Chapter 14.15 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

Chapter 14.15
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

Sections:

14.15.010 Comprehensive plan adopted.

14.15.020 Relationship of comprehensive plan to previously adopted plans, policies, and land use regulations.

14.15.030 Zoning, potential zoning, property-specific development standards, and special district overlays.

14.15.040 Park development policies.

14.15.050 Shoreline management master program.

14.15.060 Transportation plan.

14.15.070 Nonmotorized transportation plan.

14.15.080 Kent School District capital facilities plan.

14.15.090 Flood hazard reduction plan policies.

14.15.100 Potential annexation area process.

14.15.010 Comprehensive plan adopted.

Under the State Constitution and the Washington State Growth Management Act, Chapter 36.70A RCW, the 2001 Comprehensive Plan is adopted and declared to be the comprehensive plan for City until amended, repealed or superseded. The comprehensive plan shall be the principal planning document for the orderly physical development of the City and shall be used to guide subarea plans, functional plans, provision of public facilities and services, review of annexations, development regulations and land development decisions. (Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.010))

14.15.020 Relationship of comprehensive plan to previously adopted plans, policies, and land use regulations.

The 2001 Comprehensive Plan shall relate to previously adopted plans, policies and land use regulations as follows:

(1) Where conflicts exist between neighborhood, or other plans and the comprehensive plan, the comprehensive plan shall prevail;

(2) Pending or proposed subarea plans or plan revisions and amendments to adopted land use regulations, that are adopted on or after September 25, 2001, shall conform to all applicable policies and land use designations of the 2001 Comprehensive Plan;

(3) Vested applications for subdivisions, short subdivisions and conditional uses for which significant adverse environmental impacts have not been identified may rely on existing zoning to govern proposed uses and densities. Subdivisions, short subdivisions and conditional uses also may rely on specific facility improvement standards adopted by ordinance, including but not limited to street improvement, sewage disposal and water supply standards, that conflict with the comprehensive plan but shall be conditioned to conform to all applicable comprehensive plan policies on environmental protection, open space, design, site planning and adequacy of on-site and off-site public facilities and services, in cases where specific standards have not been adopted;

(4) Vested permit applications for proposed buildings and grading and applications for variances, when categorically exempt from the procedural requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act, may rely on existing zoning and specific facility improvement standards adopted by ordinance; and

(5) Nothing in this section shall limit authority to approve, deny or condition proposals in accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act. (Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.015))

14.15.030 Zoning, potential zoning, property-specific development standards, and special district overlays.

Zoning adopted pursuant to this section shall constitute official zoning for the City.

(1) Official zoning, including but not limited zoning with property-specific development conditions, is depicted on the official zoning map, as maintained by the Department.

(2) Property-specific development standards (p-suffix conditions) in effect or hereinafter adopted or amended shall be maintained by the Department in the property specific development conditions notebook.

(3) Special district overlays in effect or hereinafter adopted or amended shall be maintained by the Department in the special district overlay application maps notebook. (Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.050))

14.15.040 Park development policies.

Park development policies are adopted and serve as a general basis for a park and recreation facility development, except that the comprehensive plan shall prevail where conflicts, if any, occur. (Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.090))

14.15.050 Shoreline management master program.

The policies, objectives and goals of the shoreline management master program are adopted as an addendum to the comprehensive plan for the City. As an addendum to the comprehensive plan, such policy statement constitutes the official policy of the City regarding areas subject to shoreline management jurisdiction. (Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.200))

14.15.060 Transportation plan.

(1) The transportation plan consists of the following elements:

(a) Element five – transportation consisting of the transportation-related policies from the 2001 Comprehensive Plan.

(b) Any transportation priority process.

(d) Any implementation strategy report, as amended.

(2) The Council finds that the mitigated determination of nonsignificance is adequate to support adoption of the transportation element.

(3) The transportation plan is adopted as the functional plan implementing the transportation policies established by the comprehensive plan. As an amplification and augmentation of the comprehensive plan, it constitutes official City policy with regard to surface transportation issues.

(4) The transportation plan dealing with “transportation needs report” and “arterial functional classification” is subject to an annual review and update process preparatory to the capital improvement program budgeting process. Updates will incorporate additional functional plan elements, other local and regional transportation plans and studies, and other information available to Director of Public Works, and shall include public review and information in the annual review of the updates. The Department of Public Works shall provide an update report to the City Council on these elements before finalization of the roads capital improvement program budget identifying possible changes to the needs lists or arterial classifications, and why these changes are needed.

(5) The transportation plan shall be implemented through:

(a) Adoption of an annual six-year capital improvement program.

(b) Application of the road adequacy standards, CMC Title 12.

(d) Mitigation of transportation impacts as required and authorized under the State Environmental Policy Act.

(e) Road maintenance and traffic operating improvements.

(f) Pursuit of additional funding sources at the local, State and Federal levels whenever possible.

(g) Participation in regional efforts to enhance transportation systems applicable to the City.

(h) Establishment of a system for reviewing proposed developments for their impacts on equestrian, pedestrian and bicycle traffic and requiring mitigation when adverse impacts will occur.

(i) Development of transportation system management techniques, zoning code changes, and road improvements to enhance the use of transit, increase vehicle occupancy and the development of alternate means of transportation.

(j) Coordination of plans, projects, programs and policies with other governments. (Amended at request of department 2/08; Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.430))

14.15.070 Nonmotorized transportation plan.

(1) The nonmotorized transportation plan, contained in the comprehensive plan, is adopted as the nonmotorized transportation functional plan implementing related policies established in the adopted comprehensive plan, and constitutes an amplification and augmentation of official City policy with regard to transportation issues.

(2) The nonmotorized transportation plan shall be implemented through:

(a) Integration of nonmotorized projects into the annual transportation project priority process and the annual six-year capital improvement program.

(b) Updating the street standards.

(d) Pursuit of additional public and private capital, maintenance and program funds at the local, regional, State and Federal level for nonmotorized improvements.

(e) Providing an overall guide for the coordination, development and implementation of the nonmotorized element of transportation system. (Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.433))

14.15.080 Kent School District capital facilities plan.

The Kent School District No. 415 Capital Facilities Plan 2001-2002 to 2006-2007, dated April 2001, which shall be included as an attachment to the ordinance codified in this section and is incorporated herein by reference, is adopted as a subelement of the capital facilities element of the comprehensive plan. (Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.467))

14.15.090 Flood hazard reduction plan policies.

The flood hazard reduction plan policies, Chapter 16.15 CMC, are adopted as operating principles to guide the City’s flood hazard reduction programs and to meet the intent of the goals and policies of the comprehensive plan. As an amplification and augmentation of the comprehensive plan, the policies constitute official City policy with regard to flood hazard reduction and floodplain management in the City. (Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.480))

14.15.100 Potential annexation area process.

The potential annexation area (PAA) process involves two separate determinations: the boundaries of the PAA’s, and how services within those PAA’s are to be provided. Negotiating these issues will assure that residents and community groups in the affected areas are given meaningful opportunities to participate in the negotiation process. Staff shall keep Council members apprised of public participation processes undertaken by the staff, and provide them with notice of any public meetings on PAA’s well in advance of the meetings. Further, staff shall provide summaries of the processes it has used to achieve public participation in any transmittals of PAA agreements forwarded to the Council. (Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.12.485))