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Amends Ord 4498
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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE N0. 4696
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
ADOPTING THE 1997 P,MENDMENTS TO THE CITY' S 1995
COMPREHENSIVE PLP.N, MAPS AND DATA IN CONJUNCTION
THEREWITH.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Renton has
heretofore adopted and filed a "Comprehensive Plan" and the City
Council of Renton has implemented and amended said "Comprehensive
Plan" from time to time, together with the adoption of various
codes, reports and records; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has heretofore duly
recommended to the City Council, from time to time, certain
amendments to the City' s "Comprehensive Plan"; and
WHEREAS, the City of Renton, pursuant to the Washington
State Growth Management Act, has been required to review its
"Comprehensive Plan"; and
WHEREAS, the City has held a public hearing on this matter;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has made certain findings '
and recommendations to the City Council, including implementing
policies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has duly determined after due
consideration of the testimony and evidence before it that it is
advisable and appropriate to amend and modify the City' s
I "Comprehensive Plan" ; and
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ORDINANCE NO. 4 6 9 6
� WHEREAS, such modification and elements for the
"Comprehensive Plan" being in the best interest and for the
public benefit;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION I . The above findings and recitals are found to
be true and correct in all respects . .
SECTION II . The "Comprehensive Plan, " maps, data and
reports in support of the "Comprehensive Plan" are hereby
modified, amended and adopted as said "Comprehensive Plan`'
consisting of the following elements : Introduction (Vision
Statement) , Land Use, Land Use Map, Transportation, Capital �
Facilities and Environment, as shown on the attached Exhibits A
through F and incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
SECTION III . The Planning/Building/Public Works
Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to make the
necessary changes on said City' s "Comprehensive Plan" and the �
maps in conjunction therewith to evidence the aforementioned 1997 '
amendmentse
SECTION IV. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to
file this ordinance as provided by law,� and a complete copy of
said document likewise being on file with the office of the City
Clerk of the City of Renton.
SECTION V. This ordinance shall be effective upon its
� passage, approval and five (5) days after publication.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4 6 9 6 ,
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 8th day of December , 'I
1997 .
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Marilyn . P tersen, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 8th day of December ,
1997 .
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Jess Tanner, Mayor
Approv as to form:
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Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
Date of Publ:�cation: December 12, 1997
ORD. 691 : 11/25/97 : as .
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ATTACFIlVIENT A
INTRODUCTION(VISION STATEMENT)
Under "Renton in the Future: A Vision,"amend paragraph 3, fourth and fifth sentences, to read
as follows:
Govemment would occupy a new and expanded municipal administrative and law and justice center to
serve�the growing needs of the City. .The municipal center would be located in the vicinity of downtown
for easy access by all city residents.
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ATTACHMENT B
LAND USE ELEMENT POLICY AND TEXT AMENDMENTS
LU-146.a. Commercial: Provide for local and regional shopping needs of the residenfial and
employment sectors of the community. Currently,Renton provides 8.7%of its land
base for commercial retail uses. Because of Renton's unique location as the interstice
between a number of state transportation routes and a regional freeway this percentage
__ should be expanded to capture a larger share of the commercial market.
LU-146.b. Industrial: Sustain the land use base-for existing.industrial users. Renton has provided
14.6%of its land base for industrial uses,a higher percentage than many other of the
area's cities. This percentage is expected to decline as Renton grows in land area.
Discussion: The mixed use concept is intended to create flexibility in the development code. With
changing technolog�and combinations of uses within one business campus,
traditional land use classifications may be too restrictive. A flexible approach can
facilitate business development and stimulate creation of nodes of employment
. activity supported by commercial and service uses:,Renton's commercial retail land
base has increased from 6.7%to 8.7%over the last few years whereas its industrial
dand base has declined from around 20%in the early 1990's to around 14.6%in �
1996.
LU-146.c. Office: Provide for_stand alone office uses,and offices that support industrial used in
order to reach future employment levels. Renton currently provides 6.0%of its land
base for office uses.
LU-212.14 Favorable consideration should be given to rezones to Commercial Arterial(CA)only
when the proposed commercial use has access to SW 43rd Street, and/or East Valley
Road south of SW 27th Street or is located north of I-405 and south of lOth Avenue
SW and the area under consideration is part of a designation totaling over 5 acres
(acreage may be in separate ownerships).
LU-212.15.b. Favorable consideration should be given to rezones for large scale commercial uses or
use ancillary to large scale uses provided that the ancillary uses are built at the same
time as or after the large scale use and the rezone is sufficiently large so as to create
improved efficiencies of use.
LU-235. Municipal government functions which are people-intensive should be centrally located
in or near the downtown.
LU-240. Major functions of the police should be centralized in or near the downtown.
LU-403. Larger annexations should be encouraged, when appropriate, in order to realize
efficiencies in the use of City resources.
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ATTACHMENT C �
LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT
Amend the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map to change the designation from Residential Single
� Farnily ta Residential Rural for the properties shown as C and D an the following map. �
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' ATTAC�IlVIENT D
TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT TEXT AMENDMENTS '
Amend pages II-89 and II-90 of the Transportation Element, Concunent Management System to read as
follows:
Concurrency Management System
- The Growth Management Act (GMA) describes concurrency as the situation where adequate�public
_� _:. facilities are-available when the impacts of development.occur, or within a specified.time thereafter. .
. This description includes_the concept of available public facilities. The GMA defines "available public
facilities" as facilities or services in place, or a financial commitment in place,to provide the facilities
withixi a specified time. For transportatioq the specified time is six years from time of development.
City of Renton policies which support the GMA's definition of concunency have been identified in the
Land Use Element and in this element. To address concurrency under the GMA and City of Renton
policies, a concurrency policy has been developed for the City of Renton which is based on the
following process:
� _ The City of Renton will adopt a multi-modal Transportation.Plan,.which.will be consistent with
regional plans and plans of neighboring cities. Improvements and programs of the Transportation
Plan have been defined previously.
• The City..of_Renton-new Transportation Level of Service (LOS) Policy, consistent with King
County Growth Management Countywide Planning Policies, that differs from the traditional LOS
for arterials,will be used to evaluate the City of Renton Transportation Plan.
• If the region decides to lower regional LOS by not providing regional facilities, then Renton will
adjust its LOS policy accordingly.
• The Transporta�on Plan will include a financial component with cost estimates and funding
strategy. One of the fund sources will be mitigation fees collected from developers as a condition
of land use development within the City of Renton. The approval of the development will be
conditioned upon the payment of this Transportation Mitigation Fee and site-specific mitigation of
� on-site and adjacent facility impacts.
• The City of Renton may allocate the developer funds to any of the improvement elements of the
city-wide Transportation Plan in such a manner to assure that concunency between transporta.tion
LOS and land use development is met.
• The City of Renton will establish concurrency by annually testing the city-wide Transportation
Plan as funded in the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program to ensure conformance with
the Level of Service standard. The City of Renton will adjust the transportation improvement plan
as necessary to meet the LOS standard.
• Based upon the annual test of the city-wide Transportation Plan, consideration of growth levels
included in the LOS tested Transportation Plan, payment of a Transportation Mitigation Fee, and
application of site specific mirigation, development will have met City of Renton concurrency
requirements. �
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The Concurrency Management System comprises policies,procedures, standards and criteria thaf allow
the City of Renton to determine whether adequate public facilities are available to serve new land use
development. 'I
Details of the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation aspects of the City of Renton's Concunency
- Management System have been developed as part of ongoing transportation work.following adoption of
.the Transportation Element of the Renton Comprehensive Plan, and can be found in the Renton
_ Transportation Concunency Ordinance,and in administrative rules and procedures.
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ATTACfIlVIENT E
CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN ELEMENT
Amend paragraph 4. on page IV-5 to read as follows:
To be sure, growth will not occur precisely as projected over the next su�-year or even the 20-year
period. Recognizing this fact,the Capital Facilities Plan should be updated at least biennially. In this
-way local governments have the opportunity to re-evaluate their forecasts in light of the actual growth
- experienced, revise their forecasts for the next su�years if necessary, and adjust the number and timing
_ _ .of capital facilities that would be nceded during the.ensuing si�c year period. The City performed such a
review of the Capital Facilities Plan in 1997 and determined that there was not a need to adjust the
growth forecast_or the number and timing of capital facili�es. This conclusion was based on a finding
that although actual growth was higher than forecast,the level of service standards were being=provided
and the City was only two years into the six year period. Subsequent reviews may result in revisions to
the growth projections and the number and timing of capital facilities if the actual growth continues to
exceed the forecast growth.
Amend paragraph 5. on page IV-5 to read as follows:
As stated in Policy CFP-1,this Capital Facilities Plan is anticipated to be updated regularly as part of
the.city's budget process,thereby ensuring that the Plan reflects the most current actual statistics related
- _ to growth.in Rentoq and that capital�facilities are slated for implementation in accordance with both the
� level of service standards and the city's concunency policy. It is anticipated that the City will fully
implement this policy(CFP-1)in the 1998 annual budget process.
. Amend paragraphs 2 and 3 on page IV-17 to read as follows:
The city conducted a study of this issued and concluded that a new public safety building was needed if
the current level of service was to be maintained. The cost of a public safety building to accommodate
existing and additional police department personnel, e�anded jail facilities, and additional municipal
court facilities has been estimated at $14.8 million. A general obligation bond was submitted to the
voters in 1994 and the majority of the voters did not support the bond. Subsequently the City purchased
a building for a new and expanded municipal administrative and law and justice center. The new
facility will accommodate existing and additional police department personnel, expanded jail facilities,
and municipal court facilities.
Table 12-1 below shows the costs and funding sources for the new Renton Municipal Building that
includes police and court facilities.
Amend Table 12-1 as shown below:
Table 12-1
Municipal and Public Safety Capital FaciliNes
1995-2000
Public 5afety Projects 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 �I
Municipal Building $3,200,000 8,000,000 3,600,000 '
Total $3,200,000 $8,000,000 $3,600,000 $0 $0 $0
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ATTACHMENT F
ENVIRONMENT ELEMENT POLICY AMENDMENTS i
Amend the following policies to read as follows:
EN-13.When development may impact wetlands, the following hierarchy should be followed in
deciding the appropriate course of action:
a. avoid impacts to the wetland,
b. minimi�p impacts tp the wetland,
c. restore the wetland when impacted,
d. recreate the wetland at a ratio which will provide for its assured viability and success,
e. enhance the functional values of an e�usting degraded wetland.
- EN-57. Regulate identified sensitive areas through the implementation of;regulations addressing.uses,
densities, clearing,grading,and/or vegetation removal.
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