Laserfiche WebLink
3122123,3:44 PM RCW 36.70A.390: Moratoria, interim zoning controls—Public hearing—Limitation on length—Exceptions. <br />PDF RCW <br />Moratoria, interim zoning controls --Public hearing—Limitation on length— <br />Exceptions. <br />A county or city governing body that adopts a moratorium, interim zoning map, interim zoning <br />ordinance, or interim official control without holding a public hearing on the proposed moratorium, interim <br />zoning map, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control, shall hold a public hearing on the <br />adopted moratorium, interim zoning map, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control within at <br />least sixty days of its adoption, whether or not the governing body received a recommendation on the <br />matter from the planning commission or department. If the governing body does not adopt findings of <br />fact justifying its action before this hearing, then the governing body shall do so immediately after this <br />public hearing. A moratorium, interim zoning map, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control <br />adopted under this section may be effective for not longer than six months, but may be effective for up to <br />one year if a work plan is developed for related studies providing for such a longer period. A moratorium, <br />interim zoning map, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control may be renewed for one or more <br />six-month periods if a subsequent public hearing is held and findings of fact are made prior to each <br />renewal. <br />This section does not apply to the designation of critical areas, agricultural lands, forestlands, and <br />mineral resource lands, under RCW 38.YOA.1 0, and the conservation of these lands and protection of <br />these areas under RCW 3r_.70A'.X3G, prior to such actions being taken in a comprehensive plan adopted <br />under RCW 30.70A.070 and implementing development regulations adopted under RCW 23.70A.11 2'C', if <br />a public hearing is held on such proposed actions. This section does not apply to ordinances or <br />development regulations adopted by a city that prohibit building permit applications for or the <br />construction of transitional housing or permanent supportive housing in any zones in which residential <br />dwelling units or hotels are allowed or prohibit building permit applications for or the construction of <br />indoor emergency shelters and indoor emergency housing in any zones in which hotels are allowed. <br />[ ?;:2 i g .5; 1992 c 2C7 § 2.] <br />hftps:llapp.leg,wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.70A.390 tlt <br />