30.74.020 Submittal requirements.
(1) Any person proposing amendments to the comprehensive plan or development regulations under this chapter must submit the following to the department:
(a) A description of the proposed amendment including proposed map or text changes;
(b) The location of the property that is the subject of amendment on an assessor map dated and signed by the applicant, if the proposal is for a future land use map amendment;
(c) A legal description and a notarized signature of one or more owners, if a rezone is requested by owners concurrent with a requested future land use map amendment;
(d) An explanation of why the amendment is being proposed;
(e) An explanation of how the proposed amendment is consistent with the GMA, the countywide planning policies, and the goals and objectives of the comprehensive plan;
(f) If applicable, an explanation of why existing comprehensive plan language should be added, modified, or deleted; and
(g) A SEPA checklist.
(2) If a proposal includes an expansion of an Urban Growth Area that would result in a net increase in residential or employment land capacity and the most recent Buildable Lands Report indicates that no additional land capacity of that type is needed in that Urban Growth Area, the proposal must also include removal of land from that Urban Growth Area so that the land capacity is not increased. The properties proposed for removal from the Urban Growth Area must be contiguous with the Urban Growth Area boundary and be rural in character with rural densities. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Amended Ord. 10-022, Sept. 8, 2010, Eff date Oct. 3, 2010; Amended by Amended Ord. 11-050, Sept. 28, 2011, Eff date Oct. 16, 2011).
* Code Reviser Note: Amendments to SCC 30.74.020 were adopted by the County Council in Amended Ordinance No. 11-050 but not all amendments were incorporated into the ordinance in underline/strikeout format.
(2) If a proposal includes an expansion of an Urban Growth Area that would result in a net increase in residential or employment land capacity and the most recent Buildable Lands Report indicates that no additional ((residential)) land capacity of that type is needed in that Urban Growth Area, the proposal must also include removal of land from that Urban Growth Area so that the ((residential) land capacity is not increased. The properties proposed for removal from the Urban Growth Area must be contiguous with the Urban Growth Area boundary and be rural in character with rural densities.
The correct material is included pursuant to SCC 1.02.020(2)(g).