Ordinance No. 2024-01 Relating to Revising Bonus Floor Area Regulations (Approved 012324)Page 1 of 2
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-01
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bainbridge Island,
Washington, relating to bonus floor area ratio, amending
Ordinance No. 2021-10 to extend the sunset provision
provided for in the terms of the ordinance by one year.
WHEREAS, within the express terms of the Growth Management Act, the
Washington State Legislature has specifically conferred upon the governing bodies of
Washington cities the right to establish and adopt zoning controls and other regulations
related to land uses; and
WHEREAS, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 2021-10 relating to bonus
floor area ratio on August 24, 2021, with an effective date of September 10, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Section 8 of Ordinance No. 2021-10 provided that the ordinance
shall sunset one year from the effective date of the ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on June 28, 2022, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 2022-
16, extending the sunset provision in Ordinance No. 2021-10 by eighteen months, until
March 10, 2024, to provide for sufficient time to appropriately consider potential changes
to bonus floor area ratio policies through the update to the Winslow Subarea Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City is in the middle of the update to the Winslow Subarea Plan,
including analyzing how development standards could be modified to better meet City
housing and transportation goals, and this work will not be completed prior to March 10,
2024, the current sunset date for Ordinance No. 2021-10; and
WHEREAS, the City Council provided direction at its regular business meeting
on January 23, 2024, that it desired to extend the sunset provision of Ordinance No.
2021-10 by one year, until March 10, 2025, to provide for sufficient time to complete the
update to the Winslow Subarea Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 8 of Ordinance No. 2021-10 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 8. The amendments to the Bainbridge Island Municipal
Code approved by this ordinance shall sunset two three years and
six months from the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 2. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this
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ordinance be preempted by state or federal law or regulation, such decision or preemption
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application
to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days from its
passage and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council this 23rd day of January, 2024.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 23rd day of January, 2024.
Joe Deets, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
Christine Brown, MMC, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: January 19, 2024
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: January 23, 2024
PUBLISHED: February 2, 2024
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 7, 2024
ORDINANCE NUMBER: 2024-01