Record No: CB 120213    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 120213
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 12/6/2021
Ordinance No: Ord 126497
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; extending for six months a moratorium established by Ordinance 125764, and extended by Ordinances 126006, 126090, 126241, and 126362, 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.
Sponsors: Dan Strauss
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Signed Ordinance 126497, 3. Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
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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, 126241, and 126362, 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 four additional six-month periods by Ordinance 126006 (December 2019), Ordinance 126090 (June 2020), Ordinance 126241 (November 2020), and Ordinance 126362 (June 2021).
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, by Bella Bee, LLC ("Appellant").
F. The Appellant and the City reached a settlement agreement on the appeal and on September 13, 2021, the appeal was dismissed by the Hearing Examiner....

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