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AN ORDINANCE related to comprehensive planning and development regulations; amending Ordinance 13147, Section 12, and K.C.C. 20.08.170, Ordinance 17486, Section 3, and K.C.C. 20.10.015, Ordinance 13147, Section 20, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.040, Ordinance 14047, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.055, and Ordinance 12196, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.020, and adding a section to K.C.C. chapter 20.08.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The Washington state Growth Management Act ("the GMA") requires counties to take action to review, and if needed, revise their comprehensive plans and development regulations to ensure compliance with the requirements of the GMA by December 31, 2024. King County completed its statutorily required comprehensive plan update in December 2024 via Ordinance 19881.
B. The King County Countywide Planning Policies establish procedures and criteria for amendments to the Urban Growth Area boundary and provide a countywide framework for growth management planning by King County and the cities within King County.
C. From time to time, minor technical amendments to the Urban Growth Area boundary may be needed to correct mapping errors or discrepancies, resolve situations where buildings or parcels are split by the boundary, align the boundary with either edge of a right-of-way or similar linear feature it currently touches, encompass existing urban-serving infrastructure within the boundary, or address similar technical issues.
D. Technical amendments to the Urban Growth Area boundary are distinct from substantive amendments made to accommodate housing or employment growth, implement the Four-to-One Program, or redesignate land based on growth needs or other policy considerations.
E. The amendments adopted by this ordinance establish Comprehensive Plan and development regulation procedures for considering technical amendments to the Urban Growth Area boundary consist...
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