ORD NO. 2017-08 AMENDING BIMC 16.04.160ORDINANCE NO. 2017-08
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington,
amending Section 16.04.160 of the Bainbridge Island Municipal
Code relating to SEPA substantive authority.
WHEREAS, in 1992, the City of Bainbridge Island ("City") adopted Ordinance No. 92-
06 relating to environmental policy and implementing State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
regulations for the City, including substantive SEPA authority; and
WHEREAS, SEPA substantive authority allows agencies to condition or deny proposals
based on policies, plans, rules, or regulations formally designated by the agency, or the
appropriate legislative body, in the case of local government, as the basis for the exercise of
substantive authority; and
WHEREAS, the City has not updated its substantive SEPA authority since 1992; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it is in the public interest to formally designate
an updated list of policies, plans, rules, or regulations to be used as the basis for the exercise of
substantive authority; and
WHEREAS, adoption of legislation related to agency SEPA procedures is categorically
exempt from SEPA threshold determination and EIS requirements; now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 16.04.160.1) of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code, Substantive Authority,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
D. The city designates and adopts by reference the following policies as the basis for the
city's exercise of authority pursuant to this section:
1. The city shall use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations
of state policy, to improve and coordinate plans, functions, programs, and resources to
the end that the state and its citizens may:
a. Fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for
succeeding generations;
b. Assure for all people of Washington safe, healthful, productive, and aesthetically
and culturally pleasing surroundings;
c. Attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation,
risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences;
d. Preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage;
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e. Maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports diversity and variety
of individual choice;
f. Achieve a balance between population and resource use which will permit high
standards of living and a wide sharing of life's amenities; and
g. Enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum attainable
recycling of depletable resources.
2. The city recognizes that each person has a fundamental and inalienable right to a
healthful environment and that each person has a responsibility to contribute to the
preservation and enhancement of the environment.
3. The city adopts by reference the policies plans, rules, or regttlatinrl in the following
statutes, regulations, provisions and documents to the extent such policies, plans, rules,
or regulations are not inconsistent with the olicies listed in subsections 1 and 2 of this
subsection and are not inconsistent with the City of Bainbridge Island Comprehensive
Plan;
a. Bainbridge Island Municipal Code, including all other chapters contained in Title
16, Environment,, and Title t 8, Luning;
b. Bainbridge Island Subefea Land Use Plan dated4aeeembei..9, 1989,,aBd-mapAji
subarea plans for Bainbridge Island or areas of Bainbridge Island as currently in
effect and as amended or adopted in the Iuture;
c. Washington Shoreline Management Act, Chapter 90.58 RCW and Chapter 173-26
WAC;
d. Bainbrid e Island Shoreline Master Program, effective July 30, 2014 (adopted b
Ordinance No. 2014 and as amended thereafter:
ed. Wer r���''- Washington Water Pollution Control Act, Chester 90.48 RCW,
and im lementin r re ulalions thereof;
fe. Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park and Recreation District 2014 Corn rehensive
Plan for Parks. Recreation & Open Space, and as amended thereat ernes =
Plan, 1990;
g€. Urc Kitsap County Bboard of Hhealth regulations that relate: to
environmental arc)lcction;
hg. Wash Growth Management Act, Chanter 36.70A tCW, and implementing
regulations thereof;
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Washington Forest Practices Act Cita ter 76.09 RCW and Forest Practices Rules.
Chapter Title 222 WACan
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jk. -I A-�Bainbrid e Island Coomprehensive !!plan, as updated in 2017,
includingall Functional Plans and Special Purpose District Plans adopted by
reference therein, and as amended thereafter;
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k. Bainbridge Island Climate Impact Assessment 'EcoAda t July 2016
1. Bainbridge Island Groundwater Model: Aquifer System Carrying Capacily
Assessment (Aspect Consulting, March 2016);
m. Review Findings and Recommendations and Critical Aquifer Recharge Area
Assessment (Aspect Consulting, December 2015
n. H dro Bolo aical Assessment of Groundwater Quantity, QLiality,and Production
(Aspect Consulting, December 2015
o. City of Bainbridge Island Level II Assessment Kato & Warren, Inc. and Robinson
& Noble Inc. December 200p. 0
Stream Benthos and Hydrologic Data Evaluation for the City of Bainbridge Island.
(King County, December 201
q. Bainbridge Island Wildlife Corridor Network, 2000, and as amended therealler
r. Bainbridge Istand Open Space Study, 2008, and as amended thereafter,
Section 2. 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 25" day of April, 2017.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 25"
No
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ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE :
Christine Brown, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: March 27, 2017
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: April 25, 2017
PUBLISHED: April 28, 2017
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 3, 2017
ORDINANCE NUMBER: 2017-08
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