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Home My WebLink About4772 ORDINANCe NO. 47'72 AN ORDINANCE of the Bremerton City Council amending the Bremerton Comprehensive Plan, Element e. land Use, Section 3.A., to add a new policy to promote the reuse of public and semi-public buildings that are no longer needed to serve their original primary purpose, provided that a new use is consistent with the surrounding planned environment. The City Council of Bremerton makes the following findings: WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton has adopted its revised Comprehensive Plan by Ordinance 4545 in February 1996; and WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton amended it's revised Comprehensive Plan and Map by Ordinance No. 4606 in September 1997 and by Resolution No. 2702 in August 1999; and WHEREAS, Comprehensive Plan amendments must be adopted by ordinance; and WHEREAS, over Bremerton's 100-plus year history, many schools, fire stations, churches and other public and semi-public community buildings have been constructed in locations that serve residential; and WHEREAS, as the community's needs have changed over time, due to changes in demographics, development patterns, or lifestyle preferences, some of these buildings have lost functionality for their original purpose; and WHEREAS, public and semi-public buildings that have lost functionality for their original purpose can often retain economic value if give the opportunity for other uses; and WHEREAS, adding economic life to existing development conserves resources that would otherwise be consumed for new development; and WHEREAS, the opportunity to re-use public and semi-public buildings to extend their economic life needs to be balanced with the potential impact of new occupancy on the surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan does not include policies that provide a foundation for regulating the conversion of public and semi-public buildings to new uses; and WHEREAS, the proposed new policy for adaptive re-use of public and semi-public buildings expresses the community's interest in extending the economic life of these buildings; and WHEREAS, the proposed new policy expresses an appropriate balance among the community's interests in economic activity, resource conservation, and neighborhood preservation, and WHEREAS, the proposed policy is a necessary addition to the Comprehensive Plan to provide guidance for the regulation of public and semi-public buildings that are proposed for adaptive re-use in neighborhood settings; and WHEREAS, any changes in development or use potentially effected by the amendment will not create significant adverse impacts on existing sensitive land uses, businesses or residences; and WHEREAS, the amendment can be accommodated by all applicable public services and facilities, including transportation; and WHEREAS, the amendment will have no substantive impacts beyond the City limits, nor will it have cumulative adverse impact; and WHEREAS; the Bremerton Planning Commission, following a public hearing on July 17, 2001, determined that this request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and has submitted its Findings and Conclusions in support of its recommendation to approve this Comprehensive Plan Policy Addition Amendment; and THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN THE FOLLOWING Section 1: That the Bremerton Comprehensive Plan is amended to include the following new policy to Element E. Land Use, Section 3.A: Supportin.q Policies: (6) Promote the reuse of public and semi-public buildings that are no longer needed to serve their original primary purpose, provided that any new use is consistent with the surrounding planned environment. Section 2: This effective date of this Ordinance shall be ten (10) days from the date of passage and publication by the Mayor and City Council, APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton thi.~,~l:~(.,day of 2001. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this ~ day of LAW y Council 'President APPROVED this ¥'J~ day of..~,~.~ ,2001. ~,,~. ~ Mayor KATHLEEN McCkU~S~ Y City Clerk EFFECTIVE DATE [- o/ PUBUCATION DATE ORDINANCE NUMBER_ 5/77. .... ,- AFFIDA VIT OF PUBLICATION County of Kitsap, State of Washington No. 149810 I, Melinda Monroe, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of THE SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the /superior Court of the Count of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of a legal advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following dates, to wit: August 13,2001 during all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $181.98 which amount has not been paid in full. \\\\\\1\\ 11/ 1111 I III ~,,\ ~rERKO 1//// ~ _ ~ q,<<::................:~/% ~ ~~ ! "i l 0'\ po. R 'y ,,~\ 't. % (Signature of Principal Clerk) :: ~ : ~ ('j ,or.'v : 0 :::: S~Sir~9~m~ s~~njt@~fore me this day of August 21,2001. -;::. .n'. P \.l 'C ... -< .:: ~ v).. .... ..- ~ .$ ~ "'9)' .............. c:, $' ~ 120F~~ ,\';;;:- '/11 \\\\ /1/11111/11111\\\ IUI1.J Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, ](I tsap ORDINANCE NO. 4772' AN ORDINANCE of the Bremerton City Council amending the Bremerton Comprehensive Plan, Element E. Land Use, Section 3.A, to add a new policy to promote the resue of public and semi-public buildings that are no longer needed to serve their original primary purpose, provided that a new use is consistent with the surrounding planned environment.- The City Council of Bremerton makes the following findings:- WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton has adopted its revised Comprehensive Plan by Ordinance 4545 in February 1996; and- WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton amended it's revised Comprehensive Plan and Map by Ordinance No. 4606 in September 1997 and by Resolution No. 2702 in August 1999; and- WHEREAS, Comprehensive Plan amendments must be adopted by ordinance; and- WHEREAS, over Bremerton's 100-plus year history, many schools, fire stations, churches and other public and semi-public community buildings have been constructed in locations that serve residential; and- WHEREAS, as the community's needs have changed over time, due to changes in demographics, development pattens, or lifestyle preferences, some of these buildings have lost functionality for their original purpose; and- WHEREAS, public and semi-public buildings that have lots functionality for their original purpose can often retain economic value if given the opportunity for other uses; and- WHEREAS, adding economic life to existing development conserves resources that would otherwise be consumed for new development; and- WHEREAS, the opportunity to re-use public and semi-public buildings to extend their economic life needs to be balanced with the potential impact of new occupancy on the surrounding neighborhood; and- WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan does not include policies that provide a foundation for regulating the conversion of public and semi-public buildings to new uses; and- WHEREAS; the proposed new policy adaptive re-use of public and semi-public buildings expresses the community's interest in extending the economic life of these buildings; and- WHEREAS, the proposed new policy expresses an appropriate balance among the community's interests in economic activity, resource conservation, and neighborhood preservation; and- WHEREAS, the proposed policy is a necessary addition to the Comprehensive plan to provide guidance for the regulation of public and semi-public buildings that are proposed for adaptive re-use in neighborhood settings; and- WHEREAS, any changes in development or use potentially effected by the amendment will not create significant adverse impacts on existing sensitive land uses, businesses or residences; and- WHEREAS, the amendment can be accommodated by all applicable public services and facilities, including transportation; and- WHEREAS, the amendment will have no substantive impacts beyond the City limits, nor will it have cumulative adverse impact; and- WHEREAS, the Bremerton Planning Commission, following a public hearing on July 17, 2001, determined that this request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and has submitted its , . Findings and Conclusions in support of its recommendation to approve this Comprehensive Plan Policy Addition Amendment; and- THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN THE FOLLOWING- Section 1: That the Bremerton Comprehensive Plan is amended to include the following new plan Element E. Land Use, Section 3.A:- Supporting Policies:- (6) Promote the reuse of public and semi-public buildings that are no longer needed to serve their original primary purpose, provided that any new use is consistent with the surrounding planning environment.- Section 2: This effective date of this Ordinance shall be ten (10) days from the date of passage and publication by the Mayor and City Council.- APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 25th day of July, 2001.- PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 1st day of August, 2001.- August 13, 2001--#149810-