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RESOLUTION OF ADOPTION
BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 2121
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BREMERTON; ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT BREMERTON AREA PLAN ADOPTED IN 1980 IS OUTDATED, AND DOES
NOT PROVIDE THE PRECISE POLICY GUIDANCE NEEDED FOR CONSISTENT
DECISION MAKING; AMENDING THE 1980 BREMERTON AREA PLAN; AND
RETITLING THE PLAN THE BREMERTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Bremerton City Council
hereby finds and adopts these facts.
The City of Bremerton is a first class charter code city
which operates under the Constitution and laws of the State
of Washington.
The City Council is authorized under Bremerton Ordinance No.
2678 to adopt coordinated plans for, regulate and restrict
the location, use and design of structures and land in such
measure as is deemed reasonably necessary or requisite in the
interest of the health, safety, morals and General welfare,
as provided under Article XI, Section 11 of the Constitution
of the State of Washington.
The Planning Commission was established by Ordinance No.
2678, as amended, to make recommendations on the adoption of
coordinated plans for the physical development of the City
to conduct public hearings relating to the comprehensive plan
and implementation thereof.
The Bremerton City Council adopted the BREMERTON AREA PLAN:
A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY GUIDE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
as the official policy of the City of Bremerton with
regard to growth and development, on August 26, 1980,
by Bremerton City Council Resolution No. 1873.
It is required by the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
to review the land use plans and planning processes of the
City of Bremerton to assure that the land use plan, its goals
and its policies are consistent with the mandate of SEPA.
Bremerton City Council Resolution No. 2121
Washington State Annexation Law provides that cities prepare
comprehensive land use plans to become effective upon
annexation for areas adjacent to the corporate limits which
could reasonably be expected to be annexed to the City at any
future time.
The Bremerton City Council appointed a Comprehensive Plan
Advisory Committee and a Comprehensive Plan Map Advisory
Committee in January 1985, to advise the Bremerton Planning
Department on proposed revisions to the adopted BREMERTON
AREA PLAN. These committees held a total of 31 meetings.
Their recommendations were incorporated into the proposed
BREMERTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN dated October 15, 1985 and into
two alternative comprehensive plan maps subtitled RESTRICTED
GROWTH ALTERNATIVE AND MANAGED GROWTH ALTERNATIVE.
In accordance with RCW 43.21C and WAC 197-10, a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement was prepared which presented
the environmental effects of the Proposed Plan, the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement was filed on October 25, 1985,
and circulated for comment to over 100 agencies, groups and
individuals.
All written comments on the draft Environmental Impact State-
ment were thoroughly considered and included, along with
responses to these comments, in the Final Environmental
Impact Statement filed on January 20, 1988.
10. The Bremerton Planning Commission held seven public hearings
on the Proposed. Plan between July 199999998885 and February
1988 and considered the Proposed Plan, the Final Environ-
mental Impact Statement and all public testimony on the
Plan during this seven month period; and subsequently adopted
Resolution No. 789 recommending the Bremerton Comprehensive
Plan to the City Council for adoption to revise the Bremerton
Area Plan adopted in 1980.
11. The Bremerton City Council Planning Committee reviewed the
proposed Plan at twelve meetings between February and June
1988. They recommended approval of the proposal with
certain changes.
12. The City Council has held public hearings on the Draft
Bremerton Area Plan between June 1986 and July 1986, and
has considered the Draft Plan and all public testimony on
the Plan during this one month period.
Bremerton City Council Resolution No. 2121
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bremerton City Council hereby
concludes the following:
Many changes have taken place in the City of Bremerton and
in regional, national and international conditions since the
BREMERTON AREA PLAN: A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY GUIDE FOR GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT was adopted in 1980.
The existing BREMERTON AREA PLAN no longer reflects
currently and widely held values of the community.
The exisitng BREMERTON AREA PLAN does not provide clear,
precise guidance that is needed for consistent decision-
making. In particular, it does not contain a comprehensive
plan map to help interpret the goals and policies of the
Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bremerton City Council hereby
revises the BREMERTON AREA PLAN; A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY GUIDE FOR
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, adopted by Resolution 1873 in 1980, and
and amendments, modifications or changes thereto;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bremerton City Council hereby
renames this revised plan, to be titled: BREMERTON COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bremerton City Council hereby
adopts the revised BREMERTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN text and map;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the BREMERTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN as
hereby adopted constitutes the official City policy guide for
growth and development in the City of Bremerton;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the BREMERTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN as
hereby adopted shall be used as a guide in adopt ing the annual
City Budget.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the BREMERTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN as
hereby adopted constitutes the comprehensive land use plan that
will be applicable to annexed areas upon annexation to the City
as provided in RCW 35.13.177.
PASSED by the City Council this 9th day
day of July, 1986.
GENE LOBE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. MCCLUSKEY, CLERK