LIST OF RCW CITATIONS APPLICABLE TO BOUNDARY REVIEW BOARD
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Decision to be consistent with Growth Management Act |
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Who must plan - Summary of requirements - Development regulations must implement comprehensive plans |
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Planning goals (1) Urban growth (2) Reduce sprawl (3) Transportation (4) Housing (5) Economic development (6) Property rights (7) Permits (8) Natural resource industries (9) Open space and recreation (10) Environment (11) Citizen participation and coordination (12) Public facilities and services (13) Historic preservation |
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Comprehensive plans - Urban growth areas |
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County-wide planning policies |
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Siting of Essential Public Facilities – Limitations on Liabilities |
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States Environmental Policy Act |
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Factors to be considered - Incorporation proceedings exempt from state environmental policy act. (1) Population and territory
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Objectives of boundary review board (1) Preservation of natural neighborhoods and communities. (2) Use of physical boundaries, including but not limited to bodies of water, highways, and land contour. (3) Creation and preservation of logical service areas. (4) Prevention of abnormally irregular boundaries (5) Discouragement of multiple incorporations of small cities and encouragement of incorporation of cities in excess of 10K population in heavily populated urban areas. (6) Dissolution of inactive special purpose districts (7) Adjustment of impractical boundaries. (8) Incorporation as cities or towns or annexation to cities or towns of unincorporated areas which are urban in character (9) Protection of agricultural and rural lands which are designated for long term productive agricultural and resource use by a comprehensive plan adopted by the county legislative authority. |