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1998 Ordinances

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NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

AGENDA BILL

APPROVAL DATE

98-001

Ordinance adopting short term planning area overlay maps to implement the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-170B

1/13/98

98-002

Ordinance adopting development regulations related to growth management and land use development for the purposes of regulatory consistency with the official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-169B

1/13/98

98-003

Ordinance authorizing adoption of a biennial budget for fiscal year 1999 - 2000

AB97-407

1/13/98

98-004

Ordinance establishing a 25 mph speed limit on the entire length of Lakeview Street ()

AB98-067

2/10/98

98-005

Ordinance establishing a 25 mph speed limit on all roads within the plat of Padden Heights

AB98-068

2/10/98

98-006

Ordinance establishing a 25 mph speed limit on all roads within the plat of Point Whitehorn

AB98-069

2/10/98

98-007

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map, Mineral Resources Lands Special Districts for consistency with the Comprehensive Plan

AB98-070

2/10/98

98-008

Request to amend the Solid Waste Disposal District Excise Tax Ordinance to facilitate consistency with RCW 36.58.140 and distribution of tax funds to Treasurer and Prosecutor to assist recovery of their costs

AB98-071

2/10/98

98-009

Ordinance amending the 1998 budget, request #1

AB98-073

2/10/98

98-010

Ordinance establishing time lines and procedures for submittal of proposed amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 20 and the official zoning map for Whatcom County, Planning Commission review, transmittal of proposed amendments to Washington State, and County Council approval thereof     

AB97-409

2/10/98

98-011

Ordinance establishing time lines and procedures for submittal, initiation, review and approval of proposed comprehensive plan amendments

AB97-410

2/10/98

98-012

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Light Impact Industrial (LII) to Urban Residential Four Units Per Acre (UR4) for approximately 33 acres in the Birch Bay-Blaine Subarea

AB98-084

2/24/98

98-013

Ordinance adopting Interim Development Regulations relating to growth management and land use development for the purposes of regulatory consistency with the Official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-169C

3/10/98

98-014

Emergency Ordinance adopting Development Regulations relating to growth management and land use development for the purposes of regulatory consistency with the Official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan 

AB97-169D

3/10/98

98-015

Ordinance adopting Interim Zoning Overlay Maps to implement the short term planning areas designated in the Official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-170C

3/10/98

98-016

Emergency Ordinance adopting Zoning Overlay Maps to implement the short term planning areas designated in the Official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-170D

3/10/98

98-017

Ordinance amending the 1998 budget, request no. 2

AB98-102

3/10/98

98-018

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance to revise the standards for accessory housing units, the zones and locations where they are permitted and the procedure for processing applications

AB98-072

3/24/98

98-019

Ordinance establishing the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District in the Nooksack Watershed

AB98-046A

3/24/98

98-020

Ordinance amending the official Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance, Title 20, to allow commercial storage of personal recreational boat and trailers, recreational type vehicles and mini-storage as a conditional use in the Neighborhood Commercial Zone

AB98-112

3/24/98

98-021

Ordinance amending the official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural Five Acres (R5A) to Light Impact Industrial (LII) for approximately 24 acres and from Rural Five Acres (R5A) to General Commercial (GC) for approximately 23 acres in the Urban Fringe Subarea, plus an adjacent area of Interstate 5 right-of-way in the Cherry Point-Ferndale Subarea

AB98-113

3/24/98

98-022

Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 6.04, Animal Control

AB98-103

4/7/98

98-023

Ordinance authorizing the installation of stop signs on Whitehorn Way, east and west bound, at Holeman Avenue

AB98-133

4/7/98

98-024

Ordinance amending the 1998 budget, request No. 3

AB98-138

4/7/98

98-025

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural Five Acres (R5A) to Light Impact Industrial (LII) for approximately 1.6 acres in the Cherry Point-Ferndale Subarea

AB98-134

4/7/98

98-026

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Commercial Forestry (CF) to Rural Forestry (RF) for approximately 37.50 acres in the South Fork Valley Subarea

AB98-135

4/7/98

98-027

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural Forestry (RF) to Rural Five Acres (R5A) for approximately 20.44 acres in the Foothills Subarea

AB98-136

4/7/98

98-028

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Agriculture (AG) to Rural Five Acres (R5A) for approximately 33 acres in the Lynden Nooksack Valley Subarea

AB98-137

4/7/98

98-029

Ordinance setting the due date for payment of service charges, authorizing collection of interest and penalties on delinquent payments of assessments on parcels in subzones, and establishing procedures for recordation and foreclosure of liens resulting from delinquencies

AB98-153

4/21/98

98-030

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural Ten Acres (R10A) to Rural Five Acres (R5A) for approximately 29.34 acres in the Foothills Subarea

AB98-151

4/21/98

98-031

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural Ten Acres (R10A) to Urban Residential Medium Density Six Units Per Acre (URM6) for approximately 39.4 acres in the Birch Bay-Blaine Subarea

AB98-152

4/21/98

98-032

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Agriculture (AG) to Rural Ten Acres (R10A) for approximately 60 acres in the Lynden-Nooksack Subarea

AB98-130

5/5/98

98-033

Ordinance amending WCC 12.44 to create a procedure for reimbursement of roadway construction costs that benefit others

AB98-177

5/5/98

98-034

Ordinance amending the 1998 Budget, request #4

AB98-178

5/5/98

98-035

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural Five Acres (R5A) to Urban Residential Four Units Per Acre (UR4) for approximately 412 acres in the Birch Bay-Blaine Subarea                                                        

AB98-175

5/5/98

98-036

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural Five Acres (R5A) to Neighborhood Commercial (NC) for approximately 1.18 acres of a 6.18 acre parcel in the Lynden-Nooksack Valley Subarea

AB98-176

5/5/98

98-037

Ordinance establishing a 2,000 foot portion of Van Wyck road located immediately easterly of the county maintained portion of said road as a public road

AB97-413A

5/5/98

98-038

Ordinance authorizing a system of assessment for Diking District No. 3

AB98-169A

5/19/98

98-039

Ordinance authorizing a system of assessment for Diking District No. 4

AB98-170A

5/19/98

98-040

Ordinance amending Ordinance 97-059, the 1998 Whatcom County Unified Fee schedule

AB98-201

6/2/98

98-041

Ordinance amending the 1998 Budget, request no. 5

AB98-203

6/2/98

98-042

Ordinance adopting the Urban Fringe Subarea Plan Land Use Element

AB98-213

6/2/98

98-043

Ordinance establishing Whatcom County Voting Precinct 81

AB98-210

6/2/98

98-044

Ordinance amending the 1998 Budget, request no. 6

AB98-227

6/16/98

98-045

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Zoning Map from Rural Ten Acres (R10A) to Rural Five Acres (R5A) for approximately 229 acres in the Birch Bay-Blaine Subarea

AB98-224

6/16/98

98-046

Ordinance amending WCC 8.28 litter and illegal dumping enforcement

AB98-211

6/30/98

98-047

Ordinance establishing Whatcom County Code 2.28, creating the Whatcom County Horticulture Pest and Disease Board

AB98-237

7/14/98

98-048

Ordinance amending the Official Whatcom County Code, Chapter 16.08, State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), as required by the November 10, 1997, amendments to the State of Washington Department of Ecology SEPA Rules

AB98-253

7/14/98

98-049

Ordinance amending the 1998 Budget, request #7

AB98-277

7/28/98

98-050

Ordinance amend zoning from R10A to R5A for 240 acres in Foothills Subarea

AB98-212

8/11/98

98-051

Ordinance in the matter of accepting Academy Road as a Public Road

AB98-314A

9/15/98

98-052

Ordinance in the matter of accepting Delta Road as a Public Road

AB98-314B

9/15/98

98-053

Ordinance in the matter of accepting Mertz Road as a Public Road

AB98-314D

9/15/98

98-054

Ordinance in the matter of accepting Tilbury Road as a Public Road

AB98-314E

9/15/98

98-055

Ordinance in the matter of accepting View Haven Lane as a Public Road

AB98-314F

9/15/98

98-056

Emergency ordinance establishing Agricultural Nutrient Management Provisions

AB98-254A

9/15/98

98-057

Ordinance amending Ordinance 97-045, establishing a code of ethics for elected public officials

AB98-194A

9/15/98

98-058

Emergency ordinance adopting development regulations relating to growth management and land use development for the purposes of regulatory consistency with the Official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-169E

9/15/98

98-059

Emergency ordinance adopting zoning overlay maps to implement the short term planning areas designated in the Official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-170E

9/15/98

98-060

Ordinance amending Title 20, the Official Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance, to eliminate the minimum lot size requirements for public facilities in the Rural District

AB98-318

9/15/98

    98-061

Ordinance amending Ordinance 84-22, to bring Whatcom County Code 2.09 into conformance with the Whatcom County Charter

AB98-337

9/29/98

    98-062

Ordinance revising Whatcom County Code Section 15.24 regarding manufactured home installations

AB98-338

9/29/98

    98-063

Ordinance authorizing a charge to provide revenue for the Acme/VanZandt Sub-Zone Flood Control Zone District, setting a due date for payment of service charges authorizing collection of interest and penalties on delinquent payments of assessments and establishing procedures for recordation and foreclosure of liens resulting from delinquencies

AB98-279A

9/29/98

    98-064

Ordinance authorizing a charge to provide revenue for the Lynden/Everson Sub-Zone Flood Control Zone District, setting a due date for payment of service charges authorizing collection of interest and penalties on delinquent payments of assessments and establishing procedures for recordation and foreclosure of liens resulting from delinquencies

AB98-280A

9/29/98

    98-065

Ordinance authorizing a charge to provide revenue for the Sumas/Nooksack/Everson Sub Zone Flood Control Zone District, setting a date for payment of service charges authorizing collection of interest and penalties on delinquent payments of assessments and establishing procedures for recordation and foreclosure of liens resulting from delinquencies

AB98-281A

9/29/98

    98-066

Ordinance amending the 1998 Budget, request No. 8

AB98-315

9/29/98

    98-067

Ordinance amending Ordinance 97-073, authorizing excess cash in certain funds to benefit same

AB98-336

9/29/98

    98-068

Ordinance adopting zoning overlay maps to implement the short term planning areas designated in the Official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-170F

9/29/98

    98-069

Ordinance amending Ordinance 98-019, Whatcom County Code Chapter 16.20, regarding the Whatcom County Shellfish Protection Districts

AB98-099

9/29/98

    98-070

Emergency Ordinance regarding Adult Entertainment in Whatcom County

AB98-368

10/13/98

    98-071

Ordinance regarding establishment of speed limits within a school zone - Nooksack Elementary School

AB98-365

10/27/98

    98-072

Ordinance creating the Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence and establishing Whatcom County Code ____ (chapter # to be assigned)

AB98-366

10/27/98

    98-073

Ordinance amending the 1998 Budget, request #9

AB98-367

10/27/98

    98-074

Ordinance establishing Whatcom County Code 16.28, Manure and Agricultural Nutrient Management

AB98-254B

10/27/98

    98-075

Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code Chapter 17.20, Flood Prevention Maintenance Program

AB98-363A

     11/10/98

    98-076

Ordinance establishing the speed limit on Emery Road

AB98-377

     11/10/98

    98-077

Emergency Ordinance adopting development regulations relating to growth management and land use development for the purposes of regulatory consistency with the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-169G

     11/10/98

    98-078

Ordinance adopting amendments to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Title 20 Zoning Text

AB98-171B

     11/24/98

    98-079

Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for county and state purposes in Whatcom County, Washington for the year 1999, pursuant to Home Rule Charter Section 6.10

AB98-379

     11/24/98

    98-080

Ordinance adopting the 1999 Whatcom County Unified Fee Schedule

AB98-380

     11/24/98

    98-081

Ordinance adopting the final budget of Whatcom County for the year 1999 and restricting the expenditure of certain funds therein

AB98-381

     11/24/98

    98-082

Ordinance adopting amendments to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Title 20 Zoning Maps

AB98-171C

     11/24/98

    98-083

Ordinance adopting development regulations relating to growth management and land use development for the purpose of regulatory consistency with the Official Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan

AB97-169F

     12/8/98

    98-084

Ordinance authorizing the issuance of limited tax general obligation bonds in the amount of $3,335,000 for repayment of the interfund loan and improvements for the civic center building

AB98-417

     12/8/98

    98-085

Ordinance amending Ordinance 91-076 to clarify governing and administrative structure for county-wide Flood Control Zone District

AB98-408

     12/8/98

    98-086

Ordinance establishing a moratorium on acceptance of applications for, and issuance of, use permits and building permits, and business licenses for adult entertainment, adult theater, and adult use establishments

AB98-394

     12/8/98

    98-087

Ordinance amending the 1998 Budget, Request No. 10

AB98-410

     12/8/98