramote a mix of affordabls housing. 10. The land use changes resukting from the 1LGA bouzidary adapted by this resolutian will promate infilling wzthin the City o�Ephrata and the unincorpo� UGA. In doing so, this rervised IUGA boundary will promc�te apprapriartely higher densities £or the mora effciern pravisiaat ofurban.-level services and utilities. 1 t. The land use ci�auges resutting from the IUGA boundary adopted bythis resolutian stn"Ices a reasonable balauce betw�en: • protecting the environmeut, • preserving ruzal areas, • accommodating grajeded grawth, • recognizing existiugpatxerns ofdevelopment, • pramating efficie�t servica areas for public utilities and services, � recognizing natural boundaries, • accommadating the desiares and policies of the City af Ephrata, and � accommodating the desires of the rescdents of the affected areas. I2. 'The area removed from within the tUG,� bv this resotutivn i� rnost consiste�t with tiie c�aracterisucs of rural land use and associated iand use desis;nations currezttly adc3pted by th� CputtLyand being considered far adoptian as part of thc Grarrt County comprehensive Plan. 13. The measures adapted by this resalution comply with the GMA and ather governing law and are reasanably related to the public health, safety, and welfare. NOW, THEREFORE, BE I'T RESOLVED, ttaat the Interim Urban Growth Area for the City of Ephr�ca as adopted by the Board of Grant Courny Commissioners by Ordinance and Resolutian No. 95-134-CC on November 6, 1995 is hereby amended as shawn on tha map entitied "�mendment to the Ephrata Urban Cnowth Area Baundary" attached hereco as E�chibit C, BE iT FUR'THER RFSCILV�D, thatthe Board of Grant Couisty Commissioners may modifythis IL'G.-; based on rev�sed data ac changed czrcamstances. Tt�is IUGA shall remain in effect only un:til such time �.: a final UGA is designated pursuant to ths requ�remenu of the Growtl� Management Aci.