CC Min 2024 08 Aug to Sept for UDCMOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WORKSHOPS 2024
The City has engaged the public throughout the drafting process by holding several planning
commission meetings and public hearings; establishing a development committee composed of
city council members, city staff, and members of the local development community; posting the
revised codes on the website; and holding a variety of meetings with stakeholder groups
including the Downtown Association, Parks Board, and Chamber.
Beginning in June of 2024 the City Council and Planning Commission held multiple joint study
sessions to review certain portions of the drafts as follows:
· Part 1: Part 15.400 – Use Charts and Setbacks
· Part 2: Part 15.700 – Landscaping, Fences, Buffers, & Screening
· Part 3: Part 15.600 – Family Day Care, Home Occupation, Short Term Rentals
· Part 4: Part 15.300 – Land Division
· Part 5: Chapter 15.640 – Mini Storages
· Part 6: Chapter 15.730 – Non-Conforming Uses
· Part 7: Chapter 15.250 – Concurrency
· Part 8: Chapter 15.525 –Wetland Critical Area Buffers
A SEPA Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) was issued on May 10, 2024. The 14-day
comment period ended May 30, 2024.
The City submitted the draft to the Department of Commerce on April 11, 2024, and has
provided the revisions to that draft to date.
Public comments received from the public hearings before the planning commission and as part
of the SEPA process have been reviewed and incorporated into the draft where appropriate.
On September 9, 2024, the Planning Commission held its final public hearing and adopted
Resolution No. 2024-1 recommending adoption of the Unified Development Code by the City
Council.
The draft ordinance replaces the following titles of the Moses Lake Municipal Code with a
Unified Development Code:
· Title 14, Environmental Regulations
· Title 17, Subdivisions
· Title 18, Zoning
· Title 19, Growth Management
· Title 20, Development Review Process
· Title 21, Development Impacts
The Unified Development Code (UDC) contains all of the zoning and development regulations
for the City of Moses Lake, except for the building code which is being retained in Title 16. The
UDC is split into parts as follows:
· Part 15.100 ADMINISTRATION
· Part 15.200 LAND USE DECISIONS
· Part 15.300 LAND DIVISION
· Part 15.400 ZONING AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS
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· Part 15.500 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
· Part 15.600 SPECIAL USE STANDARDS
· Part 15.700 COMMUNITY AND PROJECT DESIGN STANDARDS
A second ordinance was drafted to move the code provisions establishing the office of the
hearing examiner from the zoning code into Title 2, Administration and Personnel. While the
hearing examiner is a vital part of the administration of the development regulations, the hearing
examiner also serves as the appellate body for other code procedures including general code
enforcement and therefore establishing the office under this title is more appropriate for the
entire municipal code.
A third ordinance was drafted to moves the previous water rights transfer or fee in lieu
requirement from the subdivision code into Title 13, Water, Sewers, and Public Utilities.
Ordinance No. 3053 also changes the trigger for requiring transfer of water rights or a fee in lieu
from the point of subdivision to the point of annexation or filing a building permit. For building
permits filed on a parcel that has already transferred or paid the fee in lieu either during
annexation or during subdivision under the previous code, the property owner will be deemed to
have already met this requirement if the use of the property is the same.
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Dustin Swartz, Mayor
ATTEST____________________________
Debbie Burke, City Clerk
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