Post Adoption Notice: 19880 & 19881

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF ADOPTION

Ordinance 19880 and 19881

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Metropolitan King County Council (the Council) held a public hearing on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, beginning at 11:00am to consider adoption of Proposed Ordinances 2023-0438 and 2023-0440 (Ordinances 19880 and 19881), which adopts the 2024 Comprehensive Plan. The hearing was extended to the December 3, 2024, and December 10, 2024, meetings.  The Council adopted these Ordinances at the Tuesday, December 10, 2024, meeting.

SUMMARY:

The King County Comprehensive Plan is the guiding policy document for all land use and development regulations in unincorporated King County. The 2024 Comprehensive Plan includes substantive changes to policies in all chapters, map amendments changing land use designations and zoning classifications, updates to appendices, adoption of the Snoqualmie Valley / Northeast King County Subarea Plan, amendments to the Vashon-Maury Island Subarea Plan, updates to the Countywide Planning Policies, and updates to development regulations. A detailed description of the 2024 Comprehensive Plan is available on the Council's website: https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/council/governance-leadership/county-council/useful-links/comprehensive-plan/2024.

The 2024 Comprehensive Plan constitutes the periodic update required under RCW 36.70A.130. The Growth Management Act (GMA) requires King County to take action no later than December 31, 2024, to review and, if needed, revise its comprehensive plan and development regulations to ensure the plan and regulations comply with the requirements of the GMA. The 2024 King County Comprehensive Plan, as adopted is compliant with the GMA and completes the requirements of the update in RCW 36.70A.130. Additional work on critical areas regulations is ongoing into 2025, as allowed under the reasonable progress exception in RCW 36.70A.130(7)(b).

A copy of Ordinance 19880 and/or 19881 will be mailed upon request to the Clerk of the Council, Room 1200, King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA  98104, telephone 206-477-1020. They are available on the Internet at https://www.kingcounty.gov/council/clerk/notice_adoption.aspx, and at https://mkcclegisearch.kingcounty.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6445313&GUID=83C330F2-B895-4C25-BA64-5B6C78D9DF98&Options=ID|Text|&Search=19880 for Ordinance 19880 and https://mkcclegisearch.kingcounty.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6445382&GUID=D52C8883-3290-43F7-86B4-AC5D10C49A7E&Options=ID|Text|&Search=19881 for Ordinance 19881.

Dated at Seattle, Washington, this 6th day of January, 2025.

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

Melani Hay

Clerk of the Council