CITY OF SEATTLE
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AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; extending for six months a moratorium established by Ordinance 125764, and extended by Ordinances 126006, 126090, and 126241, on the filing, acceptance, processing, and/or approval of any application to establish a new principal or accessory use, or change a principal or accessory use, for any site currently used as a mobile home park, as defined in Section 23.84A.032 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council makes the following legislative findings of fact and declarations:
A. The Council incorporates by reference the findings of fact contained in Ordinance 125764.
B. In January 2019, the City Council passed Ordinance 125764, establishing a moratorium on the filing, acceptance, processing, and/or approval of any application to establish a new principal or accessory use, or change a principal or accessory use, for any site currently used as a mobile home park, as defined in Section 23.84A.032 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
C. That moratorium was extended for three additional six-month periods by Ordinance 126006 (December 2019), Ordinance 126090 (June 2020), and Ordinance 126241 (November 2020).
D. On April 26, 2021, the Council issued a State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) threshold determination of non-significance for permanent regulations creating a Mobile Home Park Overlay District to help preserve the remaining mobile home parks in Seattle.
E. That threshold determination of non-significance was appealed to the City Hearing Examiner on May 17, 2021.
F. On May 24, 2021, the Council introduced Council Bill 120079, creating a Mobile Home Park Overlay District.
G. Seattle Municipal Code Section 23.76.062.D precludes Council action on Council Bill 120079 until the H...
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