ORD 2502 ORDINANCE NO .
AN ORDINANCE adopting a Revised Comprehensive Plan in
accordance with the goals and requirements of Chapter 36 . 70A ,
Revised Code of Washington, also known as the Growth
Management Act .
WHEREAS , the City of Camas is required to update its Comprehensive Plan in
accordance with the goals and requirements of Chapter 36 . 70A , Revised Code of Washington ,
the Growth Management Act (" GMA" ) ; and
WHEREAS , the City ' s GMA Comprehensive Plan is required to include maps and a
descriptive text covering the objective , principles and standards used to develop the essential
elements of the plan ; and
WHEREAS , GMA requires that the City ' s Comprehensive Plan be developed by
following the county-wide planning policies adopted by Clark County and that it be coordinated
with neighboring jurisdictions ; and
WHEREAS , GMA directs the City to propose , and Clark County to adopt an urban
growth area ( an area within which urban growth is encouraged and outside of which only non-
urban growth can occur) ; and
WHEREAS , GMA requires that the City designate critical areas and natural resource
lands , and adopt protective regulations for such critical areas and natural resource lands ; and
WHEREAS , the adoption of the City ' s Comprehensive Plan must be processed in
compliance with the State ' s Environmental Policy Act ( SEPA) , and include an analysis of the
cumulative effects of development in the city ; and
WHEREAS , GMA requires that the City establish procedures for early and continuous
public participation in the development of the Comprehensive Plan and in the development
regulations implementing such plans ; and
WHEREAS , copies of the City ' s proposed Comprehensive Plan are required to be and
have been submitted to the State at least sixty ( 60 ) days prior to final adoption ;
NOW THEREFORE , the City Council of the City of Camas do ordain as follows .
I .
ADOPTION OF FINDINGS OF FACT
The Council finds that all GMA prerequisites for the adoption of the City ' s
Comprehensive Plan have been met and adopt the following findings
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A . Required Elements of the Plan : The City of Camas Comprehensive Plan includes the
following required elements : land use , housing , capital facilities , utilities , transportation, and
economic development . In addition , the plan also contains the following optional elements .
parks and open space , recreation , and trail/bikeway .
B . Critical Areas Designation and Regulations : The City has adopted ordinances to
identify and protect environmentally sensitive areas .
C . Public Participation : The public participation requirements of the Growth
Management Act have been met . Multiple public hearings have been held before both the
Planning Commission and the City Council . Throughout the process , the public was informed of
proceedings through widely distributed notices , newsletters , and other printed materials ,
newspaper advertisements and stories , and through the City' s website .
D . State Environmental Policv Act : The City has complied with the environmental
review process required under SEPA . A SEPA checklist was completed and a DNS was issued
by the responsible official .
E . Record of Process : The factual data used to develop the Comprehensive Plan and
Land Use Map is contained in the Comprehensive Plan . All Planning Commission and City
Council workshops , meetings and public hearings have been advertised in the local paper , and all
such proceedings were taperecorded . Audio tapes are on file .
F . Internal Consistency : The Comprehensive Plan is internally consistent , and its
policies among its various elements are complementary and not contradictory . Said policies
further the goals of the Growth Management Act .
G . Concurrency : The Comprehensive Plan meets the concurrency requirement of the
Growth Management Act .
H . InterJurisdictional Coordination : The Comprehensive Plan is consistent with adopted
county- wide planning policies as set forth in the community framework plan of Clark County .
I . Coordination With Other Plans : The Comprehensive Plan is coordinated with those of
neighboring jurisdictions , and considers the Comprehensive Plan designations within the urban
growth boundary as established by the Clark County Commissioners .
J . Amendment : The Comprehensive Plan provides adequate review and amendment
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procedures . Amendments will not be considered more than once each year .
K . Goals of Growth Management . The Comprehensive Plan addresses the goals of the
Growth Management Act to its policies and implementation procedures . It encourages
development in urban areas where adequate public , facilities exist or can be provided in an
efficient manner . It encourages efficient transportation systems that are based on regional
priorities and are coordinated with county and other city comprehensive plans . It encourages the
availability of affordable housing to all economic segments of the population, and promotes a
variety of residential densities and housing types . The plan encourages economic development
and the creation of a diverse array of employment opportunities . The plan encourages the
retention of open space and the development of recreational opportunities , parks , and
trails/bikeways . The plan seeks to protect the environment and enhance the State ' s quality of
life , primarily by instituting specific sensitive lands protection measures combined with land use
policies intended to contain sprawl , reduce vehicle miles traveled , and prevent water degradation .
The plan seeks to ensure that necessary public facilities and services required to support
development will be adequate to serve development at the time development is available for
occupancy and use without decreasing current service levels below locally established minimum
standards .
II .
ADOPTION
The City of Camas Comprehensive Plan is amended to include the City of Camas 2007
Parks and Open Space Plan , the 2007 City of Camas Capital Facilities Plan Update , the Camas ,
Evergreen and Washougal School District Capital Facility Plans , the North UGA Expansion
Water and Sewer Infrastructure Evaluation, dated September , 2007 , the North UGA Traffic
Analysis , dated November 6 , 2007 , and the Revised City of Camas Transportation
Comprehensive Plan . The City of Camas Comprehensive Plan as amended is hereby adopted as
the Growth Management Act Comprehensive Plan for the City of Camas .
III .
ADOPTION OF MAP
The Amended Comprehensive Plan Map attached hereto is hereby adopted as the official
Comprehensive Plan Map of the City of Camas .
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IV .
EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance , being an exercise of a power specifically delegated to the legislative
body, is not subject to referendum . The Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Map adopted by this
ordinance shall be effective five ( 5 ) days after its publication according to law .
V .
SUBMISSION TO STATE
The planning director is hereby directed to send a copy of the plan and land use map to
the Washington State Department of Community Development after adoption of this ordinance
as required by law .
VI .
VALIDITY OF PENDING ACTIONS
Repeal of the current City of Camas Comprehensive Plan pursuant to this ordinance shall
have not effect on, nor shall it invalidate any action or pending action taken with regard to said
Comprehensive Plan prior to the effectuate date of this ordinance .
PASSED BY the Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this day of December ,
2007 .
SIGNED : -- -
Mayor
ATTEST .
Clerk
AP OV s form :
City Attorney
Ordinance No . 2502
On December 17 , 2007 the Camas City Council enacted Ordinance No .
2502 , adopting a Revised Comprehensive Plan in accordance with the goals
and requirements of Chapter 36 . 70A , Revised Code of Washington , also
known as the Growth Management Act .
The full text of the ordinance will be , mailed to any person upon request .
DATED this 31 day of December , 2007 .
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Joan M . Durgin , City Clerk