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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 3478CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 3478 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON DECLARING A MORATORIUM ON THE PERMITTING OF DEVELOPMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS IN THE COR 2 ZONE AND ESTABLISHING A TERMINATION DATE. WHEREAS, a planned action Environmental Impact Statement is in process to address the impacts of the development of COR 2 zoned parcels; and WHEREAS, the four COR 2 zoned properties cannot sustain the planned intensity or development without sharing in the costs of upgrading the infrastructure in the area; and WHEREAS, substantial effort has been expended to study a traffic solution in the area and development on only one parcel zoned COR 2 would significantly harm that effort; and WHEREAS, development of one COR 2 zoned parcel would consume available roadway capacity to the detriment of the other parcels zoned COR 2; and WHEREAS, the Quendall Terminals property is significantly polluted; and WHEREAS, the private sector cannot economically clean the parcel; and WHEREAS, even with state grants, if the City buys the Quendall Terminals property, the City must sell the Quendall Terminals parcel for enough to pay its share of the grant or unreasonably subsidize the project; and WHEREAS, allowing one COR 2 zoned parcel to develop without a site plan for all similarly zoned parcels in the area would shift transportation costs onto the remaining parcels, destroying the market value of the Quendall Terminals parcel and destroying the chance for cleanup; and 1 RESOLUTION NO. 3478 WHEREAS, railroad tracks cross between the properties and the freeway and must be crossed to develop these parcels, and having the parcels developed under a single site plan will permit an overpass or similar solution that will eliminate car-train collisions; and WHEREAS, City Code Section 4-2-120.B requires that any site plan submittal for property zoned COR 2 provide site planning for all adjacent and abutting parcels zoned COR 2 but with the understanding that all property owners desired COR 2 zoning which included such a planning requirement; and WHEREAS, City staff has recommended deleting this requirement since there is no longer unanimity amongst the property owners that such unitary planning is desirable; and WHEREAS, staff needs time to develop a new zoning concept, review its Shorelines Master Program and develop regulations for the COR 2 zoned parcels; and WHEREAS, such staff work takes time because of the complicated interaction of the new regulations to be proposed with each other and existing laws such as SEPA, ESA and GMA; and WHEREAS, such regulations, once proposed, will require council review and approval; and WHEREAS, May Creek to the South of the Barbee Mills parcel is a salmon bearing stream and Lake Washington to the West has not only salmon but bull trout; and WHEREAS, National Marine Fisheries has issued its 4(d) rule; and WHEREAS, the City does not believe its Shorelines Master Program and development regulations comply with the 4(d) rule; and WHEREAS, the State has passed legislation which will require the City to review, and, most likely, substantially alter its Shoreline Master Program; and 2 RESOLUTION NO. 3478 WHEREAS, the City needs time to review its current plans, laws, rules and regulations to protect its process and protect the rights of all property owners; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. The above recitals are found to be true and correct in all respects. SECTION II. There is hereby declared a moratorium on the permitting of all development in the COR 2 zone and the acceptance of all development applications in that zone. SECTION HI. This moratorium shall be in place until June 11, 2001 unless extended or renewed for one or more six month periods but only if a public hearing is held and findings of facts entered in support of each extension or renewal. SECTION IV. This moratorium shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 4th day of December 2000. APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 4 th day of December , 2000. Jesse Tanner, Mayor Approved as to form: RES.821:ll/27/00:ma 3