Purpose and Interpretation | Zoning Districts
21.04.010 Purpose and Interpretation A. Purpose
2. Applicability. This chapter and SDC 21.09.070 authorize the director to issue interpretations on regulations related to controls placed on development or land use activities by the City, including but not limited to zoning ordinances, critical areas ordinances, shoreline master program requirements, official controls, subdivision ordinances, and binding site plan ordinances, together with any amendments thereto. Nothing in this chapter and SDC 21.09.070 shall prevent interpretations related to the applicability of specific regulatory requirements contained within the Sammamish Municipal Code to individual projects. Further, nothing in this chapter or SDC 21.09.070 shall preclude the director
The general purposes of this Chapter are:
1. To encourage land use decision making in accordance with the public interest and applicable laws of the state of Washington;
2. To protect the general public health, safety, and welfare;
3. To implement the City of Sammamish interim comprehensive plan’s policies and objectives through land use regulations; 4. To provide for the economic, social, and aesthetic advantages of orderly development through harmonious groupings of compatible and complementary land uses and the application of appropriate development standards; 5. To provide for adequate public facilities and services in conjunction with development; and 6. To promote general public safety by regulating development of lands containing physical hazards and to minimize the adverse environmental impacts of development.
or hearing examiner from interpreting a regulatory requirement during the course of a public hearing.
C. Interpretation—General
1. In case of inconsistency or conflict, regulations, conditions, or procedural requirements that are specific to an individual
land use shall supersede regulations, conditions, or procedural requirements of general application.
2. A land use includes the necessary structures to support the use unless specifically prohibited or the context clearly indicates otherwise. 3. In case of any ambiguity, difference of meaning, or implication between the text and any heading, caption, or illustration, the text and the permitted use tables in Chapter 21.05 SDC shall control. All applicable requirements shall govern a use whether or not they are cross-referenced in a text section or land use table.
B. Interpretation—Applicability and intent
1. Intent. This chapter and SDC 21.09.070 establish the procedure by which the City of Sammamish will render a formal interpretation of a development regulation. The purpose of such an interpretation includes clarifying conflicting or ambiguous provisions in the City’s development regulations.
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 191
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