Chapter 15.130
ANNEXATIONS
Sections:
15.130.010 Conformance to the Comprehensive Plan
15.130.020 Preannexation Comprehensive Planning and Proposed Zoning Regulations
15.130.030 Adoption of Comprehensive Land Use Plan and/or Proposed Zoning Regulations
15.130.040 Notice of Public Hearings
15.130.005 Purpose
The purpose of this section is to define the land use/Comprehensive Plan designations for preannexation into the City. The actual annexation process, standards and requirements are pursuant to adopted State law. (Ord. 15-1018 § 1)
15.130.010 Conformance to the Comprehensive Plan
All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the City shall be considered to be zoned in conformance with the City Comprehensive Plan for the area to be annexed. In the event the area annexed is not within the area encompassed by the City Comprehensive Plan, its temporary zoning shall be the zone in the City in this code which corresponds in description most closely to the existing zoning of the property in the County until such time as the City has amended its Comprehensive Plan to include the annexed area. (Ord. 15-1018 § 1)
15.130.020 Preannexation Comprehensive Planning and Proposed Zoning Regulations
The City Council may direct the Planning Commission to prepare a comprehensive land use plan and/or proposed zoning regulations to become effective upon the annexation of any area which might reasonably be expected to be annexed by the City at any future time. (Ord. 15-1018 § 1)
15.130.030 Adoption of Comprehensive Land Use Plan and/or Proposed Zoning Regulations
Adoption of a comprehensive land use plan and/or proposed zoning regulations for an annexation area shall require a public hearing before the Planning Commission. In addition, a minimum of two (2) public hearings before the City Council shall be held at least thirty (30) days apart. A certified copy of the ordinance adopting such proposed zoning regulation, together with a copy of a map or plat to which the regulations are applicable, shall be filed with Boundary Review Board and King County. (Ord. 15-1018 § 1)
15.130.040 Notice of Public Hearings
Notice of the hearings required to be held pursuant to this chapter shall include the date, time and place of the hearing, shall identify in general terms the property affected thereby, shall set forth the action requested and shall invite all persons who desire to be heard to be in attendance. At least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing, the notice shall be:
A. Sent by first class mail to each property owner of record within the subject property and within three hundred (300) feet of the subject property;
B. Published once in a paper of general circulation in the City; and
C. Posted in at least three (3) locations within the subject property, at SeaTac City Hall, and in at least one (1) other public place.
When the city, acting in good faith, complies with the above provisions, omission of a property owner in the public notice mailing does not preclude the Planning Commission or City Council from proceeding with the public hearing. All costs of posting, publishing and mailing shall be borne by the applicant, and the applicant may be required to submit preaddressed, stamped envelopes for the notices required to be mailed by this section. The hearing called pursuant to the notice set forth in this section may be continued at the discretion of the body conducting the hearing to another date without the necessity of additional notices being given. (Ord. 15-1018 § 1)