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Clerk 10/08/2008
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AN ORDINANCE relating to comprehensive planning and permitting; and amending Ordinance 263, Article 2, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.010, Ordinance 13147, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.030, Ordinance 13147, Section 30, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.140, Ordinance 14047, Section 9, and K.C.C. 20.18.170, Ordinance 14047, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.180, Ordinance 12196, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.020, Ordinance 12196, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.100, Ordinance 4461, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.24.190, Ordinance 6949, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.44.040 and Ordinance 6949, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.44.080.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings: For the purposes of effective land use planning and regulation, the King County council makes the following legislative findings:
A. King County has adopted the 2004 King County Comprehensive Plan to meet the requirements of the Washington State Growth Management Act ("GMA");
B. The King County Code authorizes a review of the Comprehensive Plan and allows substantive amendments to the Comprehensive Plan once every four years and the King County Comprehensive Plan 2008 amendments represent the third major review of the Comprehensive Plan since 1994;
C. The GMA requires that the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations be subject to continuing review and evaluation by the county;
D. The GMA requires that King County adopt development regulations to be consistent with and implement the Comprehensive Plan; and
E. The changes to zoning contained in this ordinance are needed to maintain conformity with the King County Comprehensive Plan, as required by the GMA. As such, they bear a substantial relationship to, and are necessary for, the public health, safety and general welfare of King County and its residents.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 263, Article...
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