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Planning Division
City of Yakima Planning Commission
PUBLIC MEETING � 4 -
Wednesday December 9, 2015
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
YPC Members:
Chairman Dave Fonfara, Vice -Chair Scott Clark, Al Rose,
Bill Cook, Patricia Byers, Ron Anderson, Carmen Mendez
FOR ,.1.' 1 111[ ]IES;
RECORD / III'" IN:
Ci Plannin Staff:
Joan Davenport (Community Development Director/Planning Manager); Jeff Peters
(Supervising Planner); Valerie Smith (Senior Planner); Robbie Aaron and Trevor Martin
(Assistant Planners); Rosalinda Ibarra (Administrative Assistant); and Lisa Maxey
(Department Assistant)
Agenda
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Staff Announcements
IV. Audience Participation
V. Planning Commission and Staff Year End Review
VI. Other Business
VII. Adjourn
Next Meeting: December 23, 2015
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2nd Floor Conference Room
Wednesday December 9, 2015
Beginning at 3:30 p.m.
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Chapter 16.10
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCEDURES
Sections:
1.,.6� 1.0J).1 0 Purpose.
1I_6JO 020 Applicability.
16A 0.030 Procedures.
16,1 Q„C(13 s Exceptions to the annual amendment process.
1,6 10,040 Approval criteria.
Submittal requirements.
16J-0,060 Timing of amendments.
1,6.,10.070 Public process and notice on proposed comprehensive plan amendment.
1..6(D�,�„8Q City of Yakima planning commission recommendation(s).
16, 10,,0.90 Joint city council and Yakima County commissioners public hearing.
16,10,095 Development regulation amendments.
16. 10, 100 Implementation and application of comprehensive plan amendment procedures for the
year 2003.
16.10.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide procedures and criteria for amending and updating the Yakima
urban area comprehensive plan and development regulations to be consistent with and implement the
comprehensive plan pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130. Comprehensive plan amendments may involve
changes in the plan written text, the plan policy maps, or to the future land use map. Comprehensive
plan and development regulation amendments will be reviewed in accordance with this chapter, the state
Growth Management Act (GMA), the Yakima county -wide planning policy (CWPP), the goals and
policies of the Yakima urban area comprehensive plan, and official population growth forecasts and
growth indicators, as applicable. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the legislative
authority of the city to consider and adopt amendments and revisions to the Yakima urban area
comprehensive plan or the city's development regulations. (Ord. 2004-14 § 1, 2004: Ord. 2003-19 § 1
(part), 2003).
16.10.020 Applicability.
(1) The criteria and requirements of this chapter shall apply to all applications or proposals for changes
to the comprehensive plan text or map designations and development regulations, unless specifically
exempted. The following types of comprehensive plan amendments may be considered through the
comprehensive plan amendment process:
(a) Future land use map changes;
(b) Changes to other plan policy maps; and
(c) Comprehensive plan text changes.
(2) The criteria of this chapter shall apply to comprehensive plan designations and development
regulation amendments no more frequently than once a year, except that amendments may be
considered more frequently for special circumstances as may be provided for in RCW 36.70A.130, or as
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the same may be hereafter amended. The review of any proposed amendments authorized by RCW
36.70A.130 to occur more frequently than once a year shall be undertaken as provided for in YMC
16 .10,Q5, which shall be the exclusive means of notice, public particlpatlon, and review for such
amendments, any other provision of the Yakima Municipal Code to the contrary notwithstanding.
(3) Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply
throughout this chapter.
(a) "Comprehensive plan" means the most recent version of the Yakima urban area
comprehensive plan, inclusive of all adopted amendments.
(b) "Future land use map" means the GIS map maintained by the city of Yakima as its approved
current future land use map.
(c) "Interested parties" means any person or persons who have provided their names and
addresses in writing to planning staff and indicated their desire to receive mailings regarding a
specific land use application within a specified area of the city of Yakima.
(d) "Property owners" means the person or persons shown as the owner of a parcel or parcels on
the official records of the Yakima County assessor as of the date of mailing a land use notice.
(e) "Text amendment" means any comprehensive plan amendment in the form of text changes or
standards modifications, whether in the form of additions, corrections, or other modifications.
kf` "Pl�l an poli.—Y, ma " means any geographic depiction or i Ncontaii ed in ti e comprehensive
plan other than the future land use map.
(g) "Planning staff' means staff members of the city code administration and planning division.
(h) "Development regulations" or "regulation" means the controls placed on development or land
use activities by Yakima County or the city of Yakima, including, but not limited to, zoning
ordinances, critical areas ordinances, shoreline master programs, official controls, planned unit
development ordinances, subdivision ordinance, and binding site plan ordinances together with any
amendments thereto. A development regulation does not include a decision to approve a project
permit application, as defined in RCW 36.70B.020, even though the decision may be expressed in
a resolution or ordinance of the legislative body of Yakima County or the city of Yakima. (Ord. 2004-
42 § 1, 2004: Ord. 2004-14 § 2, 2004: Ord. 2003-19 § 1 (part), 2003).
16.10.030 Procedures.
(1) Annually, the city council shall decide whether to open or forego opening the comprehensive plan
amendment process pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130, and, by motion or resolution, declare its decision. In
the event the city council decides to open the comprehensive plan amendment process, the city planning
commission shall hold a public meeting in February to announce that the comprehensive plan
amendment process is open to accept applications. At that time, the city planning commission will invite
public comments and suggestions regarding proposed changes to the comprehensive plan.
(2) All comprehensive plan amendments shall be considered legislative actions and subject to the
procedures in this chapter.
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(3) Applications must comply with YMC 16.10,050 and be submitted by the last business day in April in
order for a proposed amendment to be included in that year's process.
(4) Future land use map changes may be initiated by the subject property owner(s), or by planning
staff, by using the appropriate application forms. The city planning commission shall docket all future
land use map amendment requests for further review and consideration if the amendment application is
deemed complete as provided for herein.
(5) Other plan policy map and/or text amendments may be initiated by any person, including planning
staff, by using the appropriate application forms. The city planning commission shall docket all such
amendments for further review and consideration if the amendment application is deemed complete as
provided for herein.
(6) After completion of the amendment docketing process, the city planning commission shall invite
public comment regarding docketed amendment(s) concurrently with the notice announcing the city
planning commission public hearing at which proposed amendments will be reviewed.
(7) Additional documentation may be needed to address public facilities and services elements that
may be necessary for a proposed amendment. Examples of such services may include water, sewer,
storm drainage, transportation, police and fire protection, and schools. Planning staff will assist
applicants in identifying additional documentation necessary to enable appropriate review.
(8) After proposed amendments are docketed:
(a) The planning staff will review the docketed comprehensive plan amendments together with
such review as may be required under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), Chapter 43.21C
RCW, and Chapter 6.88 YMC.
(b) The city planning commission shall set dates for work sessions on docketed item(s) prior to
setting the city planning commission public hearing date(s).
(9) No comprehensive plan amendment applications shall be docketed after the last business day in
April, unless directed by the city council. (Ord. 2013-021 § 2 (Exh. B), 2013: Ord. 2010-22 § 11, 2010:
Ord. 2005-70 § 1, 2005: Ord. 2003-19 § 1 (part), 2003).
16.10.035 Exceptions to the annual amendment process.
The Yakima city council may propose amendments to the comprehensive plan as authorized by RCW
36.70A.130 more frequently than once a year pursuant to the following process:
(1) The city council may initiate consideration of an amendment to the comprehensive plan at any
time, regardless of the annual amendment review process, by resolution, on condition that city council
shall simultaneously enter findings that: (a) an amendment proposed to be considered independent of
the annual amendment review process complies with the provisions of RCW 36.70A.130; and (b) to wait
until the next amendment cycle would be detrimental to the public's interests.
(2) Proposed amendments initiated by council action as provided for in subsection (1) of this section
shall be reviewed as follows:
(a) Any proposed comprehensive plan amendment addressing the initial adoption of a subarea
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plan that does not modify the comprehensive plan policies and designations applicable to the
subarea may be adopted by ordinance at any time.
(b) Any proposed comprehensive plan amendment addressing the adoption or amendment of a
shoreline master program may be adopted under the procedures set forth in Chapter 90.58 RCW.
(c) Any proposed comprehensive plan amendment addressing the amendment of the capital
facilities element of the comprehensive plan may be adopted by ordinance at any time provided
that the same is undertaken concurrently with the adoption or amendment of the city of Yakima
budget.
(3) For any proposed comprehensive plan amendment consistent with subsection (2) of this section,
planning staff shall identify, and comply with, methods to assure early and continuous public participation
in the review of such amendments. These methods may include the procedures set forth in YMC
1 Q, but may also include other procedures consistent with the terms of RCW 36.70A.140
including the use of methods different from those identified YMC 16.10.070.
(4) Nothing contained in this section shall modify in any way the public notice or other public
participation process that may be required for any proposed amendment to the comprehensive plan
pursuant to other applicable law, including the State Environmental Policy Act, Chapter 43.21 C RCW, or
the city of Yakima Environmental Policy chapter, Chapter 6.88 YMC. (Ord. 2004-42 § 2, 2004).
16.10.040 Approval criteria.
The following criteria shall be considered in the review of any proposed amendment to the Yakima urban
area comprehensive plan:
(1) To alter the future land used map or other plan policy map, or effect a comprehensive plan text
amendment, the proposed amendment must do one or more of the following:
(a) Address circumstances that have changed since the last time the relevant comprehensive plan
map or text was considered;
(b) Better implement applicable comprehensive plan policies than the current relevant
comprehensive plan map or text;
(c) Correct an obvious mapping error; or
(d) Address an identified deficiency in the comprehensive plan;
(2) Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.040, proposed comprehensive plan amendments shall be coordinated
with, and take into consideration, the comprehensive plans adopted by Yakima County or cities with
which the city of Yakima has, in part, common borders or related regional issues as may be required by
RCW 36.70A.100;
(3) Proposed comprehensive plan amendments must be consistent with the Growth Management Act
(GMA), Chapter 36.70A RCW, and the Yakima county -wide planning policy (CWPP); and
(4) Cumulative impacts of all comprehensive plan amendments, including those approved since the
original adoption of the comprehensive plan, shall be considered in the evaluation of any proposed
amendments. (Ord. 2003-19 § 1 (part), 2003).
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16.10.050 Submittal requirements.
All applications for comprehensive plan amendments shall be made in writing, shall use the proper
planning division application forms, and shall include the following information:
(1) For future land use map amendments:
(a) Completed application on the proper form signed by the legal owner of the subject property or
by a representative authorized to do so by written instrument submitted with the application form,
unless the amendment is initiated by the planning staff;
(b) Parcel numbers and legal description(s) of the subject property;
(c) Map(s) of the subject property that indicate roads, any areas identified in any applicable critical
areas designations, and the future land use map designation of adjacent properties;
(d) Maps indicating the current and proposed future land use map designations, to be provided in
both an eight -and -one -half-inch by eleven -inch and eleven -inch by seventeen -inch format to a
standard engineering scale (e.g., 1:20);
(e) Descriptive information regarding the property including status of existing land use, access to
sewer and water, and availability of public facilities such as schools, fire and police services;
(f) A written narrative stating the reasons for the request for the future land use map amendment
and explaining how the proposed amendment meets the criteria in YMC 1� I Q;; and,
(g) Completed and signed SEPA checklist pursuant to Chapter 43.21C RCW and Chapter 6.88
YMC.
(2) For comprehensive plan policy map or text amendments:
(a) Completed application on the proper form signed by the applicant(s);
(b) Identification of the proposed amendment indicating the section and paragraph location for
the current comprehensive plan provision sought to be changed, if any, and including, for text
amendments, the specific text sought to be added or amended;
(c) For plan policy map amendments, maps indicating the current, if any, and proposed policy
map designations, to be provided in both an eight and one-half inch by eleven -inch and eleven -inch
by seventeen -inch format to a standard engineering scale (e.g., 1:20);
(d) A written narrative stating the reasons for the request for the amendment and explaining how
the proposed amendment meets the criteria in YMC 16.10-040; and
(e) Completed and signed SEPA checklist pursuant to Chapter 43.21C RCW and Chapter 6.88
YMC. (Ord. 2003-19 § 1 (part), 2003).
16.10.060 Timing of amendments.
(1) The comprehensive plan shall be amended no more often than once per year and no less often
than as provided in RCW 36.70A.130, as now existing or as hereafter amended, in accordance with the
time periods and procedures established in this chapter except in the circumstances described in YMC
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(2) Applications for comprehensive plan amendments will be accepted in the code administration and
planning division office after the planning commission has announced, at its meeting in February, that
the comprehensive plan amendment process is open for application. The planning staff will accept letters
of interest for amendment proposals and/or suggestions at any time. Amendment applications received
in the code administration and planning division office after the last business day in April will be
processed in the next scheduled comprehensive plan amendment cycle, unless submitted directly by city
council pursuant to YMC 16,10-035.
(3) The following public notice will precede the planning commission February public meeting:
(a) Not later than twenty days prior to the planning commission public meeting date, a legal and
display ad notice will be placed in the local newspaper of general circulation announcing the
planning commission February meeting;
(b) An announcement will run on Yakima public affairs channel (YPAC) electronic bulletin board
not later than fourteen days before the planning commission public meeting date, until the date of
the planning commission meeting;
(c) The planning staff will notify the local media regarding the planning commission public
meeting through a prepared press release; and
(d) The planning staff will place the planning commission public meeting notice on the city of
Yakima's website.
(4) At the planning commission's first meeting following the last business day in April, the planning
commission and planning staff will review docketed comprehensive plan amendment(s). At such time:
(a) The planning staff shall notify the Washington State Department of Community Trade and
Economic Development of the city's intent to process the proposed docketed amendments;
(b) The Washington State Department of Community Trade and Economic Development shall
also receive notification of any specific amendment proposal at least sixty days prior to final
adoption of said amendment proposal; and
(c) The planning staff shall issue a request for consultation with state and local aviation entities as
more fully set forth in RCW 36.70.547, or as the same may be hereafter amended.
(5) The planning staff shall establish timelines for additional review and consideration by the planning
commission so that the comprehensive plan amendment review process for a given year will be
completed in that year's amendment cycle, which shall expire not later than December 31st.
(6) The planning staff shall provide a complete and accurate copy of any adopted comprehensive plan
amendment to the Washington State Department of Community Trade and Economic Development
within ten days after the final adoption of the ordinance. (Ord. 2013-021 § 3 (Exh. C), 2013: Ord. 2003-
19 § 1 (part), 2003).
16.10.070 Public process and notice on proposed comprehensive plan amendment.
To provide for the opportunity of citizens, interested parties and reviewing agencies to suggest and make
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comments on proposed comprehensive plan amendments, the planning staff will provide for broad
dissemination of information regarding the amendment process. Notice shall be reasonably calculated to
give interested parties, the general public, and government agencies a meaningful opportunity to be
apprised of, and participate in, the comprehensive plan amendment process. The planning staff shall
identify and follow a procedure reasonably calculated to address public comments regarding proposed
amendments.
(1) Except for instances where specific notice requirements are provided for elsewhere in this chapter,
in which event the specific notice requirements shall control, examples of types of notice which the
planning staff may utilize, as appropriate, include the following:
(a) A general mailing to interested parties;
(b) Posting on the city of Yakima's website;
(c) Posting the property with signage, for which a future land use map amendment has been
submitted and docketed;
(d) Notice in the local newspaper of general circulation at least twenty days prior to any public
hearing and as may be otherwise required by RCW 36.70.390, or as the same may be hereafter
amended;
(e) Announcements on Yakima public affairs channel (YPAC) of scheduled public hearings;
(f) Press releases to the local media;
(g) Posting of information at the code administration and planning division and city clerk's offices,
in addition to other city clerk designated locations;
(h) Notice by general mailing to property owners located within three hundred feet of external
property line boundaries designated in a particular amendment application;
(i) Notification to reviewing agencies as may be established by Washington State Department of
Community Trade and Economic Development pursuant to RCW 36.70A.035(1) and 36.70.547.
(2) Additional public notification may be undertaken by planning staff if it determines that it is in the
public interest to do so.
(3) The notice of application shall follow the notice requirements of Yakima Municipal Code Chapter
16.05 and may be either a postcard format or letter size paper. (Ord. 2010-31 § 9, 2010: Ord. 2010-22
§ 12, 2010: Ord. 2003-19 § 1 (part), 2003).
16.10.080 City of Yakima planning commission recommendation(s).
To provide for the opportunity of citizens, interested parties and reviewing agencies to review the
recommendation of the city planning commission to the joint meeting of the city council and Yakima
County commissioners regarding comprehensive plan amendments, the following procedures shall apply:
(1) The city planning commission shall provide a recommendation on each docketed amendment
proposal with findings of fact to support each recommendation based on the approval criteria set forth in
YMC ,16.10.040; and
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(2) The planning staff shall notify the public of the city planning commission recommendation by the
following process:
(a) Not later than twenty days prior to the joint city council and Yakima County commissioners'
public hearing date, a legal and display ad notice will be placed in the local newspaper of general
circulation announcing the joint city council and Yakima County commissioners' public hearing;
(b) An announcement will run on Yakima public affairs channel (YPAC) electronic bulletin board
not later than fourteen days before the joint city council and Yakima County commissioners' public
hearing date until the date of the joint city council and Yakima County commissioners' public
hearing;
(c) The planning staff will notify local media outlets regarding joint city council and Yakima County
commissioners' public hearing through a prepared press release; and
(d) The planning staff will place the joint city council and Yakima County commissioners' public
hearing notice on the city of Yakima's website. (Ord. 2010-22 § 13, 2010: Ord. 2003-19 § 1 (part),
2003).
16.10.090 Joint city council and Yakima County commissioners public hearing.
At a joint meeting of the city council and Yakima County commissioners, the two elected bodies will
review the city planning commission recommendations regarding any docketed comprehensive plan
amendments and hold a public hearing to provide citizens, interested parties and reviewing agencies an
opportunity to comment on the recommendations.
(1) The notice of the joint public hearing of the city council and Yakima County commissioners on the
recommendations of the city planning commission will be promulgated by the city clerk pursuant to the
process for regular business meetings of the city council, and will include the following:
(a) The time, location, and date of the joint city council and Yakima County commissioners' public
hearing;
(b) A copy of the agenda item; and
(c) A list of all comprehensive plan amendments to be considered at the hearing,
(2) An open record public hearing will be conducted by the joint city council and Yakima County
commissioners to hear testimony regarding each amendment under consideration.
(3) At the conclusion of the hearing, the city council shall direct planning staff to prepare legislation to
approve, approve with conditions, or deny each amendment under consideration and shall identify
findings of fact to support each decision based on the approval criteria set forth in YMC 10.10.040.
(4) At a subsequent city council meeting, the city council shall enact an ordinance adopting their
decision reached at the joint city council and Yakima County commissioners' public hearing. Following
city council action, notification of the ordinance shall be accomplished in the following manner:
(a) The planning staff shall provide a complete and accurate copy of the adopted comprehensive
plan amendment(s) to the Washington State Department of Community Trade and Economic
Development within ten days after final adoption; and
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(b) The city clerk shall have the approved comprehensive plan amendment ordinance published in
the local newspaper of general circulation;
(c) The city clerk shall post the ordinance to the city's website as an ordinance amending the
Yakima Municipal Code. In addition, the planning staff shall post the comprehensive plan
amendments on the city's website in accordance with this chapter. (Ord. 2010-22 § 14, 2010: Ord.
2003-19 § 1 (part), 2003).
16.10.095 Development regulation amendments.
Changes to the development regulations of the Yakima Municipal Code, unless otherwise provided for,
shall follow the amendment procedures of Chapter 16, 1(), comprehensive plan amendment procedures,
except the general mailing to property owners located within five hundred feet of external property line
boundaries, as stated in YMC 1-116-1.0-, x,70,(1) public process and notice on proposed comprehensive plan
amendment, shall not apply. (Ord. 2004-14 § 3, 2004).
16.10.100 Implementation and application of comprehensive plan amendment
procedures for the year 2004.
Upon the passage, approval, and publication of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and for calendar
year 2004 only, the amendment process shall be deemed open for all pending applications and for all
applications received by the last business day in April, 2004, without otherwise requiring announcement
from the regional planning commission as contemplated in YMC 16.10.030 and 16.10.060. Publication
of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be deemed sufficient notice to the public that the
amendment process for calendar year 2004 is open. All other notice obligations required by this chapter
shall remain in full force and effect during the 2004 amendment cycle. (Ord. 2010-22 § 15, 2010: Ord.
2004-14 § 4, 2004: Ord. 2003-19 § 1 (part), 2003).
The Yakima Municipal Code is current through Ordinance
2015-029, passed September 18, 2015.
Disclaimer: The City Clerk's Office has the official version of the
Yakima Municipal Code. Users should contact the City Clerk's
Office for ordinances passed subsequent to the ordinance cited
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Chapter 16.05
PUBLIC NOTICE
Sections:
16.05,010
Notice of application.
116.0 ,020
Contents of notice of application.
16 5,030
Public comment on the notice of application.
1�;,0„5.040
Notice of application and SEPA integration.
,16.05.050,
Notice of public hearing.
16.05.010 Notice of application.
A. The city shall issue a notice of application on all project permit applications that are not determined
by the director to be exempt from the procedures provided by this title. The notice of application shall be
mailed to the applicant's designated contact person, and, as listed on current Yakima County assessor
records, the owners of property within three hundred feet of the development site. The notice may be
either a postcard format or letter size paper.
B. The notice may also be sent to agencies interested in the application, as determined by the
planning manager, and to other persons or entities who request such notice.
C. If the application is subject to an open record public hearing, the date of the public hearing shall be
included in the notice of application and the notice of application shall be provided at least fifteen days
prior to the open record hearing. The provisions of YMC 16,0 5.030 shall also apply. (Ord. 2010-31 § 6,
2010: Ord. 98-66 § 1 (part), 1998).
16.05.020 Contents of notice of application.
The notice of application shall comply with the notice requirements specified in YMC :1&05J)1 0 and shall
include:
A. The date of the application, the date of the notice of completion for the application, the date the
notice of application is issued;
B. A brief description of the proposed project action, including the project location and city file number;
C. The location where the application and any studies can be reviewed, including the city website
information;
D. The date when the public comment period ends, which shall be the twentieth day following the date
of notice of application, and a statement of the right of any person to comment on the application and
become a party of record for the application;
E. The date, time, place and type of hearing, if applicable and scheduled at the date of notice of the
application;
F. Any other information determined appropriate by the director. (Ord. 2010-31 § 7, 2010: Ord. 98-66 §
1 (part), 1998).
16.05.030 Public comment on the notice of application.
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All public comments on the notice of application must be received in the department of community and
economic development not later than five p.m. on the twentieth day after the notice of application is
issued. If the twenty -day public comment period ends on a weekend or holiday, it shall be automatically
extended to the end of the next business day. Comments may be mailed, personally delivered or sent by
facsimile. Comments should be as specific as possible. (Ord. 98-66 § 1 (part), 1998).
16.05.040 Notice of application and SEPA integration.
Except for a determination of significance pursuant to SEPA, the city may not issue its threshold
determination or issue a decision or recommendation on a project permit until the expiration of the public
comment period on the notice of application. (Ord. 98-66 § 1 (part), 1998).
16.05.050 Notice of public hearing.
A. The notice of application may include the notice of open record public hearing for permit
applications which require open record public hearings. The notice may be either a postcard format or
letter size paper.
B. Content of Notice of Public Hearing. The notice given of an open record public hearing required in
this chapter shall contain:
1. The name and address of the applicant or the applicant's representative;
2. Description of the affected property, which may be in the form of either a vicinity location or
written description, other than a legal description;
3. The date, time, and place of the hearing;
4. A description of the subject property reasonably sufficient to inform the public of its location,
including but not limited to the use of a map or postal address and a subdivision lot and block
designation;
5. A brief statement of the nature of the proposed use or development;
6. A statement that all interested persons may appear and provide testimony;
7. When information pertaining to the application may be examined and when and how written
comments addressing findings required for a decision by the hearing body may be admitted. (Ord.
2010-31 § 8, 2010: Ord. 98-66 § 1 (part), 1998).
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The Yakima Municipal Code Is current through Ordinance
2015-029, passed September 18, 2015.
Disclaimer: The City Clerk's Office has the official version of the
Yakima Municipal Code. Users should contact the City Clerk's
Office for ordinances passed subsequent to the ordinance cited
above.
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TIMELINE REQUIREMENTS ....._......
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MUNICIPAL CODE OR FICIN REFERENCE
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City CounBitdecides whether to open CPA process and declares decision by motion or
January
resolution
CITY COUNCIL DECIDES
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Notification of Opening of CPA Process
YPC SETS DATES FOR
-.__.____._—
YMC 76.10.060(3){a)(b)(c)(d)
YPAC Announcement on Electronic Bulletin Board -14 days prior
W NETHER DI NOT TD OPEN
runs until the date of the meeting
WORK SESSIONS ON
POST PROPERTY (LAND
NOTICEBLIC CIA: COUNCIL
CFH PROCESS
Public Meet'nE Not ce Posted to CItV's W¢bsite
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DOCKETED ITEMS &SETS
-_11510.036(1
YMC
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I U BLIC HEARING IS
Last Business Day in April
YMC 16.10.030(3)
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YPC Dockets Proposals
GENERAL TIMELINE FOR
NOTICE OF
SERA DECISION
TRANSMITTAL OF
_ _ _
_YMC 16.10.030(8){bj
DEADLINE FOR
*15 days prior to YPC hearing IF notice of hearing is included*
REVIEW OF PROPOSALS
(14-DAYAPPEAL PERIOD)
COMPLETE RECORD &YPC
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SUBMITTAL: LAST
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Comment Period Ends
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RECOMMENDATION TO
BUSINESS
DAY IN APRIL
YMC 16.05.040
(sent to Parties of Record & SEPA Agencies)
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COUNCIL
14 Days After Notice of SEPA Decision was sent
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YMC 15.16.030(b)
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Notice of YPC Public Hearing
20 Days Prior to Hearing Date
YMC 16.10.0701
(sent to applicant, property owner, parties of record, property owners within 300 itof proposed site,
the City's in -House distribution list, and published In Yakima Herald)
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At Least 12 Days Prior to YPC Public Hearing
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YPC Hearing- Recommendation sent to applicant & property owner
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Notice of City Council Public Hearing -sent by City Clerk
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LAPIDARY FEBRUARY
APRIL
MAY
the City's in -Nouse distribution IIs[ and published in Yakima Herald)
CC Hearing
16.10.060
Hearings must conclude prior to expiration of that year's amendment cycle YMC (5}
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DECEMBER 31ST
YPC FORMALLY OPENS
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NOTICE OF YPC PUBLIC
CPA PROCESS
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HEARING (-'_OOAYSPRIOR
NOT ICE OF
APPLICATION&
TO YPC HEARING)
CITY COUNCIL HEARING -
YPC DOCKETS
PROPOSALS
SEPA ('_0 -DAY
COMMENT
",.
ORDINANCE ADOPTED
PERIOD)
YPC PUBLIC HEARING
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EVENT
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TIMELINE REQUIREMENTS ....._......
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__..... MUNICIPAL
MUNICIPAL CODE OR FICIN REFERENCE
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City CounBitdecides whether to open CPA process and declares decision by motion or
January
YMC 16.10.030(1)
resolution
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...............
Notification of Opening of CPA Process
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La A Notice & Dispiav Ad -20 days prior to YPC meeting
-.__.____._—
YMC 76.10.060(3){a)(b)(c)(d)
YPAC Announcement on Electronic Bulletin Board -14 days prior
to YPC meeting,
runs until the date of the meeting
Notification to Local Media
Public Meet'nE Not ce Posted to CItV's W¢bsite
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February
-_11510.036(1
YMC
Planning Commission Formally Opens CPA Process
Submittal Period Closes
Last Business Day in April
YMC 16.10.030(3)
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YPC Dockets Proposals
________________ ..... ....
First Meeting After Last Business Da in April
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YMC 16.10:030(4) ....___.....__........
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YPC Sets dates for Work Sessions & Sets General Timeline
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Prior to Setting YPC Public Hearing Dates
_ _ _
_YMC 16.10.030(8){bj
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Notice of Application & SEPA
*15 days prior to YPC hearing IF notice of hearing is included*
YMC 16.05,010
(sent to the applicant, property owner, property owners within 300 it of proposed site, the City's In -
House distribution list, and to SEPAagencies)
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Comment Period Ends
20 Das after Notice of Application & SEPA was sent
YMC 76.05.030
Notice of SEPA Decision
Send after comment period is over
YMC 16.05.040
(sent to Parties of Record & SEPA Agencies)
__...__..._
SEPA AppealPeriod Ends
14 Days After Notice of SEPA Decision was sent
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YMC 15.16.030(b)
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Notice of YPC Public Hearing
20 Days Prior to Hearing Date
YMC 16.10.0701
(sent to applicant, property owner, parties of record, property owners within 300 itof proposed site,
the City's in -House distribution list, and published In Yakima Herald)
Posting Property (Land Use Action Sign)
At Least 12 Days Prior to YPC Public Hearing
YMC 15.11.090
YPC Hearing- Recommendation sent to applicant & property owner
Priorto Scheduling Council Hearing
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Notice of City Council Public Hearing -sent by City Clerk
**Sent by City Clerk***
(sent to applicant, property owner, parties of record, property owners within 300 ft of proposed site,
the City's in -Nouse distribution IIs[ and published in Yakima Herald)
CC Hearing
16.10.060
Hearings must conclude prior to expiration of that year's amendment cycle YMC (5}
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{December 31")
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