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Clerk 09/15/2022
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AN ORDINANCE declaring a one-year moratorium prohibiting the acceptance of applications for the establishment of new or expansion of existing wineries, breweries, distilleries and remote tasting rooms, as primary uses or as home occupations or home industries; and prohibiting temporary use permits for wineries, breweries, distilleries and remote tasting room; and establishing a work plan to evaluate the next steps for the regulations regarding these uses.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County has authority, pursuant to constitutional police powers, home rule authority and the Washington state Growth Management Act, chapter 36.70A RCW ("the GMA"), to establish a moratorium to preclude the acceptance of certain new development applications and preclude the establishment of otherwise allowed uses while the county studies related land use issues.
B. Ordinance 19030 established updated regulations for winery, brewery, distillery facilities and remote tasting rooms in unincorporated King County.
C. Ordinance 19030 was challenged on State Environmental Policy Act ("SEPA") and GMA grounds by Futurewise and a neighborhood group to the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board ("the board") and designated as case number 20-3-0004c. On May 26, 2020, the board invalidated most of the substantive sections of the ordinance, including Sections 12 through 30, and Map amendments 1 and 2. Sections 12 through 30 include definitions, zoning conditions, parking restrictions, temporary use permit clarifications, home occupation and home industry limitations and a demonstration project.
D. The county appealed the board's May 26, 2020, order to the superior court, and the superior court reversed and remanded back to the board, which once again invalidated Ordinance 19030, Sections 12 through 30, on January 3, 2022. The county's appeal of the board's January 3, 2022, order is curr...
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