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AGENDA STATEMENT
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Item No. 11.
For Meeting of: February 6, 2018
Resolution opening the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Amendment
process pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130 and YMC Ch. 16.10.
Joan Davenport, Al CP, Community Development Director
Joseph Calhoun, Planning Manager (509) 575-6042
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
As required by Chapter 36.70A RCW, the City of Yakima is required under the Washington State
Growth Management Act (GMA) to develop a comprehensive land use plan, map, goals and
policies, and accompanying development regulations. On June 6, 2017, Council approved the
City of Yakima Comprehensive Plan 2040 and development regulations update for consistency
with GMA.
To facilitate potential requests to amend the comprehensive plan, YMC Ch. 16.10. requires the
Council to consider annually whether or not to open the amendment process, and if so, adopt the
accompanying resolution giving direction to both staff and Planning Commission to hold the
required public meeting in February announcing the opening of the Comprehensive Plan
Amendment process and acceptance of applications. Staff is aware of at least four potential
Comprehensive Plan Amendments that would be applied for if opened.
ITEM BUDGETED:
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STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Neighborhood and Community Building
APPROVED FOR
SUBMITTAL:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution
BOARD/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
Once the City Council adopts this resolution, the City Planning Commission will open the 2018
Comprehensive Plan Update process.
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RESOLUTION NO. R -2018-
A RESOLUTION opening the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Amendment process
pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130, and YMC Ch. 16.10.
WHEREAS, The City of Yakima is a First Class City fully planning under the
Washington State Growth Management Act RCW 36.70A and WAC 365-196; and
WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.130 and YMC 16.10.030 requires the Yakima City
Council to consider annually opening the Comprehensive Plan Amendment process; and
WHEREAS, on February 6, 2018, at its regular business meeting, the Yakima City
Council had discussion regarding the merits of opening the 2018 Comprehensive Plan
Amendment Process; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the Comprehensive Plan
Amendment process for 2018 should be opened, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The City of Yakima hereby opens the Comprehensive Plan Amendment process
for the year of 2018, and directs both staff and the Planning Commission to hold the
require public meeting in February announcing the opening of the Comprehensive Plan
Amendment process and acceptance of applications. Furthermore, Council directs both
staff and Planning Commission to proceed with processing of all submitted applications
and City amendments.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 6th day of February, 2018.
ATTEST: Kathy Coffey, Mayor
Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk
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Planning
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Joan Davenport, AICP, Director
Planning Division
Joseph Calhoun, Manager
129 North Second Street, 2nd Floor, Yakima, WA 98901
ask.planning@yakimawa.gov • www.yakimawa.gov/services/planning
Comprehensive Plan Background
The information below is intended to provide a brief background on the purpose of the
Comprehensive Plan, the periodic update cycle, and the yearly amendment cycle.
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Under the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA), local governments in the state
have to adopt, regularly amend, and periodically update an Urban Area Comprehensive Plan.
The plan helps guide long-range land use policy in urban areas by establishing a community
vision for effectively managing growth over a twenty-year period.
The City of Yakima
Comprehensive Plan 2040,
adopted in June 2017, includes
Goals and Policies related to
Land Use, Historic
Preservation, Economic
Development, Housing,
Transportation, Capital
Facilities, Utilities, Parks and
Recreation, Shorelines, and the
Natural Environment. Those
Goals and Objectives are
accomplished through zoning,
subdivision, permitting, and the
implementation of other
regulatory controls.
The GMA requires a full update
of Comprehensive Plans every eight years, which means that the 2040 plan will be due for
update in 2025. In order to respond to the needs of property owners in the interim, an annual
amendment cycle is allowed to examine site-specific requests to modify the Future Land Use
Map or Comprehensive Plan text. Whenever the plan is amended it is important to verify that it
is internally consistent and that development regulations are consistent with and implement the
comprehensive plan.
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Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 16.10 provides the regulatory process and review criteria for
the review of Comprehensive Plan Amendments. Any submitted amendments will go through an
extensive public review process which will ultimately result in a recommendation from the
Yakima Planning Commission for final consideration by Council.