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File #: AB2020-352    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing Status: Adopted
File created: 8/27/2020 In control: Council
On agenda: 9/29/2020 Final action: 9/29/2020
Enactment date: 9/29/2020 Enactment #: ORD 2020-045
Title: Ordinance adopting various amendments to WCC Titles 12 (Roads & Bridges), 16 (Environment), 20 (Zoning), 21 (Land Division Regulations), and 22 (Land Use and Development Procedures)
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Master Report, 2. Adopted Ordinance 2020-045, 3. Adopted Ordinance 2020-045 Strike, 4. Staff Report, 5. Proposed Ordinance, 6. Code Scrub 2019 - Exhibit A for 9.15.2020, 7. Code Scrub 2019 - Exhibit A for 9.29.2020, 8. Notice of Hearing for 9.29.2020, 9. Notice of Action Taken on 9.29.2020
Related files: AB2020-350
Department Planning and Development Services Department

Primary Contact Email:    cstrong@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Ordinance adopting various amendments to WCC Titles 12 (Roads & Bridges), 16 (Environment), 20 (Zoning), 21 (Land Division Regulations), and 22 (Land Use and Development Procedures)

 

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Proposed amendments to WCC Titles 12, 16, 20, 21, and 22. This is an annual “code scrub,” wherein staff proposes amendments to clarify code, fix inconsistencies and grammar, and, this year, modify policies regarding LAMAIRD uses, stormwater requirements, boundary line adjustment requirements for nonconforming lots, exempt lots created by exempt agricultural subdivision from required lot consolidation; require that agriculture lots modified via a boundary line adjustment have an adequate building site, and create a new administrative variance process.




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