Title
Approval of Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment Schedule for 2019
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to set Tuesday, November 13, 2018, as deadline for submitting preliminary proposals for Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendments to be considered in 2019 and direct staff to proceed with review schedule generally as outlined in staff report.
Report
Issue:
Whether to set November 13, 2018 as the deadline for Preliminary Comprehensive Plan Amendment applications for consideration in 2019.
Staff Contact:
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.570.3722
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Washington's Growth Management Act provides that, with only a few specific exceptions, a city's Comprehensive Plan can be amended only once each year. Accordingly, all proposed amendments are to be collected into one review process. To that end, Olympia's code directs that the City Council shall set an annual 'due date' for proposing such amendments. Staff proposes that for 2019 amendments that deadline be 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2018.
Washington's Growth Management Act provides that a city must review and evaluate its Comprehensive Plan every eight years. Olympia concluded such a 'periodic' review in December 2014. In addition, the Act provides that cities may consider annual Plan amendments. Subject to specific exceptions, the Act provides that any proposed 'annual' amendments must be 'collected' into one annual review with a schedule 'broadly disseminated' to the public. (RCW 36.70A.130)
Chapter 18.59 of the Olympia Municipal Code outlines Olympia's Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment process. Proposed amendments may be submitted at any time. However, so that proposals are collected into an annual set, the code provides that the City Council shall set an annual submittal deadline. This deadline has varied, but most oft...
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