HomeMy WebLinkAbout5202 ORDINANCE NO. 5202
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, amending the Comprehensive Plan by
amending the Downtown Regional Center Subarea Plan to include
three parcels located at the corner of Burwell Street and Warren
Avenue in the Downtown Regional Center Subarea Plan boundaries,
and by amending the Bay Vista Subarea Plan
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton adopted a Comprehensive Plan on December
1, 2004 by Ordinance No 4917 and has been subsequently amended by Ordinances No , 4954,
4962, 4985, 4998, 5025, 5034, 5037, 5062, 5077, 5082 and 5094 hereinafter referred to as the
"Comprehensive Plan ", and
WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth Management Act ( "GMA ") requires
internal consistency among comprehensive plan elements and applicable regional plans, and
WHEREAS, to assure that comprehensive plans remain relevant and up to date,
the GMA requires each jurisdiction to establish procedures whereby amendments to the plan are
considered by the City Council (RCW 36 70A 130(2)), and limits these amendments to once
each year unless an emergency exists, and
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton has established a procedure for amending the
Comprehensive Plan in Title 20 10 010 of the Bremerton Municipal Code (BMC), that limits
amendments to the Comprehensive Plan to no more than once each year, and
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton allows applications to be submitted each year
between January and the first business day of April, and
WHEREAS, two Comprehensive Plan amendment applications were submitted by
the public prior to the deadline to address changing circumstances relative to land use needs, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted workshops on the 2012
amendment docket on July 17, 2012 and September 18, 2012, and
WHEREAS, consistent with RCW 36 70A 106 the 60 -day notice period began on
September 5, 2012 when the Washington State Department of Commerce received notification ofthe
Comprehensive Plan Amendment docket for 2012, and
WHEREAS, on September 29, 2012 the public was notified by a legal
advertisement in the Kitsap Sun of the opportunity to make comment and participate in the
public hearing held by the Planning Commission, and
WHEREAS, on September 20, 2012 a SEPA DNS was issued for amendment
Docket Item 1, relating to the Downtown Regional Center Subarea Plan, with an administrative
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appeal deadline of October 4, 2012 and no appeals were filed, and
WHEREAS, SEPA was satisfied on September 26, 2012 for Docket Item 2,
relating to the Bay Vista Subarea Plan, by the adoption of existing environmental documentation
of the Bay Vista EIS in May 2007 and SEIS in January 2008, and
WHEREAS, on October 9, 2012 the Planning Commission conducted a public
hearing on the 2012 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket, and the Planning Commission
recommended the City Council approve the amendments, and
WHEREAS, on December 1, 2012 the public was notified by a legal
advertisement in the Kitsap Sun of the opportunity to make comment and participate in the
public hearing held by the City Council, and
WHEREAS, on December 19, 2012 the City Council conducted a public hearing
and considered all testimony prior to their decision, and
WHEREAS, the amendment proposals satisfy the decision criteria of BMC
20 10 080 for Comprehensive Plan amendments, and
WHEREAS, the proposal meets requirements of the Washington State Growth
Management Act (GMA), and
WHEREAS, the proposal is consistent with Kitsap County Countywide Planning
Policies (KCCPP)
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1. The findings set forth in the recitals above area hereby adopted and
incorporated herein
SECTION2. The findings and conclusions adopted by the Planning Commission
on October 9, 2012 and attached hereto as Exhibit A are adopted and incorporated as if set forth
fully herein
SECTION 3. The City of Bremerton Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended by
approving and adopting the proposed 2012 Comprehensive Plan amendments set forth in docket
items 1 through 2 as follows
Docket Items:
1. Burwell and Warren Avenue Parcels Amend the Downtown Regional Center
Subarea Plan to include three parcels located at the corner of Burwell Street and
Warren Avenue in the Downtown Regional Center boundaries and given a land
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use designation of Warren Avenue Corridor (WC), more particularly described in
Exhibit B affixed hereto
2. Bay Vista Subarea Plan Amend the Bay Vista Subarea Plan summarized as
follows reallocation of Village Commercial and multi -family locations, revise
permitted land uses to reflect land use zones that are being condensed, revise
complex Code requirements in Subarea Plan to more resemble the City of
Bremerton Zoning Code, and alter landscaping, signage and parking requirements
which will still comply with overall policies and goals of the existing Bay Vista
Subarea Plan, and more particularly described in Exhibit C affixed hereto
SECTION 4. Severabikty If any provision of this ordinance is held invalid or
unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of the remainder of this ordinance Provided however, that if any provision of
this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional, then the provision in effect prior to the
effective date of this ordinance shall be in full force and effect for that individual provision as if
this ordinance had never been adopted
SECTION S. ELfective Date This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(10) days from and after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law
PASSED by the City Council the l9':& day of 4,iI&r -7de , 2012
v
q, MCDONALD, Council President
Approved this l < day of _N * Ze-' m_ bei , 2012
PATTY L , Mayor
ATTEST APPROVED AS TO FORM
S ANNON CORIN, City Clerk R GER A LUBOVICH, Ci
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PUBLISHED the day of � am 12 r , 2012
EFFECTIVE the day of , 2012
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF KITSAP
I, Stacey J C Hovland, 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
KITSAP SUN, that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court
of the County 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, a weekly newspaper in 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 an advertisement as it was
published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following date, to wit
And on December 21, 2012 such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said
period The full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $4156 This amount
has not been paid in full
(Signature 4micipal Clerk)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of January 8, 2013
Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County
CASSANDRA A CAPAS
Notary Public
State of Washington
My Commission Expires
February 04, 2014
ORDINANCE NO 5202
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending the
Comprehensive Plan by amending the Downtown Regional Center Subarea Plan to include three parcels
located at the corner of Burwell Street and Warren Avenue in the Downtown Regional Center Subarea Plan
boundaries, and by amending the Bay Vista Subarea Plan
PASSED by the City Council on the 19th day of December, 2012
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600,
Bremerton, WA 98337
AD #20130447