SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 31599

• Record No: Res 31599
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 7/27/2015
• Title: A RESOLUTION identifying proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments to be considered for possible adoption in 2016; and requesting that the Department of Planning and Development and the Seattle Planning Commission review and make recommendations about the proposed amendments.
• Sponsors: Mike O'Brien
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Central Staff Memo (7/7/15), 3. Memo Attachment A: Planning Commission Letter, 4. Memo Attachment B: DPD Memo, 5. Signed Resn 31599

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/29/2015	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
7/27/2015	2	City Council	adopted	Pass
7/21/2015	2	Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability Committee	adopt	Pass
6/30/2015	2	City Council	referred
6/18/2015	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
6/16/2015	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION _________________


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A RESOLUTION identifying proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments to be considered for possible adoption in 2016; and requesting that the Department of Planning and Development and the Seattle Planning Commission review and make recommendations about the proposed amendments.
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WHEREAS, under the Washington State Growth Management Act, RCW 36.70A, 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 11722 in 1994; and
WHEREAS, the City last amended the Comprehensive Plan through Ordinance 124750 in April 2015; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted procedures for amending the Comprehensive Plan in Resolution 31117 in March 2009, consistent with the requirements for amendment prescribed by the Growth Management Act; and
WHEREAS, in Resolution 31402 in August 2012, the City Council amended the criteria by which proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are selected for analysis and possible adoption, a process known as setting the Comprehensive Plan docket, and repealed other criteria used in prior years; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THAT:
Section 1. Comprehensive Plan Docket of amendments to be considered in 2016. In addition to any amendments that may be identified through the Seattle 2035 process including consideration of the way the City monitors urban village growth, the following proposed amendments should be further developed for review and consideration by the Mayor and Council as possible amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. The full texts of the proposals are contained in Clerk File 319369.
1. N.E. 68th Street. Amend the Future L...