Wash. Admin. Code § 365-196-700 - Background
(1) For counties and
cities subject to its terms, the act mandates the development of comprehensive
plans and development regulations that meet statutory goals and requirements.
These comprehensive plans and development regulations will take their place
among existing laws relating to resource management, environmental protection,
regulation of land use, utilities and public facilities. Many of these existing
laws were neither repealed nor amended by the act .
(2) The circumstances outlined in subsection
(1) of this section place responsibility both on local growth management
planners and on administrators of preexisting programs to work toward producing
a single harmonious body of law.
(3) The need to consider and recognize other
laws should profoundly influence, limit, and shape planning and decision making
under the act . At the same time, in recognition of the broad and fundamental
changes intended by creation of the growth management scheme, prior programs
should be interpreted and directed, to the maximum extent possible, in a manner
consistent with the products of the comprehensive growth management system, as
described in WAC
365-196-305,
365-196-500, and
365-196-510.
(4) The far-reaching nature of the act and
the wide variety of possible outcomes under its authority dictate that
identification of all the points of contact between its products and other laws
will have to be elaborated over time. The entire process of determining how the
act fits into the overall legal framework will, of necessity, be an incremental
one.
(5) A conscious effort to
address the requirements of other existing law is an essential step in adopting
and amending local plans and regulations. This need poses an unprecedented
challenge to all governmental entities - municipalities, counties, regional
authorities, special purpose districts and state agencies - to communicate and
collaborate. The act is a mandate to government at all levels to engage in
coordinated planning and cooperative implementation.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 36.70A.050 and 36.70A.190. 10-03-085, § 365-196-700, filed 1/19/10, effective 2/19/10.
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