Freight Rail Dependent Uses Advisory Committee March 28, 2018 Jose - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Freight Rail Dependent Uses Advisory Committee March 28, 2018 Jose Alvarez, Community Planning Agenda Welcome and Introductions Ground rules Review of ESB 5517, policy language & overlay map Overview of council charge
Advisory Committee – March 28, 2018
Jose Alvarez, Community Planning
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Amendments to Growth Management Act
regulations
with existing language about conservation of resource lands
Multimodal transportation improvements and strategies
government services in rural lands
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Comprehensive plan amendments
strategies
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Clark County Comprehensive Plan changes ESB 5517
Land Use Element
Freight Rail Dependent Uses Overlay This designation is implemented with an overlay zone that identifies parcels where freight rail dependent uses adjacent to the short line railroad may be permitted.
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(9) "Freight rail dependent uses" means buildings and other infrastructure that are used in the fabrication, processing, storage, and transport of goods where the use is dependent on and makes use of an adjacent short line railroad. (19) "Short line railroad" means those railroad lines designated Class II or Class III by the United States surface transportation board.
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Clark County Comprehensive Plan changes ESB 5517
Rural and Natural Resource Element
Freight Rail Dependent Uses Goal: Support freight rail dependent uses where the use is dependent on and makes use of the short line railroad, as defined by the Surface Transportation Board.
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(9) "Freight rail dependent uses" means buildings and other infrastructure that are used in the fabrication, processing, storage, and transport of goods where the use is dependent on and makes use of an adjacent short line railroad. (19) "Short line railroad" means those railroad lines designated Class II or Class III by the United States surface transportation board.
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Clark County Comprehensive Plan changes ESB 5517 Rural and Natural Resource Element Policy 3.9.1: Support freight rail dependent uses in rural lands, as well as agriculture, forest and mineral resource lands, where the use is dependent on and makes use of the short line railroad within the county.
Section 2
(9) "Freight rail dependent uses" means buildings and other infrastructure that are used in the fabrication, processing, storage, and transport of goods where the use is dependent on and makes use of an adjacent short line railroad.
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Any county located to the west of the crest of the Cascade mountains …may adopt development regulations to assure that agriculture, forest, and mineral resource lands adjacent to short line railroads may be developed for freight rail dependent uses.
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Clark County Comprehensive Plan changes ESB 5517
Rural and Natural Resource Element
3.9.2: Freight rail dependent uses will be allowed
adjacent rural and resource uses.
Section 3
(1)(a) Each county that is required or chooses to plan under… shall adopt development regulations…, to assure the conservation of agricultural, forest, and mineral resource lands designated under RCW 36.70A.170. Any county located to the west of the crest of the Cascade mountains …may adopt development regulations to assure that agriculture, forest, and mineral resource lands adjacent to short line railroads may be developed for freight rail dependent uses.
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Clark County Comprehensive Plan changes ESB 5517 Rural and Natural Resource Element 3.9.3: Freight rail dependent uses means buildings and other infrastructure that are used in the fabrication, processing, storage, and transport of goods where the use is dependent on and makes use of an adjacent short line railroad. Such facilities are both urban and rural development. Clark County may include development of freight rail dependent uses on land adjacent to a short line railroad in the transportation element of this plan. The County may also modify development regulations to include development of freight rail dependent uses that do not require urban governmental services in rural lands.
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(2) Any county located to the west of the crest of the Cascade mountains …, may include development of freight rail dependent uses on land adjacent to a short line railroad .... Such counties and cities may also modify development regulations to include development of freight rail dependent uses that do not require urban governmental services in rural lands.
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Clark County Comprehensive Plan changes ESB 5517 Transportation Element 5.4 System Mobility Policies 5.4.5 Improve mobility and access for the movement of goods and services on the short line railroad to enhance and promote economic
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Planned and effective access to railroad services is a pivotal aspect of transportation planning. The legislature affirms that it is in the public interest to allow economic development infrastructure to
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Clark County Comprehensive Plan changes ESB 5517 Transportation Element Implementation strategies
maintained, and operated to provide efficient movement of truck and rail traffic.
technology to alert motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians to the presence and anticipated length of closures due to train crossings.
locations where train crossings result in significant delays and safety issues for other traffic, and improve the safety and operational conditions at rail crossings of streets.
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(1) The transportation element required by RCW 36.70A.070 may include, in addition to improvements or strategies to accommodate the impacts of development authorized under RCW 36.70A.070(6)(b), multimodal transportation improvements or strategies that are made concurrent with the development. (2) Any county located to the west of the crest of the Cascade mountains that has both a population
development of freight rail dependent uses on land adjacent to a short line railroad in the transportation element required by RCW 36.70A.070…
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Clark County Comprehensive Plan changes ESB 5517 Transportation Element Implementation Strategies, continued
intermodal freight connections involving Port terminals, rail yards, industrial areas, interchange tracks and regional highways.
by rail where appropriate, and promote efficient operation of freight rail lines.
movements have on adjacent residential neighborhoods and on resource uses.
coordinate land use plans and policies to preserve and protect rail corridors, and take into account community needs in relation to the rail system.
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(1) The transportation element required by RCW 36.70A.070 may include, in addition to improvements or strategies to accommodate the impacts of development authorized under RCW 36.70A.070(6)(b), multimodal transportation improvements or strategies that are made concurrent with the development. (2) Any county located to the west of the crest of the Cascade mountains that has both a population
development of freight rail dependent uses on land adjacent to a short line railroad in the transportation element required by RCW 36.70A.070…
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Developing the criteria for the overlay
uses and residential properties
Overlay Zones
An overlay zone is a zoning district which is applied over one or more previously established zoning districts, establishing additional or stricter standards and criteria for covered properties in addition to those of the underlying zoning district.
Rural Lands
The Rural land use designation is intended to provide lands for residential living in the rural area.
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related to freight rail dependent uses to be adopted in 2018.
energy products and chemicals deemed hazardous
make up 90% of rail freight
5517 with particular emphasis on the terms “dependent on” and “makes use of” to refine use list
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Grain Food Products Fertilizers
crude oil)
Coal Crude oil Ethanol
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Lumber Steel Stone Sand Gravel
Bulk Commodities make up 91% of national rail freight
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Tasks Descrip riptio ion Sta tart D t Date te End D Date Goal Update title 40 freight rail dependent uses 2018 2018 Action Council work session Feb 7 Feb 7 Action Council hearing to amend public participation plan Mar 13 Mar 13 Action FRDUAC Mar 28 Mar 28 Action FRDUAC Apr 18 Apr 18 Action FRDUAC May 9 May 9 Action FRDUAC (if needed) May 23 May 23 Deliv livera rable le Draft title 40 amendments June 1 June 1 Action Council work session (Check-in) Jun 13 Jun 13 Deliv livera rable le All documents posted for comment Jun 14 Jun 14 Action Open house – Prairie high school Ju1 11 Ju1 11 Action FRDUAC (placeholder) TBD TBD Deliv livera rable le State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) (30 days) Aug 21 Sep 19 Action 15-day notice Planning Commission hearing (Columbian & Reflector) Sep 5 Sep 20 Action 30-day notice SEPA (Columbian & Reflector) Aug 21 Aug 21 Action Development Engineering Advisory Board (DEAB) Aug 2 Aug 2 Action Clark County Planning Commission work session Aug 16 Aug 16 Action Commerce 60-day review (60 days) Aug 2 Sep 23 Action Clark County Planning Commission hearing Sep 20 Sep 20 Action Council work session Oct 3 Oct 3 Action 15-day notice Council hearing (Columbian & Reflector) Oct 8 Oct 22 Action Council hearing + adopting ordinance Oct 23 Oct 23 Deliv livera rable le Effective (10 days after Council hearing) Nov 3 Nov 3
(March 28, 2018)
coverage, building height, landscaping, site design ... etc.)
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