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Zoning Text Amendments
The information below will connect you to current and upcoming projects that are updating the regulations the City uses to evaluate development projects and the future growth. These projects are part of the Planning Work Program approved by the City Council under Resolution 1843-21.
Blaine Municipal Code (BMC) Chapter 17.04 establishes the process for amendments to the Zoning Code, which includes a public hearing before the Planning Commission, who recommends action on the amendment request to City Council. The City Council is the decision-maker for text amendments.
The Department will be initiating these amendments throughout the year.
| Item | Applicant | Proposal | Notes | Schedule (Tentative) | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City | Periodic update of development regulations for critical areas | State mandated periodic update pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130. | 2021 Q1 – 2021 Q4 | |
| 2 | Citizen-Initiated | Revise Manufacturing Subzone B zone to permit live-work units as an accessory use. | 2021 Q1 – 2021 Q233 | See Project Page | |
| 3 | City | Revise Highway Commercial, Subzone C zoning district standards. | 2021 Q1 – 2021 Q2 | See Project Page | |
| 4 | City | Amend Central Business District standards to eliminate a Conditional Use Permit process for use of public plazas. | 2021 Q3 – 2021 Q4 | See Project Page | |
| 5 | City | Amend Title 17 to identify the Hearing Examiner as the appropriate review authority for quasi-judicial land use decisions. | Required to comply with RCW 35A.63.110 (Code cities). | 2021 Q2 – 2021 Q3 | See Project Page |
| 6 | City | Update Sign Code contained in Chapter 17.122 BMC. | Required to respond to the Supreme Court judicial review findings | 2021 Q3 – 2021 Q4 | |
| 7 | City | Amend Wireless Facility Regulations contained in BMC 17.106.030. | Required to respond to provisions contained in the Spectrum Act as well as subsequent Declaratory Rulings issued by the Federal Communications Commission interpreting the Spectrum Act. | 2021 Q3 – 2021 Q4 | |
| 8 | City | Amend Binding Site Plan provisions contained in Chapter 17.64 BMC | Required to bring the current provisions into consistency with RCW 58.17.035. | 2021 Q4 – 2022 Q1 |
https://www.ci.blaine.wa.us/1064/Title-17---Permit-Process-Amendments