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A. For amendments to the Comprehensive Plan policies (other than the capital facilities planning element, or the capital facilities financing plan) or land use map, the City must:

1. Accept petitions per AMC 19.16.040;

2. Docket amendments per AMC 19.16.050;

3. Perform environmental review of the docket per AMC 19.16.060;

4. Provide all public notices per AMC 19.16.070;

5. Perform review by the Planning Commission per AMC 19.16.080; and

6. Offer additional opportunities for public comment if required per AMC 19.16.090;

7. Adopt all amendments by ordinance simultaneously each year except for amendments that qualify for one of the exceptions in RCW 36.70A.130(2)(a).

B. For amendments to the development regulations, the City must:

1. Accept petitions per AMC 19.16.040 and docket amendments per AMC 19.16.050, or the City may itself initiate the process of adopting or amending development regulations at any time;

2. Provide all public notices per AMC 19.16.070;

3. Perform review by the Planning Commission per AMC 19.16.080;

4. Offer additional opportunities for public comment if required per AMC 19.16.090; and

5. Adopt all amendments by ordinance.

C. For amendments to the capital facilities planning element, or the capital facilities financing plan, the City must:

1. Update the capital facilities financing plan at least once every two years;

2. Ensure the financing plan is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, as required by RCW 36.70A.070, and includes at least the next six years of capital facilities expenditures;

3. Ensure the financing plan is consistent with the City budget;

4. Hold a public hearing and offer a written comment period of at least two weeks;

5. Provide public notice consistent per AMC 19.16.070;

6. Offer additional opportunities for public comment if required per AMC 19.16.090;

7. Adopt the amendments to the capital facilities planning element, or the capital facilities financing plan, by ordinance into the City’s Comprehensive Plan; and

8. Consistent with the provisions for timing of amendments to the Comprehensive Plan identified in RCW 36.70A.130, adopt the amendments either:

a. Simultaneous with the docket of annual amendments to the Comprehensive Plan; or

b. Simultaneous with adoption or amendment of the City budget. (Ord. 3004 § 2 (Att. A), 2017; Ord. 2992 § 1 (Att. A), 2016)