Requires that a county or city, while planning for new urban growth, must include enough area that will accommodate the building of necessary facilities for new population growth, such as hospitals, government,institutional,commercial, service,and retail facilities among others. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Local Government & Housing Committee on January 30, 2009
Substitute offered in the House on February 12, 2009
Clarifies that planning for the accommodation of medical, governmental, educational, institutional, commercial, and industrial facilities need only be done when such planning is appropriate under the circumstances faced by the planning jurisdiction.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on February 12, 2009
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 17, 2009
Requires that as part of the Growth Management Act (GMA) planning process, cities and counties must plan for the inclusion of areas sufficient to accommodate specific types of urban growth, including, but not limited to, medical, governmental, institutional, commercial, service, retail, and other nonresidential land uses. Requires that in planning for county-wide economic development and employment under the GMA, counties must include consideration of the
future development of commercial and industrial facilities
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Signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire on April 17, 2009