Ordinance Maximum Lot Coverage UGA_ unsigned (2)

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Amendment to Kittitas County Code, Title 17 - Zoning Regarding Maximum Lot Coverage in Urban Growth Areas Ordinance No. 2018 -____ July 3, 2018 43.21C RCW, was due on or before May 18, 2018 at 5:00 pm. No appeals were filed; and WHEREAS, Kittitas County noticed Washington State Department of Commerce with Notice of Proposed Amendment and request for expedited review on May 1, 2018; and WHEREAS, The Washington State Department of Commerce granted the request for expedited review via an emailed letter on May 2, 2018; and WHEREAS, Notice of Planning Commission public hearing was published in the Daily Record on May 8, 2018 and May 15, 2018 and in the Northern Kittitas County Tribune on May 17, 2018. A press release announcing the hearing was issued on May 7, 2018; and WHEREAS, The Planning Commission public hearing was held on May 22, 2018 at 6:30 pm in the Kittitas County Event Center Armory Hall; and WHEREAS, No public comments were received prior to the hearing and no members of the public provided public comment at the hearing; and WHEREAS, The Planning Commission, after hearing the proposal and providing opportunity for public testimony, made recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners that the proposed amendment be adopted as presented by staff; and WHEREAS, After proper public notice, the Kittitas County Community Development Services scheduled a public hearing to be held before the Board of County Commissioners on June 25, 2018 to consider the recommendation from staff, the recommendation of the Planning Commission and any public comments or testimony regarding the matter; and WHEREAS, After the public hearing and consideration of the proposal to change the maximum lot coverage requirements in the Residential and Urban Residential zones within Urban Growth Areas, the Board of County Commissioners approved the proposed amendments to Title 17 of the Kittitas County Code to change the maximum lot coverage for certain zones within the County’s Urban Growth Areas. SECTION II - FINAL DECISION AND SIGNATURES BE IT ORDAINED that the Board of County Commissioners, after due deliberation, hereby approves the revisions to the Kittitas County Title 17 requiring the maximum lot coverage in the Residential zone and Urban Residential zone for properties located within Urban Growth Areas shall now be consistent with the associated City’s maximum lot coverage regulations for the associated land use zone; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED the Prosecutor’s Office is charged with preparing and submitting the necessary clean updated versions of the development code to Information Services, incorporating all the amendments authorized herein, so that they can be placed on the County web page, and that the Prosecutor’s Office is hereby authorized to make any correction necessary to remedy scrivener’s errors such that Information Services of Kittitas County may update the on-line code and comprehensive plan without additional Board action.