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Chapter 36.70 RCW

PLANNING ENABLING ACT

Sections
Purpose and intent.
Expenditure of funds declared public purpose.
Definitions.
"Solar energy system" defined.
Commission—Creation.
Department—Creation—Creation of commission to assist department.
Authority for planning.
Regional planning commission—Appointment and powers.
Commission—Composition.
Commission—Appointment—County.
Commission—Membership—Terms—Existing commissions.
Commission—Vacancies.
Commission—Removal.
Commission—Officers.
Planning agency—Meetings.
Planning agency—Rules and records.
Planning agency—Joint meetings.
Director—Appointment.
Director—Employees.
Joint director.
Special services.
Board of adjustment—Creation—Zoning adjustor.
Board of adjustment—Membership—Quorum.
Board of adjustment—Appointment—Appointment of zoning adjustor.
Board of adjustment—Terms.
Board of adjustment—Vacancies.
Board of adjustment—Removal.
Board of adjustment—Organization.
Board of adjustment—Meetings.
Board of adjustment—Rules and records.
Appropriation for planning agency, board of adjustment.
Accept gifts.
Conference and travel expenses—Commission members and staff.
Public notice—Identification of affected property.
Statement of restrictions applicable to real property.
Comprehensive plan.
Comprehensive plan—Required elements.
Comprehensive plan—Amplification of required elements.
Comprehensive plan—Optional elements.
Comprehensive plan—Cooperation with affected agencies.
Comprehensive plan—Filing of copies.
Comprehensive plan—Public hearing required.
Comprehensive plan—Notice of hearing.
Comprehensive plan—Approval—Required vote—Record.
Comprehensive plan—Amendment.
Comprehensive plan—Referral to board.
Comprehensive plan—Board may initiate or change—Notice.
Comprehensive plan—Board may approve or change—Notice.
Planning agency—Relating projects to comprehensive plan.
Planning agency—Annual report.
Planning agency—Promotion of public interest in plan.
Planning agency—Cooperation with agencies.
Information to be furnished agency.
Manufactured housing communities—Prohibitions of county due to community status as a nonconforming use.
Planning regulations—Copies provided to county assessor.
Right of entry—Commission or planning staff.
Special referred matters—Reports.
Required submission of capital expenditure projects.
Relating capital expenditure projects to comprehensive plan.
Referral procedure—Reports.
Development regulations—Consistency with comprehensive plan.
General aviation airports—Siting of incompatible uses.
Official controls.
Official controls—Forms of controls.
Official controls—Adoption.
Official controls—Public hearing by commission.
Official controls—Notice of hearing.
Official controls—Recommendation to board—Required vote.
Official controls—Reference to board.
Official controls—Action by board.
Official controls—Board to conduct hearing, adopt findings prior to incorporating changes in recommended control.
Official controls—Board may initiate.
Board final authority.
Procedures for adoption of controls limited to planning matters.
Enforcement—Official controls.
Child care facilities—Review of need and demand—Adoption of ordinances.
Accessory apartments.
Conditional and special use permit applications by parties licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections—Mediation prior to appeal required.
Subdividing and platting.
County improvements.
Development regulations—Jurisdictions specified—Electric vehicle infrastructure.
Planning agency—Time limit for report.
Final authority.
Prerequisite for zoning.
Text without map.
Zoning map—Progressive adoption.
Zoning—Types of regulations.
Residential care facilities—Review of need and demand—Adoption of ordinances.
Family day-care provider's home facility—County may not prohibit in residential or commercial area—Conditions.
Establishing zones.
All regulations shall be uniform in each zone.
Classifying unmapped areas.
Interim zoning.
Moratoria, interim zoning controls—Public hearing—Limitation on length.
Procedural amendments—Zoning ordinance.
Board of adjustment—Authority.
Board of adjustment—Quasi-judicial powers.
Board of adjustment—Appeals—Time limit.
Board of adjustment—Notice of time and place of hearing on conditional permit.
Board of adjustment—Appeal—Notice of time and place.
Board of adjustment—Scope of authority on appeal.
Zoning adjustor—Powers and duties.
Zoning adjustor—Action final unless appealed.
Board of adjustment—Action final—Writs.
Inclusion of findings of fact.
Short title.
Duties and responsibilities imposed by other acts.
Chapter alternative method.
Elective adoption.
Hearing examiner system—Adoption authorized—Alternative—Functions—Procedures.
Conformance with chapter 43.97 RCW required.
Fish enhancement projects—County's liability.
Treatment of residential structures occupied by persons with handicaps.
Watershed restoration projects—Permit processing—Fish habitat enhancement project.
NOTES:
Acquisition of interests in land for conservation, protection, preservation, or open space purposes by counties: RCW 64.04.130.
Alternative planning enabling act: Chapter 35.63 RCW.
Appearance of fairness doctrine—Application to local land use decisions: RCW 42.36.010.
County, sewerage, water, and drainage systems as part of comprehensive plan: Chapter 36.70 RCW.
Expediting completion of projects of statewide significance—Requirements of agreements: RCW 43.157.020.
Joint operations by political subdivisions, deposit and control of funds: RCW 43.09.285.
Unfit dwellings, buildings, and structures: Chapter 35.80 RCW.
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