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File #: AB2021-363    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 6/15/2021 In control: Council
On agenda: 7/27/2021 Final action: 7/27/2021
Enactment date: 7/13/2021 Enactment #: ORD 2021-040
Title: Ordinance amending the Whatcom County Code and Comprehensive Plan, requiring a site-specific geotechnical analysis when mineral extraction is proposed within 500 feet of a gas or petroleum transmission pipeline
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Master Report, 2. Adopted Ordinance 2021-040, 3. Adopted Ordinance 2021-040 Strike, 4. Staff Memo, 5. Proposed Ordinance, 6. Proposed Ordinance with Exhibit A, 7. Staff Report, 8. Code and RCW Language Related to Concurrent Review, 9. Notice of Hearing after 06.29.2021, 10. Notice of Action Taken on 7.13.2021
Department Planning and Development Services Department

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

 

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Ordinance amending the Whatcom County Code and Comprehensive Plan, requiring a site-specific geotechnical analysis when mineral extraction is proposed within 500 feet of a gas or petroleum transmission pipeline

 

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A zoning code amendment and comprehensive plan text amendment requiring a site-specific geotechnical analysis when mineral resource extraction is proposed within 500 feet of a gas or petroleum transmission pipeline, in response to a Council directive to determine the minimum safe distance between surface mining and pipelines to ensure pipeline integrity during seismic events. Final approval of these amendments would occur as part of concurrent review of comprehensive plan amendments from 2021.



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