895 A Ord Parks&Rec Plan CITY OF YELM
ORDINANCE NO. 895
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE YELM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AND THE YELM PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN
WHEREAS, The City of Yelm is required to plan under RCW 36.70A.040; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with the Washington State Growth management Act,
Chapter 36.70A RCW, the City of Yelm adopted a Comprehensive Plan in 1994, and
has amended the plan on several occasions since that time; and
WHEREAS, the City of Yelm adopted a Parks and Recreation Plan in 1987, and
updated the plan in 1999,
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 36.70A.130 RCW, an adopted
Comprehensive Plan shall be subject to continuing evaluation and review, and
amendments to the Comprehensive Plan shall be considered no more frequently than
once every year; and
WHEREAS, the public review process for the proposed amendments included
public meetings in front of the Yelm Parks Advisory Board and the Yelm Planning
Commission, a Public Hearing before the Yelm Planning Commission, and the Yelm
City Council, official notices for written public comment, and posting information to the
City of Yelm website; and
WHEREAS, the public participation program included notification of interested
Departments of Washington State, notification the United States Army at Fort Lewis,
email distribution to any person expressing interest in the review and the posting of all
pertinent drafts, notices, staff reports and public comment on the City's web site, and
WHEREAS, the draft updates along with official notice were emailed on July 3,
2008 and July 15, 2008, to the following State and Federal Agencies:
? Washington Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development
? Washington Department of Natural Resources
? Washington department of Fish and Wildlife
? Washington Department of Ecology
? Washington Department of Health
? Washington Department of Transportation
? Washington Department of Social and Health Services
? Washington State Parks
~ Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation
? Washington Department of Corrections
? Fort Lewis
? Nisqually Indian Tribe
? Puget Sound Action Team; and
WHEREAS, the Yelm Parks Advisory Board held an open house to solicit
comments on the draft proposed amendments from interested parties in an informal
setting with background material, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted review briefings and work
sessions to review the draft proposed amendments and public comment, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly advertised public hearing on
the revised draft of the proposed amendments on July 21, 2008, at which time received
written comments and oral testimony, and
WHEREAS, the Commission reviewed all comments on the proposed update
and voted unanimously to recommend that the Yelm City Council adopt the proposed
comprehensive plan amendment and the update to the Yelm Parks and Recreation
Plan, and
WHEREAS, the Yelm City Council considered the recommendation of the Yelm
Planning Commission, held a duly advertised public hearing on said recommendation
on September 23, 2008, and
WHEREAS, the Council finds it necessary and in the public interest that the Yelm
Comprehensive Plan be amended as indicated below;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE YELM CITY COUNCIL DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter VII of the Yelm Comprehensive Plan is repealed in its entirety and
replaced with an updated Chapter VII found at Attachment A to this Ordinance.
Section 2. The Yelm Parks and Recreation Plan adopted in 1999 is repealed in its
entirety and replaced with an updated Parks Plan found at Attachment B to this
Ordinance.
Section 3. Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance or the application
of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
Section 4. The Ordinance shall be in full force and effect and after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the City ~ ' of Yelm this 23rd day of September, 2008.
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ATTEST:
nine A. Schnepf, City Cler .
PUBLISHED: Nisqually Valley News, October 3, 2008
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 8, 2008