Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Ordinance 24-030, relating to the Growth Management Act, Adopting Future Land Use Map Amendments to the Snohomish County Growth Management Act Comprehensive Plan, amending the Official Zoning Map to Implement Changes to the Future Land Use Map, and revising the Southwest County Urban Growth Area (Motion No. 22-134)
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Development Services (PDS)
ORIGINATOR: Frank Slusser
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved by Ken Klein 3/27/24
PURPOSE: To adopt amendments to the Future Land Use (FLU) Map of the GMACP by expanding the Southwest UGA by approximately 378 acres near 43rd Avenue SE and Maltby Road, and redesignating the area from Rural Residential, with a portion in the Rural/Urban Transition Area overlay, to Urban Medium Density Residential, Urban Low Density Residential, and Public/Institutional Use designations, with concurrent rezones from Rural-5 Acre zoning to Low Density Multiple Residential, R-7,200, and R-9,600 zoning.
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is part of the 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update required by RCW 36.70A.130. This proposal was initiated by County Council motion to study a 300-acre expansion of the Southwest UGA. Following a hearing by the Planning Commission on October 24, 2023, the Planning Commission modified the proposal by adding 78 acres south of Maltby Rd and recommended approval during deliberations on November 14 and 15, 2023. This expansion would increase growth capacity within the UGA and the Countywide Planning Policies require consideration of reasonable measures prior to UGA expansion, so the 2024 Reasonable Measures Report is included as an attachment to this ECAF transmittal.
This ECAF is being expedited. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130(5), adoption of the 2024 Update of the Snohomish county GMACP is required by December 31, 2024. This mandatory project will require adequate time for review in front of the County Council, so that the Final Environ...
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