Chapter 19.01
PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

Sections:

19.01.010    Purpose and applicability.

19.01.010 Purpose and applicability.

In enacting the requirements of Chapter 36.70B RCW, the city intends to establish a mechanism for implementing the provisions of the Growth Management Act regarding compliance, conformity and consistency of land use development permit review with the city’s adopted comprehensive plan and existing development regulations.

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a land use development permit review process, as required by state law, for considering consistency of a proposed project with the applicable development regulations. Consistency shall be established by considering the following four factors:

A. The type of land use permitted at the site, including uses that may be allowed under certain circumstances, such as planned unit developments and conditional and special uses, if the criteria for their approval have been satisfied;

B. The level of development, such as units per acre or other measures of density;

C. Availability and adequacy of infrastructure, public facilities and services identified in the comprehensive plan and needed to serve the development; and

D. The character of the development, such as development standards. (Ord. 21-28 § 5 (Exh. A), 2021)