2015/08/26 Council Agenda Packet

ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE Establishing Zoning for the Smith Island Municipal Annexation Area, amending Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 1671-89 (as amended) WHEREAS, the City of Everett is provided authority to annex contiguous unincorporated teiritory pursuant to RCW 35.13.180; and WHEREAS, in 2012 a SEPA review was completed and a Determination of Nonsignificance No. 11-047 was issued that addressed a Comprehensive Plan designation of 2.8: Public/Quasi- Public Facilities and A-1 Agriculture zoning for the proposed Smith Island Annexation Area, an approximate 27.35 acre area owned by the City and located along Union Slough and adjoining other City -owned properties to the east; and WHEREAS, on August 1, 2012, City Council passed Ordinance 3288-12 adopting the 2.8: Public/Quasi-Public Facilities designation for the subject property consistent with the designations for other City -owned properties to the west; and WHEREAS, Snohomish County Council reviewed the City's request for expansion of the Urban Growth Area (UGA) and passed Ordinance 14-131 on June 10, 2015 amending the City's UGA to include the subject property; and WHEREAS, on August 4, 2015, the Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding establishment of the enabling zone for the subject area upon annexation to the City and recommended that the Snaith Island I\Iunicipal Annexation be zoned A-1 PFFD (Agriculture Rural Flood Fringe District) (Exhibit "A"); and WHEREAS, on July 29, 2015 City Council passed Resolution 6882 stating the Council's intent to annex to Everett unincorporated Snohomish County Territory on Smith Island and City Council did conduct a public hearing on September 9, 2015, for the proposed aimexation, for which proper notice of hearing was provided; and �AVHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS: The proposed zoning is consistent with the Everett Comprehensive Flan.