HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 6057CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE N0. 6057
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DECLARING A
MORATORIUM ON LAND USE, BUILDING PERMIT, AND BUSINESS LICENSE
APPLICATIONS FOR WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION; SETTING FORTH
FINDINGS OF FACT IN SUPPORT OF SAID MORATORIUM; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND ESTABLISHING AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City's Community and Economic Development Department (CED) regularly
undertakes work programs to propose amendments to Title IV of the Renton Municipal Code
(RMC); and
WHEREAS, one such work program is an evaluation of land uses in the city's industrial
zones, namely consideration of the Warehousing and Distribution land use and the impact fee
amount for that land use; and
WHEREAS, warehousing and distribution facilities are allowed only in the city's industrial
zones, which are intended to implement the Employment Area Land Use Designation of the City's
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, Policy L-18 of the City's Comprehensive Plan states, in part, "Employment
Areas provide a significant economic development and employment base for the City. Maintain
a variety and balance of uses through zoning that promotes the gradual transition of uses on sites
with good access and visibility to more intensive commercial and office uses;" and
WHEREAS, trucking associated with warehousing and distribution facilities create
significant impacts on local roadways and produce high levels of particulate pollution; and
WHEREAS, warehousing and distribution facilities are land -intensive uses with relatively
low numbers of employees; and
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WHEREAS, taxes collected for warehousing and distribution facilities are inefficient to
mitigate impacts caused by such facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks adequate time to complete said work program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that there is a need for a moratorium on
accepting any land use application, building permit application, or business license application
for Warehousing and Distribution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council will hold a public hearing within sixty (60) days of the passage
of this ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The above recitals are adopted as findings of fact in support of the
moratoriums adopted herein pursuant to RCW 35A.63.220 and RCW 36.70A.390, and are found
to be true and correct in all respects.
SECTION II. The City Council hereby declares a moratorium upon the submission or
acceptance of any land use application, building permit application, or business license
application for Warehousing and Distribution; and
SECTION III. This moratorium shall not apply to any complete and accepted land use
applications, building permit applications, or business license applications for Warehousing and
Distribution; and
SECTION IV. The moratorium imposed herein shall be in effect until August 14, 2022,
unless ended earlier by subsequent City Council action, or unless subsequently extended by the
City Council pursuant to state law.
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SECTION V. A public hearing shall be scheduled and held within sixty (60) days of the
passage of this ordinance.
SECTION VI. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance.
SECTION VII. The City Council declares an emergency for the protection of the public
welfare and to enable the purpose and intent of this ordinance to be accomplished. This
ordinance shall take effect immediately when passed by the City Council. The City Clerk shall
cause to be published a summary of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper. The summary
shall consist of this ordinance's title.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 14th day of
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 14th day of
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Shane Moloney, City Attorney
Date of Publication: 2/17/2022 Summary
ORD — CED: 2208: 2/11/2022
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February 2022
Jas n A. Seth, ity Clerk
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qjqLl1avone, Mayor
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