25.220.020 Zoning.
(1) Petition Method. The City will not require simultaneous zoning for an annexation area as provided in Chapter 35A.14 RCW under the 60 percent petition method. Zoning for a given annexation area under the 60 percent method will be determined through a public process utilizing the Hearing Examiner as follows:
(a) After acceptance of an initial 10 percent annexation petition by the City Council and prior to Council action on a valid 60 percent petition, the Hearing Examiner shall hold a zoning determination hearing.
(b) Notice of a zoning determination hearing for a pending annexation shall be given by publication in the newspaper on two separate dates, one of which shall be at least 10 days prior to the hearing.
(c) In addition to notification by publication in the newspaper, notice shall be mailed directly to each property owner in the proposed annexation area and to the County.
If the anticipated zoning as indicated in the Comprehensive Plan prescribes any zoning other than a low-density single-family designation, notice of the zoning determination hearing shall also be mailed directly to all property owners within 300 feet of the proposed annexation area.
(d) The Hearing Examiner’s zoning determination recommendation shall be forwarded to the City Council on or about the time the Council holds a public hearing on a 60 percent petition. Following adoption of an ordinance annexing property to the City, the Council shall adopt separate ordinances for the establishment of zoning.
(2) Other Methods. Zoning for other methods of annexation can be established by either following generally the process in subsection (1) of this section, or, at the election of the City Council, the procedures provided in Chapter 35A.14 RCW. [Ord. 4496 § 12, 2020; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 § 25.96.020.]