RES 2001-54 DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM PURCHASE OF FLOOR AREA RATIO BONUSESRESOLUTION NO. 2001-54
A RESOLUTION of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington,
establishing the distribution of funds from the purchase of floor area
ratio bonuses in the Mixed Use Town Center and High School Road
Districts, and designating the decision making authority for proposals
to construct public amenities in order to achieve floor area ratio bonuses.
WHEREAS, the City Council passed Ordinance 98-11 on May 21, 1998, adopting
the Winslow Master Plan as a sub -area plan of the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Winslow Master Plan includes policies that allow for the
purchase of bonus floor area ratio in the Mixed Use Town Center and High School Road
Districts, provided that the resultant funds are used to preserve agricultural land and
develop public amenities and/or infrastructure in Winslow; and
WHEREAS, the Winslow Master Plan also includes policies that allow bonus
floor area ratio to be achieved by constructing public amenities and/or infrastructure in
the Mixed Use Town Center and High School Road Districts; and
WHEREAS, the City Council passed Ordinance 99-17 on September 8, 1999,
implementing the Winslow Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that appropriate procedures are
required to account for funds received from the purchase of bonus floor area ratio and to
approve proposals to construct public amenities projects; now, therefore
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND,
WASHINGTON, DOES RESOLVE THAT:
Section 1. Funds derived from the purchase of bonus floor area ratio shall be
accounted for in a budget subfund, with sixty percent (60%) of the funds directed toward
the preservation of agricultural land and forty percent (40%) toward the construction of
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public amenities and/or infrastructure, unless one hundred percent (100%) of the
maximum bonus is purchased, in which case all of those funds shall be directed toward
the preservation of agricultural land.
Section 2. Proposals to construct public amenities and/or infrastructure projects for the
purpose of obtaining a floor area ratio bonus shall be reviewed and approved by the
Public Works Committee, upon recommendation of the Director of Public Works.
Section 3. For the purposes of this resolution, public amenities are defined as pocket
parks, pedestrian connections, traffic calming treatments, street trees, street furniture and
other features, which enhance the livability of Winslow.
PASSED by the City Council this 10th day of October, 2001.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 1 Vh day if October, 2001.
D t Sutton, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE
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USAN P. KASPER, City Jerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
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