Chapter 22B.010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

Chapter 22B.010
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

Sections:

22B.010.010 Comprehensive plan – Preparation.

22B.010.030 Recommendation to city council.

22B.010.050 Effect of comprehensive plan.

22B.010.010 Comprehensive plan – Preparation.

(1) The city shall have a comprehensive plan for anticipating and influencing the orderly and coordinated development of land and building uses of the city and its environs. The plan may consist of a map or maps, diagrams, charts, reports and descriptive and explanatory text or other devices and materials to express, explain or depict the elements of the plan. It shall include a recommended plan, scheme or design for each of the following elements:

(a) A land use element that designates the proposed general distribution, general location and extent of the uses of land. These uses may include, but are not limited to, agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, educational, public and other categories of public and private uses of land. The land use elements shall also include estimates of future population growth in, and statements of recommended standards of population density and building intensity for, the area covered by the comprehensive plan;

(b) A circulation element consisting of the general location, alignment, and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, major transportation routes, and major terminal facilities, all of which shall be correlated with the land use element of the comprehensive plan.

(2) The comprehensive plan may also include any or all of the following optional elements:

(a) A conservation element for the conservation, development and utilization of natural resources;

(b) An open space, park and recreation element;

(c) A transportation element, showing a comprehensive system of surface, air and water transportation routes and facilities;

(d) A public use element, showing general locations, designs and arrangements of public buildings and uses;

(e) A public utilities element, showing general plans for public and franchised services and facilities;

(f) A redevelopment or renewal element, showing plans for the redevelopment or renewal of slum and blighted areas;

(g) An urban design element for general organization of the physical parts of the urban landscape;

(h) Other elements dealing with subjects that, in the opinion of the city council, relate to the development of the city, or are essential or desirable to coordinate public services or programs with such development;

(i) A solar energy element, for encouragement and protection of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. (Ord. 2852 § 10 (Exh. A), 2011).

22B.010.020 Notice and hearing.

(1) The planning commission shall hold at least one public hearing on the comprehensive plan and any proposed amendments or supplements thereto. Notice shall be provided in accordance with MMC 22G.020.060.

(2) Continued hearings may be held at the discretion of the planning commission, but no additional notices need be published or posted. (Ord. 3256 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 2852 § 10 (Exh. A), 2011).

22B.010.030 Recommendation to city council.

Upon completion of the hearing or hearings on the comprehensive plan, or amendments thereto, the planning commission shall transmit a copy of its recommendations thereon to the city council for final action. (Ord. 2852 § 10 (Exh. A), 2011).

22B.010.040 Action by city council.

Within 60 days from its receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission, the city council shall consider the proposed comprehensive plan, or amendment thereto, at a public meeting. The city council shall vote to approve or disapprove or to modify and approve, as modified, the comprehensive plan, or the proposed amendment thereto, or the city council may refer the matter back to the planning commission for further proceedings, directing the commission to make a new recommendation within a specified time. The final form and content of the comprehensive plan, and all amendments thereto, shall be determined by the city council. An affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the total members of the city council shall be required for adoption of a resolution to approve the comprehensive plan, or any amendment thereto. The comprehensive plan, and all amendments thereto, as approved by the city council, shall be filed with the city clerk and shall be available for public inspection. (Ord. 2852 § 10 (Exh. A), 2011).

22B.010.050 Effect of comprehensive plan.

(1) From the date of approval by the city council, the comprehensive plan, its parts and modifications thereof shall serve as a basic source of reference for future legislative and administrative action; provided, that the comprehensive plan shall not be construed as a regulation of property rights or land uses; provided, further, that no procedural irregularity or informality in the consideration, hearing and development of the comprehensive plan or a part thereof, or any of its elements, shall affect the validity of any zoning ordinance or amendment thereto enacted by the city after approval of the comprehensive plan.

(2) The comprehensive plan shall be consulted as a preliminary to the establishment, improvement, abandonment or vacation of any street, park, public way, public building or public structure, and no dedication of any street or other area for public use shall be accepted by the city until the location, character, extent and effect thereof shall have been considered with reference to the comprehensive plan. (Ord. 2852 § 10 (Exh. A), 2011).