Ordinance 3011-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

2. Making this Comprehensive Plan land use policy decision now, as the first step in a multi-step process, is important to both the public and the applicants, in that the City Council is herein making its position clear regarding future use of the site, specifically, that the two owners of the combined site may henceforth begin the orderly process of use conversion from industrial to residential/commercial use and 3. It is recognized by City Council there is need for further study, in particular environmental study(s) as required by the State Department of Ecology, in support of the anticipated and necessary amendment to the Shoreline Master Program, and that those studies and that amendment will be done and considered in the shortest reasonable time from the date of passage of this Ordinance; and 4. Changes made now to the Comprehensive Plan are intended to set a new long-term course for use of the subject site, which in turn will ensure to the property owners that the proposed change in use policy is supported by the City. Once this new land use policy is codified, the necessary zoning change together with supporting site and use concept proposals, and the Shoreline Master Program change, will be brought forward in a timely manner to City Council for action, after which time the Comprehensive Plan, zoning code, and Shoreline Master Program will be internally consistent and consistent with each other. Therefore, while an interim inconsistency is being created by this action, it is done to accomplish a worthy purpose, and it will exist for only a brief period until action is taken on the other regulations; and 5. To achieve the proposed land use policies the City needs to amend the Comprehensive Plan map designation from Maritime Services (5.2) to Waterfront Commercial (4.5); and 6. At a future date, and upon approval of City Council and the State Department of Ecology, the Shoreline Master Program(SMP) shoreline map designation will need to be amended from Urban Industrial to Urban Multi-Use; and 7. At a future date, and upon approval of City Council, zoning on the subject site will need to be changed from M-S (Maritime Services) and M-2 (Heavy Manufacturing) to WC (Waterfront Commercial). The W-C zone will link to a Planned Development Overlay(PDO) development agreement that would establish uses, design standards, zoning standards and site layout; and 8. The Comprehensive Plan map amendment made here will only apply to the upland, dry portions of the combined site; and 3