Washington Administrative Code › Title 365 - Commerce, Department of (Community Development) › Chapter 365-196 - Growth Management Act-Procedural criteria for adopting comprehensive plans and development regulations › Part FOUR - FEATURES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN › Section 365-196-475 - Land use compatibility with military installations

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Military installations are of particular
						importance to the economic health of the state of Washington. It is a priority
						of the state to protect the land surrounding military installations from
						incompatible development.
(2) A
						comprehensive plan, amendment to a comprehensive plan, a development
						regulation, or amendment to a development regulation, should not allow
						development in the vicinity of a military installation that is incompatible
						with the installation's ability to carry out its mission requirements. A county
						or city may find that an existing comprehensive plan or development regulations
						are compatible with the installation's ability to carry out its mission
						requirements.
(3) As part of the
						requirements of
						RCW
						 36.70A.070(1), each county
						or city planning under the act that has a federal military installation, other
						than a reserve center, that employs one hundred or more personnel and is
						operated by the United States Department of Defense within or adjacent to its
						border, must notify the commander of the military installation of the county's
						or city's intent to amend its comprehensive plan or development regulations to
						address lands adjacent to the military installation to ensure those lands are
						protected from incompatible development.
(4) The notice must request from the
						commander of the military installation a written recommendation and supporting
						facts relating to the use of land being considered in the adoption of a
						comprehensive plan or an amendment to a plan. The notice must provide sixty
						days for a response from the commander. If the commander does not submit a
						response to such request within sixty days, the county or city may presume that
						implementation of the proposed plan or amendment will not have any adverse
						effect on the operation of the military installation.
(5) When a county or city intends to amend
						its development regulations to be consistent with the comprehensive plan
						elements addressed in subsection (4) of this section, notice shall be provided
						to the commander of the military installation consistent with subsection (3) of
						this section. The notice shall request from the commander of the military
						installation a written recommendation and supporting facts relating to the use
						of land being considered in the amendment to the development regulations. The
						notice shall provide sixty days for a response from the commander to the
						requesting government. If the commander does not submit a response to such
						request within sixty days, the local government may presume that implementation
						of the proposed development regulation or amendment will not have any adverse
						effect on the operation of the installation.
Statutory Authority:
								RCW
								36.70A.050 and
								36.70A.190. 10-03-085, §
											365-196-475, filed 1/19/10,
								effective 2/19/10.