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File #: AB2023-646    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing Status: Failed
File created: 9/26/2023 In control: Council
On agenda: 10/24/2023 Final action: 10/24/2023
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance imposing an interim moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new uses in areas zoned heavy impact industrial within a city's designated urban growth area
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Report, 2. Proposed Ordinance, 3. Map, 4. Notice of Hearing after 9.26.2023, 5. Letter from Whatcom County Association of Realtors, 6. Public Hearing Sign-In Sheets for 10.24.2023
Related files: AB2023-645
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Primary Contact Email:    DBrown@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Ordinance imposing an interim moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new uses in areas zoned heavy impact industrial within a city’s designated urban growth area

 

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This ordinance imposes an interim moratorium for one (1) year prohibiting the filing, acceptance, and processing of new applications for permits related to new uses in Heavy Impact Industrial Zones within a city’s unincorporated UGA, unless the applications:  (1) Were filed and complete prior to the effective date of this ordinance and vested pursuant to law; (2) Are for building permits for remodels, maintenance, or expansions or repairs of existing structures and/or expansions of uses legally established prior to the effective date of this ordinance; (3) Are for outright permitted Light Impact Industrial uses under WCC 20.68.064; (4) Are necessary to protect health and safety of the community.  This ordinance was introduced on September 26, 2023.

 




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