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File #: 2025-1746    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Administrative Matters
File created: 5/26/2025 In control: General Legislative Session
On agenda: 6/25/2025 Final action:
Title: Ordinance 25-032 relating to Growth Management, adopting regulations for Food and Farming Centers (FFC); Amending Chapters 30.22, 30.28, and 30.91F of the Snohomish County Code
Code sections: SCC 30.22.100 - Urban Zone Categories Use Matrix, SCC 30.22.130 - Reference notes for use matrices, SCC 30.28.039 - Farm stands
Attachments: 1. Proposed Ordinance 25-032, 2. Staff Report, 3. Attachment A- Food and Farming Center Site Maps, 4. Attachment B- Proposed Code Amendments, 5. Analysis of Building and Land Use Regulation Effects on Capital Facilities and Utilities, 6. Analysis of Building and Land Use Regulations Effects on Housing and Jobs, 7. Analysis of Building and Land Use Regulations Effects on Low Impact Development, 8. Ordinance Introduction Slip

 

 

Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)

 

 

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Ordinance 25-032 relating to Growth Management, adopting regulations for Food and Farming Centers (FFC); Amending Chapters 30.22, 30.28, and 30.91F of the Snohomish County Code

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DEPARTMENT:  Planning and Development Services.

 

ORIGINATOR:  Matthew Siddons, Senior Planner.

 

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION:  Approved by Ken Klein 6/2/25

 

PURPOSE: The purpose of this ordinance is to amend the County’s Development Code to allow for the development of Food and Farming Centers (FFC) in the Mixed Use Corridor (MUC) zone.

 

BACKGROUND: There is a demonstrated need for the processing, marketing, and distributing of Snohomish County agricultural products into urban environments, and Food and Farming Centers (FFC) will fill that need. The County is planning to develop an FFC at McCollum Park in the Urban Core Subarea. The FFC will serve as a facility for the processing, marketing, and distribution of agricultural products throughout the region. McCollum Park is zoned Mixed Use Corridor (MUC).

 

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OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS:  Reviewed/approved by Risk - Shelia Barker 6/2/25 and Finance - Nathan Kennedy 6/2/25

 

AATF: Laura Kisielius