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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-972 ORDINANCE NO. / ',7� AN ORDINANCE relating to planning; specifying a procedure for amending the comprehensive plan of the City of Yakima; and amend- ing Section 2 of Ordinance No. 779, passed March 7, 1966, and entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to planning; adopting a comprehensive plan for the City of Yakima; providing a procedure for amending such plan; and repealing Section 1.42.070 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code ". • WHEREAS, on March 7, 1966, the City Council of the City of Yakima passed Ordinance No. 779 adopting a comprehensive plan for the City of Yakima, Section 2 of which ordinance provided for amendments to the comprehensive plan and specified the procedure to be followed for adopting such amendments by providing, among other things, that such amendments shall be accomplished by the passage of an ordinance by the Yakima City Council, and WHEREAS, Chapter 144, Laws of 1967, Extraordinary Session of the State of Washington provides that cities may adopt and amend compre- hensive plans by the adoption of a resolution, as well as by the passage of an ordinance, and the City Council finds that the best • interests of the City would be served by amending Section 2 of the aforesaid Ordinance No. 779 to provide for the amendment of the comprehensive plan of the City of Yakima by the adoption of a resolu- tion, rather than by the passage of an ordinance, all pursuant to and in accordance with State law, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 779, entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to planning; adopting a comprehensive plan for the City of Yakima; providing a procedure for amending such plan; and repealing Section 1.42.070 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code ", and passed on March 7, 1966, is hereby amended to read as follows: • "Section 2. Amendments to the comprehensive plan for t he City of Yakima may be initiated by a motion of the City Council declaring its intention to amend said comprehensive plan, which motion shall set forth the proposed amendments and request the Planning Commission to hold a public hearing and make a recommendation to the City Council with respect to such proposed amendments. Amendments to said comprehensive plan may also be initiated by a motion of the Planning Commission declaring its desire to amend said comprehensive plan, which motion shall set forth the proposed amendments and set a date for a public hearing thereon. • The Planning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing, pursuant to notice required by law, on any proposed amendment to the comprehensive plan, and pursuant to such hearing, make a recommendation to the City Council with respect to such proposed amendment. The City Council shall hold at least one public hearing, pursuant to notice required by law, on any proposed amendment to the comprehensive plan, which hearing shall be held after the Planning Commission's hearing, at which time the City Council shall consider the • recommendation of the Planning Commission with regard to such proposed amendment. The City Council may, by motion, refer any proposed amendment back to the Planning Commission for further consideration and recommendation before finial action is taken by the City Council. At the conclusion of the hearing, or hearings, by the City Council on any such proposed amendment, the City Council may, by resolution, amend the comprehensive plan, or may, by resolution, reject any proposed amendment; and the action of the City Council in adopting any such resolution shall be final." Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 13th day of November, 1967. 6/ 9641 Ma ATTEST: City Clerk -2-