30.74.015 Annual docket process.
(1) The department shall give initial consideration to proposed amendments every year according to the procedures and criteria in SCC 30.74.030 and 30.74.040.
(2) The county council shall consider which amendments should be processed further according to the procedures in SCC 30.74.050 and the following schedule:
(a) In the first year and fifth year following an update of the comprehensive plan as required by RCW 36.70A.130(3)(a), the county council shall consider which amendments should be processed further on a docket of minor amendments.
(b) In the second year following an update of the comprehensive plan as required by RCW 36.70A.130(3)(a), the county council shall consider which amendments should be processed further on a docket that may include major and minor amendments.
(c) In the sixth year following an update of the comprehensive plan as required by RCW 36.70A.130(3)(a), the county council shall consider which amendments should be processed further on a docket concurrently with the next update of the comprehensive plan under RCW 36.70A.130(3)(a) and may include major and minor amendments.
(3) The county council has the legislative discretion to place a proposed amendment on the final docket for further consideration, to direct that the proposed amendment not be processed further, or to address a proposal pursuant to one of the options set forth in SCC 30.74.050(3) when the recommendation from the department is that the proposal not be further processed.
(4) The department shall process the final docket of proposed amendments according to the procedures and the criteria in SCC 30.74.060.
(5) An applicant may withdraw their proposed amendment at any time during the docket process. (Added by Amended Ord. 04-094, Nov. 17, 2004, Eff date Dec. 10, 2004; Amended by Amended Ord. 10-022, Sept. 8, 2010, Eff date Oct. 3, 2010; Amended by Ord. 17-100, Nov. 29, 2017, Eff date Dec. 24, 2017; Amended by Ord. 18-025, Apr. 25, 2018, Eff date May 20, 2018).