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Home My WebLink About2054 ResolutionATTEST • rioeVED AS TO IRM 111_1 41111,1_ *NA G' " RUBSTELLO Ct tto ey RESOLUTION NO. 2054 A RESOLUTION in support of approving the proposed county-wide planning policies. WHEREAS, §Z of Ch 32, Laws, 1991 1st Special Session, requires that Franldm County adopt a county-wide planning policy according to a specified process that is consistent with the interlocal agreement entered into between the County and the various cities within the County, including the City of Pasco, and WHEREAS, in accordance with the required process, the proposed county-wide planning policies attached hereto and incorporated herem by this reference have been developed, and upon the recommendation of the City's planning staff the City Council believes the proposed policies meet the mandates of the law and the interests of the citizens of the City of Pasco, Now, Therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: §1. The attached county-wide planning policies intended to facilitate growth management planning and land use regulation in Franklin County are hereby given the support of the Pasco City Council and approved for adoption by the Commissioners of Franldm County, Washington PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at its regular meeting on December 21, 1992 CATHERINE D SEAMAN Deputy City Clerk COUNTY-WIDE PLANNING POLICIES FRANKLIN COUNTY 1992 County-wide Planning Policy is a written statement or statements used solely for establishing a county-wide framework from which county and city comprehensive plans are developed and adopted. This framework will insure that city and county comprehensive plans are consistent as required by the Growth Management Act. POLICY #1 POLICIES TO IMPLEMENT R.C.W 36.70A.020 The Comprehensive Plans of Franklin County and each of the cities therein shall be prepared and adopted with the objective to facilitate economic prosperity by accommodating growth consistent with the following 1) URBAN GROWTH: Encourage development in urban areas where adequate public facilities exist or can be provided in a cost efficient manner. 36.70A.020(1) 2) AVOID SPRAWL: The inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land shall be avoided. Urban development shall be confined to appropriate areas within urban growth boundaries. 36.70A.020(2) 3) TRANSPORTATION: Encourage efficient multi-modal transportation systems that are based on regional priorities and coordinated with county and city comprehensive plans. 36.70A.020(3) 4) PROPERTY RIGHTS: Private property rights shall not be taken for public use without just compensation having been made. The property rights of land owners shall be protected from arbitrary and discriminatory actions. 36.70A.020(6) 5) PERMITS: Applications for permits should be processed in a timely and fair manner to ensure predictability. 36.70A.020(7). 6) NATURAL RESOURCE INDUSTRIES: Maintain and enhance natural resource based industries including: productive agriculture (cultivation and grazing); fisheries; and, mineral industries. Encourage the improvement of productive agricultural lands and discourage incompatible uses. 36.70A.020(8) -1- 7) OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION: Encourage the retention of useful open space and development of recreational opportunities, conserve critical fish and wildlife habitat, increase public access to natural resource lands and water, and develop parks. 36.70A.020(9) 8) ENVIRONMENT: Protect the environment and enhance the region's high quality of life, including air and water quality, and the availability of water for all uses including potable domestic requirements. 36.70A.020(10) 9) CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND COORDINATION: Encourage the involvement of citizens in the planning process and ensure coordination between communities and jurisdictions to reconcile conflicts. 36.70A.020(11) 10) PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES: Ensure that those public facilities and services necessary to support development shall be adequate to serve development at the time the development is available for occupancy and use without decreasing current service levels below locally established minimum standards. 36.70A.020(12) 11) HISTORIC PRESERVATION: Identify and encourage the preservation of lands, sites and structures that have historical or archaeological significance. 36.70A.020(13) 12) HOUSING: Encourage the availability of affordable housing to all economic segments of the population, promote a variety of residential densities and housing and encourage preservation of existing housing stock. 36.70A.020(4) 13) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Encourage economic development consistent with adopted comprehensive plans. Promote economic opportunity for all residents of the county, especially for unemployed and for disadvantaged persons and encourage growth in areas experiencing insufficient economic growth. 36.70A.020(5) POLICY #2 Policies to implement RCW 36,70A.110 relating to the establishment of urban growth areas. A) Each city within Franklin County will be included within a designated urban growth area. B) Designated urban growth areas should include an amount of undeveloped area to adequately accommodate forecasted growth and development for the next 20 years. -2-- C) Designated urban growth areas should include those portions of the county already characterized by urban growth and having, existing public infrastructure, public facilities and service capacities to serve existing and future growth. D) Designated urban growth areas should include those areas that are within the recognized utility service areas of each city. E) The size of urban growth areas will vary due to regional settings and should be adequate to promote viable economic development strategies, promote choices in housing accommodations and insure adequate lands are available for associated open spaces and public purposes. F) When each city and the county have jointly established development regulations for unincorporated lands within Urban Growth areas, the Boundary Review Board shall be discontinued. G) Municipalities should limit the extension of water and sewer service to areas within each jurisdiction's urban growth area. POLICY #3 Policies for promotion of contiguous and orderly development and the provision of urban services to such development. RCW 36.70A.210(3)b A) Joint county/city standards shall be established for development within each individual urban growth boundaries, but beyond corporate limits of cities. It is in the public interest that joint standards be developed to preclude the creation of substandard infrastructure and property divisions that burden the public with unnecessary costs to correct. These standards should include: 1) Street locations, both major and secondary; 2) Street right-of-way widths; 3) Street improvement widths; 4) Street improvement standards; 5) Lots and blocks including special lot reservation system when public sewer concurrency cannot be provided; -3- 6) Curb and gutters; 7) Sidewalks for secondary streets; 8) Road construction standards; 9) Cul-de-sac, location and dimensions; 10) Storm drainage facilities, quantity, quality and discharge locations; 11) Street lights, conduit, fixtures, locations; 12) Sewer, septic regulations, private sewer, dry sewer facilities; 13) Water, pipe sizes, locations, fire flows, uniform codes; 14) All building requirements; 15) Subdivision and platting requirements including parks and open space; 16) Collection and use of development impact fees as appropriate; 17) Mobile home and manufactured home regulations as appropriate; 18) Zoning ordinance: permitted uses in urban growth areas, setback, building heights, lot coverage as appropriate; B) The availability of the full range of urban governmental services will be subject to the annexation policies of the adjacent municipality. C. The timing of utility extensions into the urban growth area should be consistent with the adopted capital facilities plan of the adjacent municipality. POLICY #4 Policies for siting public facilities of a county-wide nature. RCW 36.70A.210(3)c. A) When an appropriate issue arises the county and cities within, along with public participation shall develop a cooperative regional process to site essential public facilities of regional and statewide importance. The -4- objective of the process shall be to ensure that such facilities are located so as to protect environmental quality, optimize access and usefulness to all jursidictions, and equitably distribute economic benefits/burdens throughout the region or county. B) No local comprehensive plan or development regulations will preclude the siting of essential public facilities, but standards may be generated to insure that reasonable compatibility with other land uses can be achieved. POLICY #5 Policies for county-wide transportation facilities and strategies. RCW 36.70A.210(3)d A) Maintain active county-city participation in the Regional Transportation Policy Organization in order to facilitate city, county, and state coordination in planning regional transportation facilities and infrastructure improvements to serve essential public facilities including Port District facilities and properties. POLICY #6 Policies that consider the need for affordable housing for all economic segments of the population and parameters for its distribution. RCW 36 70A.210(3)e A) The housing element of each comprehensive plan shall: 1) Address the manner and the extent that demand from all segments of the housing market will be met. , 2) Assess the ability to provide sufficient land, infrastructure and services to each housing segment including, but not limited to, government-assisted housing for low income families, manufactured housing, multi-family housing, migrant agricultural worker housing, and group homes. All segments of the housing market must be accommodated in appropriate numbers. B) Individual plans should encourage regeneration of existing housing inventories. C) To the extent possible each plan should promote the construction of affordable housing, particularly for low and moderate income segments of the population. D) Consideration should be given to the provision of -5- diversity in housing types to accommodate elderly, physically challenged, mentally impaired, and special needs segment of the population, i.e., congregate care facilities. E) Comprehensive plans shall consider the effects of public improvement development costs on housing, including impact fees. Allowance for exemption from impact fees for projects which enhance housing for low and moderate income householders should be considered. F) Each community is encouraged to provide its fair share of housing affordable to low and moderate income households by promoting a balanced mix of diverse housing types. G) Consideration should be given to implementing innovative regulatory strategies which provide incentives for developers to provide housing affordable to low and moderate income households. POLICY #7 Policies for joint county and city planning within urban growth areas: RCW 36.70A.210(3)f A) City and county planning efforts will be coordinated within urban growth areas. B) The county and each city shall jointly develop and implement development, land division and building standards, and coordinate permit procedures for the review and permitting of new subdivisions within Urban Growth Areas. POLICY #8 Policies for county-wide economic development and employment: RCW 36.70A.210(3)g A) The comprehensive plan of the county and each city shall promote employment and economic opportunity for all citizens. POLICY #9 Policies for analysis of fiscal impacts: RCW 36.70A.210(3)p A) Construction design and placement standards for roads, intersections and streets (with provisions for storm water conveyance), sewer, water and lighting infrastructure, should be determined based upon an analysis which -6- identifies the most appropriate public expenditure over extended periods of time. Utilities should be incorporated into such analysis. B) If communities consider the imposition of impact fees said fees should be established on the basis of identifiable development impacts. (sv policy)