92-25 REZONES AND AMENDMENTS TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANRESOLUTION NO. 92-
A RESOLUTION of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington,
relating to rezones and Comprehensive Plan amendments, and
establishing criteria for the deferral of applications for rezones and
amendments to the Comprehensive Plan.
WHEREAS, all of Bainbridge Island became one city by annexation on February 28,
1991; and
WHEREAS, following the annexation, the City Council and Mayor appointed a
Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee to review the Comprehensive Plans for the entire
City and to submit to the City Council its recommendation for a new comprehensive plan for
the entire City; and
WHEREAS, the Committee is scheduled to complete the draft land use element of the
new Comprehensive Plan in September, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Agency and City Council will analyze and review the
Committee' s recommendation for the land use element of the new Comprehensive Plan and will
adopt a new land use element of the Comprehensive Plan by July 1, 1993, in accordance with
the mandate of the Growth Management Act; and
WHEREAS, Chapters 18.114 and 18.117 of the Municipal Code authorize the City
Council to defer review of applications for rezones and Comprehensive Plan amendments for
land that are scheduled for Comprehensive Plan review or that are reasonably likely to receive
Comprehensive Plan review within the following year; and
WHEREAS, with limited exceptions, deferrat of such applications is necessary to
preserve the status quo so that changes made in the new Comprehensive Plan will not have
been rendered moot by intervening development activities; and
WHEREAS, in order to make fair and equitable deferral decisions, the City Council
desires to defer review of such applications for a certain period of time, subject to certain
narrow exceptions; now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON,
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council and City staff shall defer review and processing of
applications for rezones and Comprehensive Plan amendments, except as follows:
1. An application is required as a condition of prior City approval;
2. An application is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction;
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3. An application, in the opinion of the City Council
by motion, is required to preserve and maintain the public
health, safety and welfare;
4. An application is required for the construction of a
governmental facility; or
5. An application involves residential real property of
one acre or less and requests only a change in density to
that of adjacent properties.
Section 2. The policy and criteria of Section 1 shall
be applied to all applications for rezones or Comprehensive
Plan amendments regardless of when they were filed with the
City; provided, that they shall not be applied to any
application for which the City Council by motion has already
rendered a decision on deferral.
Section 3. City staff shall determine whether an
application shall be processed or deferred in accordance with
the policy and criteria of Section 1. Any questions of City
staff regarding application of the policy or criteria shall
be brought to the City Council for review and decision.
Section 4. The policy and criteria of Section 1 shall
be reviewed by the City Council at its first meeting after
the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee has completed the
draft land use element of the new Comprehensive Plan.
PASSED by the City Council this 21st day of May, 1992.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
APPROVED by the Mayor this 21st day of May, 1992.
RALPH W. EELLS, Finance Director
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
RESOLUTION NO. 92-25
5-21-92
5-21-92