SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120181

• Record No: CB 120181
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120181
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 10/4/2021
• Ordinance No: Ord 126455
• Title: AN ORDINANCE amending Section 23.58A.044 of the Seattle Municipal Code to facilitate the transfer of development rights from Pierce and Snohomish Counties to Seattle.
• Sponsors: Dan Strauss
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Central Staff Memo (9/22/21), 3. Signed Ordinance 126455, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/15/2021	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
10/15/2021	1	Mayor	returned
10/15/2021	1	Mayor	returned unsigned
10/15/2021	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
10/4/2021	1	City Council	passed	Pass
9/24/2021	1	Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee
9/22/2021	1	Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee	discussed
9/20/2021	1	City Council	referred
9/13/2021	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
9/8/2021	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE amending Section 23.58A.044 of the Seattle Municipal Code to facilitate the transfer of development rights from Pierce and Snohomish Counties to Seattle.
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WHEREAS, in 2011, the State enacted legislation allowing the creation of Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Programs (also known as LCLIP) providing for financing for infrastructure in neighborhoods designated to be receiving areas for regional development rights; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, the City Council approved Ordinance 124172 rezoning portions of the South Lake Union Urban Center and adopting development standards for the South Lake Union Urban Center and certain zones in the Downtown Urban Center that would be implemented if a Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Program were formed; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, the City Council approved Ordinance 124285 related to establishing a Local Infrastructure Project Area for Downtown and South Lake Union and authorizing the Mayor to execute an interlocal agreement with King County; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, the City Council approved Ordinance 124286 accepting an allocation of transferable development rights and adopting an infrastructure funding plan to support the creation of a Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Program; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, the City Council approved Ordinance 124287 creating a Local Infrastructure Project Area; and
WHEREAS, on October 3, 2013, the Mayor signed an Interlocal Agreement for Regional Transfer of Development Rights and Tax Increment Financing of Infrastructure by and between The City of Seattle and King County, in accordance with Ordinance 124285, allowing the transfer of development rights from King County; and
WHEREAS, the intent of the LCLIP program when originally developed was to allow at a future date the transfer of development rights from Pierce and Snohomish Counties once their transfer of development...