Res 06-488
RESOLUTION NO. lJfo -Lfgr;
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL
WAY, W ASIDNGTON, DOCUMENTING COMPLETION OF. THE
SEVEN-YEAR UPDATE TO THE CITY'S GROWTH MANAGEMENT
ACT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act of 1990, as amended (Chapter 36.70A RC.W or "GMA"),
requires the City of Federal Way to adopt a comprehensive plan which includes a land use element (including a
land use map), housing element, capital facilities plan element, utilities element, and transportation element
(including transportation system map[s)); and
WHEREAS, the GMA also requires the City of. Federal Way to adopt development regulations
implementing its comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, RCW 36. 70A.130(4) requires that the City of Federal Way, a "fully planning" city within King
County, to update its comprehensive plan and development regulations, as necessary, to reflect local needs,
new data, and current laws; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Way City Council adopted its comprehensive plan with land use map (the "Plan")
on November 21, 1995, and adopted development regulations and a zoning map implementing the Plan on July
2, 1996, and subsequently amended the comprehensive plan, land use map, and zoning map on December 23,
1998, September 14,2000, November 1,2001, March 27, 2003, July 20,2004, and June 16,2005; and
WHEREAS, under RCW 36.70A.130, the Plan and development regulations are subject to continuing
review and evaluation, but the Plan may be amended no more than one time per year; and
WHEREAS, updates must be done in a deliberate manner every seven years according to a schedule
established by RCW 36.70A.130(4); and
WHEREAS, under the schedule established in RCW 36.70A.130(4), the deadline for the City of Federal
Way to comply with the update required by RCW 36:70A.130(1) was December 1,2004; and
WHEREAS, the deliberate GMA update process includes four basic steps: (1) establishment of a public
participation program that identifies procedures and schedules for the review, evaluation, and possible revision
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process; (2) review of relevant plans and regulations; (3) analysis of need for revisions; and (4) adoption of an
appropriate resolution and/or amendments; and
WHEREAS, on March 2, 1999, the City of Federal Way adopted Ordinance 99-337 establishing a public
participation program in accordance with RCW 36.70A.130(2), which consists of a docket program,
notification of citizens interested in applying for amendments to the comprehensive plan and development
regulations, publishing notices in the paper, and posting notices on all official notice boards; and
WHEREAS, on July 30th of every year, the City notifies all interested citizens, public groups, agencies, and
organizations of the upcoming September 30th deadline for applying for changes to the comprehensive plan and
development regulations, duly posting all official city public notice boards and publishing a notice in the city's
official newspaper; and
. WHEREAS, pursuant to Article IX, Chapter 22 of the Federal Way City Code (FWCC), and consistent with
RCW 36.70A.130(2), the City accepts applications for amendments to its comprehensive plan and
development regulations no later than September 30th of each year for review and action during the following
year; and
WHEREAS in accordance with RCW 36.70A.130(1), which requires counties and cities to "take
legislative action" to determine whether or not to revise a plan or regulation subsequent to the September 30th
deadli:ge, the City Council holds a public hearing at which it selects which requests shall be considered further;
and
WHEREAS, as required in RCW 36.70A.130, the City of Federal Way adopted the following revisions to
comply with Chapter 36.70A RCW:
1. Ordinance 99-353 adopted November 16, 1999, amending and adopting new sections to the Critical
Areas Ordinance providing the best available science concerning wetland regulation and wetland
buffers;
2. Ordinance 04-468 adopted March 27, 2003, pertaining to Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas and
Wellhead Protection;
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3. Ordinance 05-492 updating the Housing element of the Federal Way Comprehensive Plan to adopt
policies that facilitate the provision of sufficient development capacity to accommodate its housing
targets for the 2001-2022 planning period of 6,188 households; and
4. Ordinance 06-525 adopting Transportation Concurrency Management; and
WHEREAS, as part of the seven-year update, the City has updated all chapters of the comprehensive plan to
reflect local needs, new data, and current laws; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with the Growth Management Act (RCW 36. 70A.215), the City of Federal Way
has determined the actual density of housing. development, and has determined that development to be
consistent with the City's comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the City's SEPA Responsible Official issued a Determination of Non significance on the
annual comprehensive plan amendments; and
WHEREAS, the City of Federal Way, through its staff, Planning Commission, City Council committees,
and full City Council received, discussed, and considered the testimony, written comments, and material from
the public; and
WHEREAS, notice of all amendments to the comprehensive plan and development regulations adopted to
fulfill the requirements ofRCW 36. 70A.130 were sent to the Washington State Department of Community,
Trade, and Economic Development at least 60 days before the amendments were adopted in accordance with
RCW 36. 70A.l 06; and
WHEREAS, a final copy of all amendments to the comprehensive plan and development regulations adopted
to fulfill the requirements ofRCW 36. 70A.130 was sent to the Washington State Department of Community,
Trade, and Economic Development within ten days of their adoption in accordance with RCW 36.70A.106;
Now, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Federal Way does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1. Compliance
A. The City of Federal Way comprehensive plan and development regulations is in substantial
compliance with the GMA.
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B. The City will continue to update its comprehensive plan and development regulations annually.
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this resolution are declared separate and severable. The
invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or portion of this resolution, or the invalidity
of the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the
resolution, or the validity of its application to any other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. Ratification. Any act consistent with the authority and prior to the effective date of this
resolution is hereby ratified and affirmed.
Section 4. Effective Date. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage by the Federal Way
City Council.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Federal Way at a regular meeting of the City Council on the
5rl day ofQp~...v- ,2006.
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Mayor, Mike P r .
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney, Patricia A. Richardson
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: /J--/; Jolt:>
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: /d-/5~&
PUBLISHED: jJ / ~ f
EFFECTIVE DATE: iCJ.-/51o&
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