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.4, RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, deferring all non-emergency amendments
to the City of Bremerton Comprehensive Plan to facilitate the full
review and evaluation of the Comprehensive Plans in accordance
with the Growth Management Act of 1990.
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act of 1990 requires each city to
consider proposed amendments and revisions to the comprehensive plan no more
frequently than once every year (RCW 36.78.130); and
WHEREAS, Element K, Section 2(B) of the City of Bremerton
Comprehensive Plan provides that the comprehensive plan shall be amended no more
fi:equently than once per calendar year; and
-WH-EREAS ~ -the -City-of-Bremertonhas not,-byor~ance~or-resolution~
established a formal time period or schedule for reviewing and processing proposed
comprehensive plan amendments; and
WHEREAS, the City has not reviewed proposed comprehensive plan
amendments on an annual basis or on a consistent schedule; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.70A. 130, cities are required to review, update
and revise their comprehensive land use plan and development regulations on a comprehensive
basis by September 1, 2002; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature, during the 2002 legislative session, pursuant to
Bill SSB5841, extended this deadline for such comprehensive review to December 31, 2002 for
certain cities, including the City of Bremerton; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton has initiated a process for comprehensive plan
reviews to comply with the December 1, 2004 deadline; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it would be inappropriate to consider
proposed comprehensive plan amendments at this time independent from the comprehensive
review currently undertaken and to do so might result in plan amendments that are further
modified or altered during the comprehensive review to be completed by December 1, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it would be more appropriate to receive
and consider proposed comprehensive plan amendments from the public and consider the same
during the public input process of the comprehensive plan review currently undertaken by the
City rather than through the more formal comprehensive plan application process; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that it would be in the best interest of
the City and its citizens to defer applications for proposed comprehensive plan amendments and
that only emergency amendments requiring emergency consideration as set forth in Element
K(2)(C) of the ComPrehensive Plan be considered andacted on prior t° the completi0n of the
City's comprehensive Comprehensive Plan review; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COLrNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. All non-emergency Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals are
hereby deferred until March 1, 2004 and the City staff shall not receive and/or begin processing
the same until said date.
SECTION 2. Emergency Comprehensive Plan amendments of a neighborhood-
or community-wide significance shall be proposed to the CitY Planning Commission which is
hereby appointed and who shall serve as the Council Growth Management Committee until such
time as the city council may make new appointments to the same. Such proposals shall be
considered in accordance with the provisions of Section K(2)(C) of the City of Bremerton
Comprehensive Plan.
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SECTION 3..Severabilitv. If anyone or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this Resolution are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Resolution and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect and be in force
immediately upon its passage.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington this e~/~O
dayof ~//~'~ ,20~.
CAROL ARENDS, Council President
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
-~GER A.~7'I:Lr~~~ KA'THLEEN MCCLU~tKEY, CityClerk
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