ORD 2075 ORDINANCE NO .
AN ORDINANCE amending the Comprehensive
Plan by revising provisions relating to the
Urban Growth Boundary , providing for a mix
of new residential development of approx1 -
mately 40 percent multi - family and 60 percent
single family , and adopting strategies for
affordable housing .
WHEREAS , the Growth Management Act requires the City to adopt
a Comprehensive Plan which contains provisions to encourage the
availability of affordable housing and to promote a variety of
residential . densities and housing types , and
WHEREAS , the Growth Management Act further requires counties
in cooperation with local jurisdictions to establish urban growth
areas for each such city based upon population projections and
vacant land analyses , and
WHEREAS , the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings
Board has remanded to the City that portion of its Comprehensive
Plan for further work in connection with the affordable housing
requirements of the Growth Management Act , and
WHEREAS , the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings
Board has remanded l.. o Clark County the urban growth boundary for
the City of Camas , and
WHEREAS , the City and the County have undertaken further studies
of vacant available land and have considered revised population
projections , and
WHEREAS , the Council desires to modify its Comprehensive Plan
to reflect the results of the further studies and the proposed
revisions to the urban growth area , and
WHEREAS , the City further desires to modify its Comprehensive
Plan by adoption of strategies for affordable housing , and
WHEREAS , the City has conducted a public hearing before the
Planning Commission and has conducted a public hearing before the
City Council ,
NOW , THEREFORE , THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMAS DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS .
Ordinance No . Page 2
Section I
The Comprehensive Plan is amended to include the amendments
and additions set forth Exhibit 1 attached hereto and by this reference
incorporated herein .
Section II
This ordinance shall take force and be in effect five . ( 5 )
days from a. nd after its publication according to law .
PASSED b the Council and APPROVED b the Mayor this
Y Y Y
day of June , 1996 .
SIGNED :
Mayor
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ATTEST .* leifi
Clerk
APRO �ED a o )form
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noise pollution and
improv air and Cities of Vancouver Washougal , andPUBLIC WORKS
Po P � , , g
water quality , Carnas are more proximate to the Portland
metropolitan area and therefore the
• The UG A must not contain areas population is more likely to settle in these
designated for long- term resource based areas before locating in more remote areas.
industries (agriculture , forestry , or
mineral production) . The City of Camas was allocated -x;3; 8
13 , additional people for the next 20
• The boundary of the UGA should utilize years . The area may be increased by a Mar-
natural features (such as drainage , steep ket Factor to ensure there is a surplus of
slopes , open space, and riparian land available for housing and employment
corridors) and existing and proposed needs . (Market Factor is discussed in more
infrastructure (such as public services and detail below . ) The Community Framework
facility availability , limits and extensions , Plan suggests that a 25 % Market Factor be
and jurisdictional and special district used. The Urban Growth Area will be lame
boundaries ) . enough to accommodate this population plus
a 25 % Market Factor,
• The local jurisdictions must have the
anticipated financial capability to provide ,
infrastructure/services needed in the '
urban growth area over the planning :50n = 1mA= 1ja 'Mia Q Asa ]
tof %w
period under adopted concurrency wjJFflFJ *:1a4'
standards .
Clark County has also established the use Employment Projections : It is also
of an Urban Reserve as an additional necessary to ensure that an adequate supply
element of Urban Growth Areas . The of jobs is provided to the citizens of the
Clark County Framework Plan defines City of Camas . It is not the City ' s desire to
urban reserve areas (land reserved for be considered a " bedroom community " of
future development after 20 years ) , where Portland or Vancouver, The City has made
appropriate , to allow orderly conversion of large investments in its infrastructure to
land adjacent to designated urban growth ensure the existing industry (James River,
areas to urban densities , as demonstrated Inc . ) can continue to operate profitably,
by the need to expand the developable land while also enticing new high technology
supply or by regional industrial or public industries into the business park on the
facility needs . western edge of the City . The objective of
the plan is to maintain at least a ratio of
IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA 40 : 60 jobs to people , and ensure a strong
and diversified economic base . The Citv, of
With these definitions and criteria as guides Camas was allocated 6 , 424 additional 1obs
for formulating an urban growth area , the for the next 20 years :
following items were evaluated with citizen
It is estimated that the City would have the
input during the review process :
potential of �0
Population Pro jections : The county was jobs based on an analysis by TAZs
supplied with an estimated population in the Urban Growth Area, ho, wever this
growth amount for the next 20 years . The number will be reduced by about 1 . 4001.obs
total was then dispersed to the various based Qn a decrease in developable-land
jurisdictions in the county based on due to recent identification of wetlands .
historical growth patterns and future
growth potential . The rationale behind this Market Factor: A Market Factor is to
assumption is that location plays a large ensure the City does not create a false
part in the future growth for any area. The scarcity of housing by limiting the amount
of land within the urban area , thus
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CITY OF CAMAS • 1994 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Framework Plan discusses a target Market '
Factor of 25 % for residential and 50 % for '
jobs . The City has attempted to meet that € % t* :
requirement in the revised boundary . It
happens that the market factor on residential The objective of this elan is to achieve an
is about 30 % , while the employment is less average density for the Urban Growth Area
than the market factor and ratio of jobs to of 6 . 0 . '
population. Four factors have caused these dwelling units per acre . This density is
variations from population and employment consisten with 4 the
projections . County Framework Plan target density of 6
1 . In the last two and a halfears the Ci to 10 units Per acre for major centers .
y �
of Camas has approved approximately
2 000 new Lots alarg a ma ' ori of Open Space . The City currently requires
' -� � that single family or multi -fa��nil -
which are not now developed. Theo y y
• P development set aside 30 % of the overall
potential population is estimated at 4,500 p •
eo Ie . This roduces a si ' ficant protect site as open space . required
Tills reo, ed
p p • • p n i m n for n - i
potential which will likely cause the City to exceed proi' ected population estimates • allowing clustering of units to main
densiM The Urban Growth Area takes this
2 . When the interim Urban Growth Area to into account. In conjunction with the open
the west was proposed, the logical , space requirement, sensitive areas
natural boundary was felt to be the (wetlands , stream courses , steep and
greenway . The adoption of the final unstable slopes) were also estimated.
Urban Growth Area excluded a high Sensitive areas were subtracted from the
density mixed- use center reducing both total area within the Urban Growth Area
residential density and jobs ; total developable acreage .
3 . A majority of the light industrial/high .
technology land is ahead zoned and in The Urban Growth Area also anticipates the
�' y ens retention of an o ace rri r between
the City . It has an employment potential p p
nears equal to the allocation *, the Camas and Vancouver urban areas
y � focusinz onthGreenwa .
. The City of Camas has extensive -critical
areas with nearly 50 % of the land Parks : The City requires that
identified as wetlands , steep slopes , approximately 30 acres per 1 , 000
streams , and floodways . population be set aside for open space
purposes and 5 acres per 1 , 000 population
Housing ; The City utilized the for active park purposes . A 12ortion of the
comprehensive housing study ( CHAS ) reauired open - svace can hgb alloca.�. d to
prepared by Clark County in preparing this meet this : uirement. A ma, jonty of this
specific element. The City ' s plan results in Dermanent open space is in sensitive areas ,
a mix of new development composed of The Urban Growth Area contains the
multi and single family with an approximate amount of acreage needed to support the
spilt of 4125 % multi - family and �o % park acreage to population ratio mentioned
single family based on existing develop - above .
ment , land suitability , and citizen ' s goals .
The pose of this mix is both to provide Schools . Allocations of potential school
QDDortunity for a mix Qf tyDs of housing sites have been made based on assumptions
and to encourage affordable housing , utilized in the Prune Hill Sub- Area plan and
though many of Camas ' existing neifzhbor- preliminary discussion with the Camas
orhoods also include housinz that is School District.
considered affordable , thiam11 nu
�-ef
Capital Facilities: An integral part of the
GMA is the ability of a jurisdiction to
• service those areas located within its Urban
Introduction
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CITY OF CAMAS • 1994 COMPREHENSIVE PIAN
FORECAST GROWTH CAMAS ' URBAN GROWTH AREA : EMPLOYMENT
�� �# 11992 Estimated 20 year � aMarket Factor $ur �IQ131
Existing Growth .o�ecast ( 50 % ) Employment; with
Employment Forecasted E=w1awaro Market Factor
Empkryment
Growth
Urban Growth Area 59365 69424 14 IV 78 9 15s001 127429
X59 295
* Allotment from Clark County .
has the single largest area zoned and
COMMERCLALO
BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY serviced for high technology in Cly
County . Also historically the trends
Camas may in actuality experience a higher indicate a continued significant upswing, as
proportion of employment growth than the the following chi illustrate .
County ' s process would anticipate , since it
COMMERCIAL PERMITS .
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
# of 21 8 4 14 3 6 fi
Projects 3 7 S 27 26 34
Value of
Projects 189 .9 236 . 0 45 . 3 35 . 4 318 .7 70 .7 838 . 5 232 . 2 260 . 0 9752. 9 2364 . 0 5876 . 7 1478 .3 17492. 1
in $ 1000s
NUMBER OF PROJECTS VALUE IN $ 19000S
35 18000
30 16000mm
Zs 14000 MW
12000
Za 10000
is 8000
10 6000
5 4000
0 2000
0
18 18 ' 8 18 T 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 ' 9
0 1 2 3 4 s 647 8 9 0 1 2 3 p Z 4 6 8 0 2
DOWNTOWN convenient, and attractive. In 1962 ,
conu aunty leaders from the Camas.
Downtown Camas grew with the Crown Washougal Chamber of Commerce began
Zellerbach mill (now James River) and the " Operation-4 Sight", which included
growth of the City from the City ' s promoting the modernization of the
inception in 1883 to about 1960 . Then, as downtown with literature and a slide show ,
shopping opportunities and patterns and actually building a temporary , full- scale
changed, the City and its business mock- up of the improvements to be made.
community were faced with the need to This effort resulted in the downtown
make the downtown more competitive, Camas Shopping Park.
Background
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CITY OF CAMAS • 1994 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
PROJECTED POPULATION Based on the County plan, Camas ' share of
the forecast popon increase is 13 , 0 .
One of the major objectives of the Growth The arra may be increasers by a Market
Management Act and the County Factor to ensure there is a surplus of land
Community Framework Plan is to available for housing and employment
concentrate growth in urban areas. needs. The Counity Framework Plan
PopulatYon projections 16,ftve. NeeiRA nude suggests that a 25 % Market Factor be used.
.1992, bythe State for each county . In Clark Combining the existing population located
,
County it is proposed that 80 % of the in the City, the allotment from the County ,
forecast 20 year growth will occur in urban , the City ' s Urban
areas . These were undated in 1995 to Growth Area should have adequate land
provide a ranze and r to reflect � mah which eenhd accommodate at least 2238 &2A -�
had occured,It is assumed that the people plus the 25 % Market Factor on
majority of this urban growth occur in g, r�w. h . The following chart summarizes
Vancouver, Camas , and Washougal due to that growth .
the proximity of Portland, jobs , and the
road system.
FORECAST GROWTH CAMAS ' URBAN GROWTH AREA : POPULATION
1994 Population 1920 • 1994 GMA 20 year TotalEstimated
,
Poulabon Forecasted Population
Growth Population Growth ::a^#Ar
Urban Growth Area 6 . 993 13 , 500 * 2223881
* Allotment from Claris County .
n2S 0, Gail
_ �w a --�#.-Gid
� y 34 =7 544 4= 442
The actual population growth of the Camas
area will depend upon the number of jobs
provided to support the population , and
upon the policies the City pursues . If the
City continues to adopt policies that
promote residential growth , services can be
made available , and additional annexation
of land within the Urban Growth
Area of the. pIan for Camas are approved,
the population of Camas could increase
signif cantly . This potential for a
significant increase is totally outside the
past experience of the City ' s growth and
would be a major impact.. The following
section on residential building activity gives
some indication of that possibility .
Background
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CITY OF CAMAS • 1994 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
existing City limits. Their rationale was13= 11 I Be
.
� that this area:
ided land in the City on both sides
Provof 411 aim
Fust Street to take advantage of street,
water and sewer improvements ;
-
• Allowed a logical extension of residential
uses west of the Greenway and light -
industrial./high technology north across
from similar uses to the south ; and PROPOSED URBAN GROWTH AREA
• Made a logical connection to the City limit
on the east. The following map identifies the final
Camas Urban Growth Area. The growth
• boundary starts at the Columbia River at the
southwest, extends generally northerly
• around the quarry to the major
• drainage/wetland area commonly referred to
' as the Greenway between Vancouver and
' Camas , the existing city limit, 202nd Street
• north of Fust Avenue and along Goodwill
• Road to Lacamas Creek. At Lacamas Creek
Weeffun the boundary goes to the southeast
dq aiantin
diagonally along the creek to the south
Ar , .
If +h, a ffe }A aNe east a shore of Lacamas Lake , it extends north
12avolpp * c • around development on each side of Everett
(SR 500) Street, then along the north
fie; boundary of Lacamas Park, south along
Crown Road to the current city limit
between Camas and Washougal .
Map Urban Growth Area
Land Use
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` CITY OF CAMAS 1994 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
PLAN CONCEPT annexation , extension of urban services,
and conversion to urban patterns . The
The physical setting and natural features of report notes that the less development
the City of are the major or g allowed in future urban areas where urban
elements of the plan . Land use , transporta- services are absent, the better. It further
tion , and the provision of public facilities , notes that " interim Land divisions mean the
utilities , and services are all constrained and land must be consolidated in the future for
shaped by these major features . larger scale , more efficient development.
Homes that are sited on five acre lots
• Columbia and Washougal Rivers with
related flood planes* exacerbate future subdivision design
P � problems . " The report recommends that
• Lacamas , Round and Fallen Leaf Lakes , Oregon communities establish a e
and Lacamas Creeklarge g
minimum lot size of at least 10 to 20 acres
• Wetlands and drainage courses ; for areas without urban services . Florida
• Unstable and steep slopes ; and communities have experienced similar
• Wooden and habitat areas �
problems where sprawl patterns (defined as
two units per acre to one unit per ten acres)
A second series of natural features north of are established . Thus a minimum acreage
the Camas Urban Growth Area also define g
of at least 10 acres would be appropriate.
logical Rural and Urban Reserve areas .
These include the valley extending to the Within the Camas Urban Growth Area the
northwest along Lacamas Creek , Green highest intensity of development is concen-
Mountain Brunner HillFern Prairie and • • •
trated around existing and proposed mixed
the Little Washougal River. The Fisher and use centers . Existin centers include
the English PitQua * es to the west rove e gg P d downtown and One - Stop area on Z�i.ir+d
constraints on urban development and P
. P Ave . Anew , larger centers 1,Lare proposed
provide direction for defining the urban . in the vicinity of
reserve between Camas and Vancouver. darker. Street and NW 8th Avenue,
and adjacent tq high technology uses in
By utilizing and . identifying these natuml (Grass galley and the residential
features and cntical areas as key elements neighborhoods on Prune Hill . Smaller
of the lar , it is the City ' s pal to protect
P , tY g P neighborhood centers may occur on Prune
them from incompatible land uses . Hill , Everett St. north of Lacamas Lake ,
Through the permanent open space network Evergreen Highway west of SR 14 and
it is the City s goal to protect related fish Third Avenue near Crown Road .
and Wildlife habitat.
The new , laze mixed use center in Grass
URBAN RESERVE : CRITERIA1Valley i in en focal 12oint- both for
the surrounding neighbahoods and the
If densities in between urban and rural industrial uses in the area . The planned
densities are permitted, sprawl development center will integmte high _density residential
can occur that will preclude future with retail . office , restaurants._a mote
development at more efficient urban conference center . and possibly a
densities . The recent urban Growth technoloLv institute . The center will be
Management Study . Case Studies Report, transit and pedestrian oriented , and tie mtQ
prepared for Oregon ' s Department of Land the pedestrian trail system . The center
Conservation and Development, concluded would be integrated with existing wetlands
that low densities in the one to five - acre and, the drainage requirement which will bg
range presented major problems for future .utilized as open space .
1 Washin ton State Department of Communi De- Higher density housing would also be
g � P tY
velopment, Growth Management Program , The Art encouraged along the Sixth/71ird Avenue
and Science of Designating Urban Growth Areas ll: transit corridor and downtown Camas ;
Some Suggestions for Criteria and Densities.
Land Use
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CITY OF CAMAS • 1994 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
RESIDENTIAL MUL71PLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
' Density Lot Areas Per ftdmucn Number of
Residential development is an important part Dweling Unit' Units Per NetO Acre
of the conununity . People spend a great LOW 3600sq. fL 12
deal of their time there, as well as often
MBdmakin their 1 est financial co��nt 1 , 800 4o2,400 20 - 24
g
The City strives to provide the highest qual- High$ 1200 36
idential living with the consideration
ity res0 Net Acres have a far streets removed.
of providingthe o ortuni for the widest * ��
Planned Unit Developments may be approved
choice of type , location , and puce. allowing up to a 20% increase m density, except
not less than 6,000 square feet in lot size.
Residential lands are categorized into two tSome mixture with duplex and small multiple
main types : Single and Multiple Family . family developments may occur m
mthese zones
Within each of these types there is a range of as well as other options such as accessoa
densities with opportunities for increasing dwelling units . and other mixes of units as
densities in special situations or reviewscned in the Housing., lemen.,�
procedures . The effective lot size is reduced Multiple Family residential high density land
by open space requirements . The densities use may be increased from a density of 20-24
by type of residential classification are : units per net to as high as 36 units per acre
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL if a need can be shown for the additional density
and that it would not adversely unpact the
Density Lot Size Ranges Per Maximum Number of surroundingareas.
Dwelling Unit ' Units Per NetO Acre
Low 159000 - 209000 sq. ft 2.2 - 2. 9 The map below shows residential densities :
Medium 10 , 000 • 12 , 000 3 . 6 - 4 . 4
Hight 59000 - 7, 500 5 .8 - 8 . 7
Map of Residential Densities
Land Use
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CITY 4F CAMAS 1994 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Assumed Density Model for N w Development
Plan Related Plan Density Assumed Typical 100 Acres
Zoning 1 ( duiacre ) Actual Acres Qwellin Units Persons! P uiatio
{ lot sized Average 2 9 °p
House-
hold
B
SFR • Low Density S R ( 15 . 20 ) 1 ,3 du 2.25 du/ac 15 2 . 4 82
SMMedium Density R - 10 - 12 ) 3 -5 du 3.5 du/ac 25 $.$ 2 . 4 211
SFR - High Density 3 R - 1 & T5 5- 7 du 5.5 du/ac 35 L45 41 2 . 4L$ U4
Small Lot 3 11 - 2 7- 10 du 9 du/ac 15 lu J4 2 . 4LL$ M
Otoex, Townhouse 8 - 3 12 du 10 . 2 du/ac 3 . 4 1 . 8 63
Apartments/ R - 4 18 du 16. 3 dulac 3 . 3 .Q 1 .8 90
Condominiuns with CU 24 du 20 . 4 du/ac 3 . 3
1 .8 117
7. 13± du/ac 6 .00 du/ac 100 M LU 1m
�t11a ��°Is
1 Multiple Family Zones to be revised
2 85 % of allowed density
3 Assumes 25 % dudex and town houses
within these designations a mix of unit The various residential types are designated
types as well as the exact zoning district on the land use plan map according to the
that is applied may allow density abovejip following policies :
to the stated minimums The precise
Zoningcategory will depend upon previous Residendal uses are more flexible in
• g ' p terms of location than industrial and
zoning , topography , surrounding land
uses and other relevant factors . The commercial uses . Therefore , resldenttal
mum density will not necessaril uses are designated where the topography
ty y be •
applied and is not ted b right b the is uneven and grades generally are
PP Y • Y - -- -- - -
Comprehensive Plan . The minimum lot steeper. This often provides views and
• p direct tthe en ace network access o e o
size for High Density Single Family dP
Residential shall be a - --ef 6 , 000 which enhance the development. Flatter
ware feet. Where revious zonin lands are generally reserved for industrial
� P g
• • permanent employment
commitments , or within undeveloped areas and other similar P
where topography , surrounding land uses , uses .
public services , and other relevant factors Established residential neighborhoods
are favorable , the City Council may should be conserved. This is achieved by
consider the smallest lot size of 5 , 000 maintaining similar densities to existing
square feet . densities , and except where necessary ,
avoiding traffic circulation patterns which
There-are mann different unit mixes that t encourage through - traffic . The City will
s� uld result in a ratio bOalo sin 1 f ' x also encourage campaigns to repair
and 40 % muld4amily thin_new structures , and improve streets ,
evelopments , Some of these are easier to sidewalks , and street lighting .
predict than others , Duplexes , town
houses ce dwelling unit tc . . . New residential • development should not
may oqcur in in l f miI huh be developed with a lot size or density
• - that is less than the next lower zoning
these are counted as multi4amil w lline g -
ni classification ( i . e . , R4 4 0 to R442) .
• Low Density Single Family Residential
has been designated adjacent to existing
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CITY OF CAMAS • 1994 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
incentives for a variety of housing types
� -. - - - ' ' and site planning techniques.
SIRATEGIE5 To ACHIEVE N U S I N G • Review existing and proposed land use
OPPORTUNITlEa regulations to assure that regulations and
permit processing requirements are
POLICIES reasonable , and do not adversely fact
housing production and cost.
The following policies are intended to • Coordinate with G RAN to identify and
ensure that all existing and future residents adopt appropriate densities for priority
are housed in safe and sanitary housing transit corridors . Ensure that the
appropriate to their needs and within their development standards for these areas are
means . 23 For purposes of these policies it transit and pedestrian friendly .
is assumed that this type of housing can
ithin the Urban Groff
occur anywhere wExplore available federal , state , and local
Area. programs and private options for
financing affordable housing .
• Provide for a variety of housing types
and designs to meet the needs of people • Coordinate housing strategies with the
with special needs . However, every financial community as well as public and
dwelling unit does not have to be private financing mechanisms .
accessible to special needs populations .
ACTIONS
• Create incentives for developers to design
housing suitable for families with The stratees is for creating an
children throughout the City . environment that fosters affordable housing
• Encoura a reservation maintenance for very low , low , and moderate income
• g p households are .* 24
and improvements to existing affordable
housing . Increase the supply of housing affordable
to renter households earning up to
• Ensure that affordable and special needs of median income .,
housing opportunities are dispersed
throughout the City , not concentrated . Promote home ownership for low-income
households earning between 51 % and
• Provide housing opportunities close to 80 % of the median income through an
places of employment. integrated approach that involves
• increasing housing supply , increasing
• Work with C -TRAN to develop transit
optfinarcial ions
. for both housingconnectin dispersed affordable housing ? ders and purchasers , and increasing easin
gand employment centers . provi
individual capacity to purchase.
• Encourage infill development that • Preserve , whenever cost effective ---
enhances the existing community existing affordable housing units
character. g g •
threatened with loss due to condition ,
• Provide a mix of uses , with higher resi- location , land use regulations , expiring
dential densities , in mixed use centers . federal contracts , or other situations .
• 'Ihrou h the Planned Unit Development Secure a stable source of housing
g • • development ids at the state and local
process , provide opportunities and p
level .
23 Sources : Community Framework Plan , Clark
County , March 5 , 1993 ; Draft Joint Comprehen- 24 Source : Draft Joint Comprehensive Housing
sive Housing Affordability Strategy , 1992- 8 for Affordability Strategy , 199M for Clark County
Clark County and the City of Vancouver. and the City of Vancouver.
Housing
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Cl "TY OF CAMAS • 1994 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
•
Improve coordination and responsiveness Dermltting duplexes in_ sin le ffrnily
rove areas
f . p p ss • townhouses
between providers of housing and other
sectors of the community p to improve the ' boarding homes
• cooperative housing
quality and quantity of housing. g
• congregate housing
• • v housi This can provide for more affordable
• 'opportumtin f 11 housing, housing for special need and
• n 2 elderly persons , and reduce the costs of and
time -actio , beffig en grd dunne the
ysar f i m r h n i pi need for social services .
TA • Establish maximum as well as minimum lot
11 • : 25 sizes and densities in urban areas .
Require that 10 % of new dwelling units be Streamline building permit review and
affordable to very low income groups to approval processes for affordable housing,
account for those lost to redevelopment. 0 Create fee and development incentives for
Require that 10 % of new dwelling units be developers to build more affordable
affordable to low and moderate income housing ,
groups to meet additional current need. Work with the County and other
Require 5 % of new dwelling units be jurisdictions to create a first time home
accessible to the disabled on sites with 11 buyer assistance program .
or more units . (WAC 51 - 20) On sites with
4 or more units some must be designed t Work with local lending institutions , nov -
o a profit organizations , and housing providers
higher standard . (WAC51 - 20 ) On sites t .
with 2 to 4 units encoura. a ane ound o create education programs for financial
g � counseling and assistance floor unit to be accessible . stance in buying a
y g
home .
Encourage subdivisions to design 5 % of •
the homes to be accessible . Encourage the creation of financing
mechanisms such as reverse mortgage
Provide increased flexibility and encourage programs , housing trust funds , and loan
creative approaches in the use of new and pools for local financing of affordable
existing housing development and design to housing ,
increase the potential for (subject to specific CI ? , • •
development, design , and possibly owner Redefine family in zoning codes to
p g ' p y recognize the changing nature of life styles .
occupancy standards ) . '
• preserving and increasing housing Allow flexibility to provide accessory units
affordability to accommodate elderly and other special
• accommodating higher densities needs persons .
attractively . . . .
•
ensuring that infill development Pnontize utility subsidies for energy
fits with
g . . p conservation toward lower aced housing,
the character of the existing neighborhood p g
• re - using existing housing Encourage the preservation and
• sharing living quarters rehabilitation of historic residential --
• using accessory structures as housing structures as a means of providing
• inter- generational housing affordable housing .
• assisted living options
Encourage the use of historic preservation
• accessory units incentives for rehabilitatinghistoric
• housing above commercial storefronts .
properties and adopt the State Historic
Building Code .
25 Sources : primarily Draft Joint Comprehensive
Housing Affordablility Strategy , 199M for Clark
County and the City of Vancouver, Housing and
Building Accessibility : The Law in Washington -
1992 .
Housing
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STATE OF WASHINGTON )
COUNTY OF CLARK ) ORDINANCE NO, 2075
AN ORDINANCE amending the Com -
prehensive Plan by revising provisions re-
lating to the Urban Growth Boundary, pro-
f , Michael Gallagher , being first viding for a mix of new residential develop -
dul sworn depose and say that I am the owner , editor , publisher ment of approximately 40 percent multi -
y p y , , P family and 60 percent single family, and
of The Post - Record , a weekly newspaper . That said newspaper is adopting strategies for affordable housing,
a legal newspaper and has been approved as a legal newspaper by WHEREAS, the Growth Management
order of the superior court in the county in which it is published and Act requires the City to adopt a Compre -
it is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of hensive Plan which contains provisions to
the publication hereinafter to published in the En lish language encourage the availability of affordable
P P ghousing and to promote a variety of residen-
continuously as a weekly newspaper in Camas , Clark County , tial . densities and housing types, and
Washington , and it is now and during all of said time was printed WHEREAS, the Growth Manauement
in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication Act further requires counties in cooperation
with local jurisdictions to establish urban
growth areas for each such city based upon
population projections and vacant land
that the ORDINANCE NO . 2 0 7 5 analyses, and
of said newspaper ,
WHEREAS , the Western Washington
Growth Management Hearings Board has
remanded to the City that portion of its
Comprehensive Plan for further work in
connection with the affordable housing re-
quirements of the Growth Management
Act, and
WHEREAS, the Western Washington
a printed copy of which is hereto annexed , wa a published in the Growth Management Hearings Board has
iio
entre ssue of said newspaper for remanded to Clark County the urban
successive and consecutive weeks in the following issues ; growth boundary for the City of Camas , -
and
Issue date June 2 5 , 19 9 6 WHEREAS ,
the
a City and the County
further studies of vacant
available land and have considered revised
population projections, and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to mod -
Issue date ify its Comprehensive Plan to reflect the rem
suits of the further studies and the proposed
revisions to the urban growth area, and
Issue date WHEREAS, the City further desires to
modify its Comprehensive Plan by adoption
=" � - of strategies for affordable housing, and
O o
WHEREAS , the City has conducted a
Issue date - public hearing before the Planning Comm. mission and has conducted a public hearing
" before the City Council ,
Issue date IV96 NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CAMAS DO ORDAIN
► �, AS FOLLOWS :
� `f Section I
Issue date ' � The Comprehensive Plan is amended to
include the amendments and additions set
The fee charged for the above publication was : forth Exhibit 1 attached hereto and by this
reference incorporated herein .
$ 46 . 80 Section II
a • This ordinance shall take force and be in
effect five (5 ) days from and after its publi -
cation according to law.
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PASSED by the Council and AP-
Pu ' sher PROVED by the Mayor this 17th day of
June , 1996,
V � 2 zg SIGNED : Dean Dossett, Mayor
Subscribed and sworn to before me this =-- ATTEST: /s/Joan M. Durgin , Clerk
APPROVED as to form :
/s/Roger D . Knapp, City Attorney
day of 19
No . 3964--June 25, 1996
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Notary Public in and for the
State of Washington ,
Residing at Camas , Washington
Publications in Post Record
The following Ordinance No . C `75 ; Z 014o , Z 077 was received
by the Post Record on m r % for publication on
Signature of person receiving Ordinance