RCW 36.70A.350
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A county required or choosing to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 may establish a process as part of its urban growth areas, that are designated under RCW 36.70A.110 , for reviewing proposals to authorize new fully contained communities located outside of the initially designated urban growth areas.
(1)A new fully contained community may be approved in a county planning under this chapter if criteria including but not limited to the following are met:
(a)New infrastructure is provided for and impact fees are established consistent with the requirements of RCW 82.02.050 ;
(b)Transit-oriented site planning and traffic demand management programs are implemented;
(c)Buffers are provided between the new fully contained communities and adjacent urban development;
(d)A mix of uses is provided to offer jobs, housing, and services to the residents of the new community;
(e)Affordable housing is provided within the new community for a broad range of income levels;
(f)Environmental protection has been addressed and provided for;
(g)Development regulations are established to ensure urban growth will not occur in adjacent nonurban areas;
(h)Provision is made to mitigate impacts on designated agricultural lands, forestlands, and mineral resource lands;
(i)The plan for the new fully contained community is consistent with the development regulations established for the protection of critical areas by the county pursuant to RCW 36.70A.170 .
(2)New fully contained communities may be approved outside established urban growth areas only if a county reserves a portion of the twenty-year population projection and offsets the urban growth area accordingly for allocation to new fully contained communities that meet the requirements of this chapter. Any county electing to establish a new community reserve shall do so no more often than once every five years as a part of the designation or review of urban growth areas required by this chapter. The new community reserve shall be allocated on a project-by-project basis, only after specific project approval procedures have been adopted pursuant to this chapter as a development regulation. When a new community reserve is established, urban growth areas designated pursuant to this chapter shall accommodate the unreserved portion of the twenty-year population projection.
Final approval of an application for a new fully contained community shall be considered an adopted amendment to the comprehensive plan prepared pursuant to RCW 36.70A.070 designating the new fully contained community as an urban growth area.
[ 1991 sp.s. c 32 s 16 .]