Snohomish County Planning and Development Services

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1 Aaron Reardon Snohomish County Planning and Development Services Clay White, Director County Executive 3000 Rockefeller Avenue M/S #604 Everett, WA (425) FAX (425) MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Kathryn Bratcher, Clerk of the Council Tom Niemann, Planning Supervisor, PDS Spring 2011 Current Use Taxation Program Applications DATE: September 14, 2011 The purpose of this memo is to transmit individual staff recommendations on Open Space General and Open Space Timber applications referred to the Department of Planning and Development Services (PDS) via motion from December 1, 2010 May 31, 2011 (Spring 2011). The Spring 2011 transmittal is comprised of a total of 27 applications concerning portions of parcels within unincorporated Snohomish County totaling approximately 726 acres: 6 applications are requests for new classification o 5 of the 6 applications are requests for Open Space Timber. o The remaining application is a request for Open Space General. 21 applications are requests for transfers from one open space classification to another o 20 of the 21 applications are requests to transfer from Open Space Farm & Agriculture to Open Space General Farm & Agriculture. o The remaining application is a request to transfer from Open Space Timber to Open Space General. A staff recommendation for each of the 27 applications is attached, along with a summary table (Matrix). If all of the Spring 2011 applications recommended for approval by staff are approved by the Snohomish County Council, there would be a net increase of acres in the Current Use Taxation Program. The ECAF transmittals for the 27 Current Use Taxation Program applications have already been provided to the county council by the Assessor s Office. As in the past, PDS staff recommendations on the applications are being transmitted directly to the county council. PDS has determined that all 27 applications meet the standards and requirements for open space classification under Chapter 4.28 Snohomish County Code (SCC), Chapter Revised Code of Washington (RCW), and Chapter Washington Administrative Code (WAC). A list of the designation criteria and standards for the Open Space General and Open Space Timber tax classifications is attached to this memo. 1

2 PDS recommends that the county council take the actions indicated in the attached matrix for the 27 Current Use Taxation Program applications. Staff would like to bring attention to the 20 applications requesting transfers from Open Space Farm & Agriculture to Open Space General Farm & Agriculture. The majority of these 20 requests result from audits conducted by the Assessor s Office. The findings of the audits conducted by the Assessor s Office revealed that these properties generally no longer meet the income criteria that allowed for classification initially. Provisions in RCW allow properties such as these to remain in the Current Use Taxation Program by allowing reclassification to a conservation category of open space farm and agricultural land. Based on staff review, PDS finds that these 20 applications automatically satisfy the criteria selected. Therefore, PDS recommends approval for all 20 requests for transfers from Open Space Farm & Agriculture to Open Space General Farm & Agriculture. In addition to the above 20 applications requesting transfers, the five new applications for Open Space Timber are accompanied by a timber management plan consistent with state and local requirements. The one new application for Open Space General qualifies as a site within an urban area which is to be retained in its natural state. The final application, a transfer from Open Space Timber to Open Space General, qualifies as an undeveloped, natural area under shoreline management jurisdiction. The Spring 2011 batch of applications does not include any requests for land within an incorporated area. cc w/encl: cc w/o encl.: Debby Sundheim, Exemptions Coordinator, Assessor s Office Sheila McCallister, Assistant Clerk of the Council Brian Parry, Executive Director Clay White, PDS Director Enclosures: 1. Criteria: Open Space General and Open Space Timber 2. Matrix Containing PDS Staff Recommendations 3. Overview Map (1) 4. Individual Staff Recommendations (27) 2

3 Open Space Spring 2011 Matrix PDS Staff Recommendations to the Snohomish County Council Appl. # Applicant Tax Parcel #(s) Total Acreage Classification Requested 3008 Martinez Transfer acres 3009 Bear Classify 7 acres as OST 3010 Meeds Hudson O Connor Transfer 9.31 acres Transfer acres Transfer acres 3013 Pigott Transfer 4.32 acres 3015 Parks Transfer 9.40 acres 3016 Wilson Hardee Northlake Christian Church Classify acres as OST Classify 8.51 acres as OST 6.89 Classify 3.56 acres as OSG Recommendation ECAF # Basis for Recommendation of acres 7.0 of acres 9.31 of acres of acres of acres 4.32 of 5.32 acres 9.40 of acres of acres 8.51 of acres 3.56 of 6.89 acres Criterion (4) Sites within urban areas to be left in their natural state where the site is of at least 1-acre in size and is predominately forested with mature specimen trees. Page 1 of 3

4 Open Space Spring 2011 Matrix PDS Staff Recommendations to the Snohomish County Council Appl. # Applicant Tax Parcel #(s) 3020 Roggenbuck Total Acreage Classification Requested Classify acres as OST 3022 Kono Transfer 8.42 acres 3023 Washington Federal S&L Association 3024 Hauberg-Page & Peabody Transfer acres Transfer acres 3025 Pearson Transfer acres 3026 Johnson Transfer 5.0 acres 3027 Pisac Transfer 4.07 acres 3028 Nordstrom Transfer acres Recommendation ECAF # Basis for Recommendation acres 8.42 of 9.42 acres acres of acres acres 5.0 of 5.0 acres 4.07 of 5.07 acres of acres Page 2 of 3

5 Open Space Spring 2011 Matrix PDS Staff Recommendations to the Snohomish County Council Appl. # Applicant Tax Parcel #(s) 3029 Laxton Total Acreage Classification Requested Transfer acres 3030 Dodge Transfer 9.04 acres Recommendation ECAF # Basis for Recommendation of acres 9.04 of acres Potter McCarty Hanson, Karla Transfer acres 70.0 Transfer 70.0 acres Transfer acres 3034 Hanson, Kelda Transfer 9.11 acres 3035 Thelen Transfer acres OST to OSG 3037 Chamberlin Classify 6.1 acres as OST 3040 Moore Transfer acres of acres 70.0 acres of acres 9.11 acres of acres 6.1 acres of acres Criterion (6) Undeveloped, natural areas adjacent to water bodies which come under the jurisdiction of the State Shoreline Management Act and are designated by the master plan as natural, conservancy, rural, suburban or urban type environment. Page 3 of 3

6 88th Ave W I 5 SR 9 S Granite Ave Wagner Township 31 Township 32 Township 30 Township 29 Island County Township 28 Township 27 WOODWAY SR nd Ave NW EDMONDS 76th Ave NW STANWOOD Chen- Picnic Point Fisher 208th St SW 66th Ave W SR th Ave NW 300th St NW Kelda Hanson (3034) 84th Ave W Marine Dr NW Frank Waters Karla Hanson (3033) Kayak Point SR 99 Happy Hollow nault W Lake Goodwin SR 525 Beach MUKILTEO 50th Ave W 176th St SW LYNNWOOD Beverly Park Shelby I - 5 MOUNTLAKE TERRACE 244th St SW Range 4 Range 5 Range 6 Skagit County Range 7 SR 532 Norman Marine Dr 35th Ave W 196th St SW 44th Ave W 220th St NW E Lake Goodwin SR 525 Valley SR th St NW Larch Wy SR 526 Airport SR 99 BRIER 28th Ave NW NW Creek Merrill Pkwy Cypress Wy Larson Happy McCarty (3032) McRae EVERETT 112th St SW Ash Way King County 16th Ave NW Logan Pioneer Hwy W Casino 4th Ave W I th St SW I Hauberg-Page Peabody (3024) 268th St NE Sill Moore (3040) SR 527 Evergreen Way Everett Mall Wy SR 527 BOTHELL SR 527 Colby Ave 15th Dodge (3030) Forty Five W Marine View Dr Broadway 172nd 23rd Ave Hewitt Ave Broadway Ave 27th Ave NE SR 96 MILL CREEK 168th St SE 180th St SE Northlake Christian Church (3018) Maltby 45th Ave SE Larimer Home Acres SR 9 Stanwood Bryant SR 529 Smokey Point Blvd 47th Ave NE SR 530 ARLINGTON 152nd St 136th St 116th St NE 51st Ave NE 88th St NE Lowell 39th Ave SE I 5 148th St SE Shoultes St NE 132nd St NE MARYSVILLE 67th Ave NE SR th St NE Lowell Snohomish River 51st Ave 228th St SE SR 524 Way Grandview Pigott (3013) Pearson (3025) 100th St NE 60th St SE Pisac (3027) Johnson (3026) Cathcart 204th St NE 108th St NE Lun 87th Ave Ave Heights 60th St deen SR 522 Arlington Ave NE Pkwy 99th Ave NE Jordan Burn 84th St NE 83rd Ave NE Soper Hill Sunnyside Blvd Broadway 99th Ave NE ies Granite Falls Hwy LAKE STEVENS Dav 20th St SE 83rd Ave SE Marsh Tveit SR 531 SR 9 SR nd St SE SNOHOMISH 164th St SE 95th 132nd St NE Elliott 115th Ave NE S Machias 123rd Ave NE 228th St NE Parks (3015) 88th St 131st Ave 139th Ave Wash. Federal (3023) Wallitner Burn SR 92 Jim Creek SR 522 Ok Newberg Dubuque Three Lakes Old Snohomish Monroe Hudson (3011) Carlson 163rd SR 522 Bridge Jordan Mill Trombley 100th St NE Bear (3009) Potter (3031) Chamberlin (3037) O'Conner (3012) Martinez (3008) High 179th Ave SE 154th St SE MONROE Crescent Lake 48th St NE W Main St SR 203 E Stanley St Creswell Storm Lake Wilson (3016) Robe Menzel GRANITE FALLS Menzel Lake Mero Old Owen Mountain Loop Hwy Roggenbuck (3020) Lake Woods Creek Roesiger Meeds (3010) Florence Acres Ben Howard Laxton (3029) Kono (3022) Everett Watershed Thelen (3035) Woods Lake Nordstrom (3028) SULTAN 323rd Ave SE SR nd St SE Range 8 Range 9 339th Ave SE Hardee (3017) GOLD BAR May Creek 415th Ave SE DARRINGTON SR 530 INDEX Snohomish County Spring 2011 Open Space Applications Legend Application Property Incorporated City Urban Growth Area Boundary Township-Range Grid Snohomish County Miles Snohomish County disclaims any warranty of merchantability or warranty of fitness of this map for any particular purpose, either expressed or implied. No representation or warranty made concerning the accuracy, currency, completeness or quality of data depicted on this map. Any user of this map assumes all responsibility for use thereof, and further agrees to hold Snohomish County harmless from and against any damage, loss, or liability arising from any use of this map. Produced by Snohomish County Department of Planning and Development Services, Cartography/GIS Map Document: (W:\plng\carto\openspace\applications\openspace11\ SpringApplications\Maps\OpenSpace_Spring 2011_countywide_11x17.mxd 8/24/2011