CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION relating to proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments proposed to be considered for possible adoption in 2023; requesting that the Office of Planning and Community Development and the Seattle Department of Transportation consider the proposed amendments as part of the development of the One Seattle update to the Comprehensive Plan and the Seattle Transportation Plan.
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WHEREAS, under the Washington State Growth Management Act, chapter 36.70A RCW, The City of Seattle (“City”) is required to have a comprehensive land use plan (“Comprehensive Plan”) and to review that plan on a regular schedule; and
WHEREAS, except in limited circumstances, the Growth Management Act allows the City to amend the Comprehensive Plan only once a year; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted a Comprehensive Plan through Ordinance 117221 in 1994, and most recently adopted amendments to its Comprehensive Plan in October 2021 through Ordinance 126457; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 31807 prescribes the procedures and criteria by which proposals for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are solicited from the public and selected for analysis and possible adoption, a process known as setting the Comprehensive Plan docket; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act requires the City to update the Comprehensive Plan by December 31, 2024 and every ten years thereafter; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Planning and Community Development is currently at work on its One Seattle Plan major update to the Comprehensive Plan in coordination with the Seattle Department of Transportation, which is developing a new Seattle Transportation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the amendment proposals submitted as part of the 2022-2023 docketing process and has determined that the submitted amendment proposals are generally better addressed through the One Seattle Update to the Comprehensive Plan or through other ongoing planning processes; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT:
Section 1. Comprehensive Plan annual amendments to be considered as part of the One Seattle Update to the Comprehensive Plan
A. The City Council (“Council”) requests that the Office of Planning and Community Development (“OPCD”) consider the following proposed annual amendments as part of the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan update, including the public and environmental reviews. The Council also requests that OPCD present its analyses and the Mayor’s recommendations to the Seattle Planning Commission and to the Council as part of that planning effort. The full texts of the proposals are contained in Clerk File 322316.
1. Essential Daily Needs. Application to amend the land use element to allow for uses that serve residents’ essential daily needs within a quarter mile of their homes, and
2. Equitable Urban Forest Canopy. Application to provide a comprehensive strategy for an equitable urban forest canopy within all Seattle neighborhoods.
B. The Council requests that OPCD also consider the following amendments previously docketed under Resolution 32010 as part of the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan update, including the public and environmental reviews, if OPCD has not submitted a separate recommendation to the City Council in advance of its completion of the work on the update. The Council also requests that OPCD present its analyses and the Mayor’s recommendations to the Seattle Planning Commission and to the Council as part of that planning effort.
1. South Park. Assess whether the South Park neighborhood meets the criteria for urban village designation and provide a report to Council as described in Resolutions 31870, 31896, 31970, and 32010.
2. N. 130th Street and I-5. Specific to the area surrounding the future light rail station at North 130th Street and Interstate 5, along with other City departments, complete community-based planning and provide a proposal to establish an urban village as described in Resolutions 32010 and 31970.
3. Fossil fuels and public health. In consultation with the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections, the Office of Sustainability, and the Environmental Justice Committee, draft, evaluate, undertake environmental review and provide recommendations for potential amendments to the Environment, Land Use, or Utilities elements of the Comprehensive Plan that would clarify the City’s intent to protect the public health and meet its climate goals by limiting fossil fuel production and storage as described in Resolutions 31896, 31970, and 32010.
4. Maritime and Industrial Policies. Analyze and make recommendations for changes to the Comprehensive Plan to implement the recommendations of the Mayor’s Maritime and Industrial Stakeholder Committee as described in the Industrial and Maritime Strategy Council Recommendations of June 2021.
5. Neighborhood connections across highways. Analyze and make recommendations for changes to the Comprehensive Plan to support the use of lids across highways to restore disconnected neighborhoods, expand neighborhoods, and open up hundreds of acres of buildable land for housing and parks, to create safer, healthier, and more vibrant neighborhoods as described in Resolution 32010.
6. Impact fee amendments. In conjunction with the Seattle Department of Transportation’s (SDOT’s) Seattle Transportation Plan, consider potential amendments to the Comprehensive Plan necessary to support implementation of an impact fee program for public streets, roads, and other transportation improvements. This impact fee work may include amendments to update or replace level-of-service standards or to add impact fee project lists in the Capital Facilities Element and amendments to other elements or maps in the Comprehensive Plan, as appropriate. In addition, consider impact fee amendments related to publicly owned parks, open space, and recreation facilities, and school facilities as discussed in Resolutions 31762, 31970, 32010.
Section 2. Proposals to be considered as part of the development of the Seattle Transportation Plan. The City Council requests that SDOT consider the following Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals as they develop the Seattle Transportation Plan including the public and environmental reviews. The Council also requests that SDOT present its analyses and the Mayor’s recommendations to the Seattle Planning Commission and to the Council as part of that planning effort.
A. Florentia Street. Application to remove the arterial classification from Florentia Street and West Florentia Street in the Queen Anne neighborhood, as described in Resolution 32010; and
B. Urban Freight Delivery. Application to develop strategies to accommodate urban freight deliveries, as contained in Clerk File 322316.
Section 3. Comprehensive Plan amendments that will not be considered. The Council rejects the following proposed amendments. The full texts of the proposals are contained in Clerk File 322316.
A. Application to amend the Future Land Use Map (“FLUM”) from Neighborhood Residential to Multifamily for the property addressed as 4822 S Holly St.
B. Application to amend the FLUM in Interbay and East Magnolia near the future Dravus light rail station.
Adopted by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2022, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this ________ day of _________________________, 2022.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2022.
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Elizabeth M. Adkisson, Interim City Clerk
(Seal)