Industrial land banks

AN ACT Relating to extending the deadline for a rural county 1
collecting the sales and use tax for economic development purposes to 2
designate industrial land banks under the growth management act; and 3
amending RCW 36.70A.367. 4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
Sec. 1. RCW 36.70A.367 and 2014 c 149 s 1 are each amended to 6
read as follows: 7
(1) In addition to the major industrial development allowed under 8
RCW 36.70A.365, a county planning under RCW 36.70A.040 that meets the 9
criteria in subsection (5) of this section may establish, in 10
consultation with cities consistent with provisions of RCW 11
36.70A.210, a process for designating a bank of no more than two 12
master planned locations for major industrial activity outside urban 13
growth areas. 14
(2) A master planned location for major industrial developments 15
may be approved through a two-step process: Designation of an 16
industrial land bank area in the comprehensive plan; and subsequent 17
approval of specific major industrial developments through a local 18
master plan process described under subsection (3) of this section.19
(a) The comprehensive plan must identify locations suited to 20
major industrial development due to proximity to transportation or 21
H-0445.1
HOUSE BILL 2006
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representative Ybarra
Read first time 02/20/25. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
p. 1 HB 2006
resource assets. The plan must identify the maximum size of the 1
industrial land bank area and any limitations on major industrial 2
developments based on local limiting factors, but does not need to 3
specify a particular parcel or parcels of property or identify any 4
specific use or user except as limited by this section. In selecting 5
locations for the industrial land bank area, priority must be given 6
to locations that are adjacent to, or in close proximity to, an urban 7
growth area. 8
(b) The environmental review for amendment of the comprehensive 9
plan must be at the programmatic level and, in addition to a 10
threshold determination, must include: 11
(i) An inventory of developable land as provided in RCW 12
36.70A.365; and 13
(ii) An analysis of the availability of alternative sites within 14
urban growth areas and the long-term annexation feasibility of sites 15
outside of urban growth areas. 16
(c) Final approval of an industrial land bank area under this 17
section must be by amendment to the comprehensive plan adopted under 18
RCW 36.70A.070, and the amendment is exempt from the limitation of 19
RCW 36.70A.130(2) and may be considered at any time. Approval of a 20
specific major industrial development within the industrial land bank 21
area requires no further amendment of the comprehensive plan.22
(3) In concert with the designation of an industrial land bank 23
area, a county shall also adopt development regulations for review 24
and approval of specific major industrial developments through a 25
master plan process. The regulations governing the master plan 26
process shall ensure, at a minimum, that: 27
(a) Urban growth will not occur in adjacent nonurban areas;28
(b) Development is consistent with the county's development 29
regulations adopted for protection of critical areas;30
(c) Required infrastructure is identified and provided concurrent 31
with development. Such infrastructure, however, may be phased in with 32
development; 33
(d) Transit-oriented site planning and demand management programs 34
are specifically addressed as part of the master plan approval;35
(e) Provision is made for addressing environmental protection, 36
including air and water quality, as part of the master plan approval;37
(f) The master plan approval includes a requirement that 38
interlocal agreements between the county and service providers, 39
including cities and special purpose districts providing facilities 40
p. 2 HB 2006
or services to the approved master plan, be in place at the time of 1
master plan approval; 2
(g) A major industrial development is used primarily by 3
industrial and manufacturing businesses, and that the gross floor 4
area of all commercial and service buildings or facilities locating 5
within the major industrial development does not exceed ten percent 6
of the total gross floor area of buildings or facilities in the 7
development. The intent of this provision for commercial or service 8
use is to meet the needs of employees, clients, customers, vendors, 9
and others having business at the industrial site, to attract and 10
retain a quality workforce, and to further other public objectives, 11
such as trip reduction. These uses may not be promoted to attract 12
additional clientele from the surrounding area. Commercial and 13
service businesses must be established concurrently with or 14
subsequent to the industrial or manufacturing businesses;15
(h) New infrastructure is provided for and/or applicable impact 16
fees are paid to assure that adequate facilities are provided 17
concurrently with the development. Infrastructure may be achieved in 18
phases as development proceeds; 19
(i) Buffers are provided between the major industrial development 20
and adjacent rural areas; 21
(j) Provision is made to mitigate adverse impacts on designated 22
agricultural lands, forestlands, and mineral resource lands; and23
(k) An open record public hearing is held before either the 24
planning commission or hearing examiner with notice published at 25
least thirty days before the hearing date and mailed to all property 26
owners within one mile of the site. 27
(4) For the purposes of this section: 28
(a) "Major industrial development" means a master planned 29
location suitable for manufacturing or industrial businesses that: 30
(i) Requires a parcel of land so large that no suitable parcels are 31
available within an urban growth area; (ii) is a natural resource-32
based industry requiring a location near agricultural land, 33
forestland, or mineral resource land upon which it is dependent; or 34
(iii) requires a location with characteristics such as proximity to 35
transportation facilities or related industries such that there is no 36
suitable location in an urban growth area. The major industrial 37
development may not be for the purpose of retail commercial 38
development or multitenant office parks. 39
p. 3 HB 2006
(b) "Industrial land bank" means up to two master planned 1
locations, each consisting of a parcel or parcels of contiguous land, 2
sufficiently large so as not to be readily available within the urban 3
growth area of a city, or otherwise meeting the criteria contained in 4
(a) of this subsection, suitable for manufacturing, industrial, or 5
commercial businesses and designated by the county through the 6
comprehensive planning process specifically for major industrial use.7
(5) This section and the termination provisions specified in 8
subsection (6) of this section apply to a county that at the time the 9
process is established under subsection (1) of this section:10
(a) Has a population greater than ((two hundred fifty thousand )) 11
250,000 and is part of a metropolitan area that includes a city in 12
another state with a population greater than ((two hundred fifty 13
thousand)) 250,000; 14
(b) Has a population greater than ((one hundred forty thousand )) 15
140,000 and is adjacent to another country; 16
(c) Has a population greater than ((forty thousand )) 40,000 but 17
less than ((seventy-five thousand )) 75,000 and has an average level 18
of unemployment for the preceding three years that exceeds the 19
average state unemployment for those years by ((twenty)) 20 percent; 20
and 21
(i) Is bordered by the Pacific Ocean; 22
(ii) Is located in the Interstate 5 or Interstate 90 corridor; or23
(iii) Is bordered by Hood Canal; 24
(d) Is east of the Cascade divide; and 25
(i) Borders another state to the south; or 26
(ii) Is located wholly south of Interstate 90 and borders the 27
Columbia river to the east; 28
(e) Has an average population density of less than ((one 29
hundred)) 100 persons per square mile as determined by the office of 30
financial management, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and by 31
Hood Canal; or 32
(f) Meets all of the following criteria: 33
(i) Has a population greater than ((forty thousand )) 40,000 but 34
fewer than ((eighty thousand)) 80,000; 35
(ii) Has an average level of unemployment for the preceding three 36
years that exceeds the average state unemployment for those years by 37
((twenty)) 20 percent; and 38
(iii) Is located in the Interstate 5 or Interstate 90 corridor.39
p. 4 HB 2006
(6) In order to identify and approve locations for industrial 1
land banks, the county shall take action to designate one or more 2
industrial land banks and adopt conforming regulations as provided by 3
subsection (2) of this section on or before the last date to complete 4
that county's next periodic review under RCW 36.70A.130(4) that 5
occurs prior to December 31, 2016. The authority to take action to 6
designate a land bank area in the comprehensive plan expires if not 7
acted upon by the county within the time frame provided in this 8
section. Once a land bank area has been identified in the county's 9
comprehensive plan, the authority of the county to process a master 10
plan or site projects within an approved master plan does not expire.11
(7) A county may designate one or more industrial land banks if:12
(a) The county did not designate an industrial land bank prior to 13
December 31, 2016;14
(b) The county is a rural county as defined in RCW 82.14.370 15
which has enacted a sales and use tax for economic development 16
purposes; and17
(c) The county takes action to designate one or more industrial 18
land banks and adopt conforming regulations as provided by subsection 19
(2) of this section on or before the last date to complete that 20
county's next periodic review under RCW 36.70A.130(5) that occurs 21
prior to December 31, 2027.22
(8) Any county seeking to designate an industrial land bank under 23
this section must: 24
(a) Provide countywide notice, in conformity with RCW 36.70A.035, 25
of the intent to designate an industrial land bank. Notice must be 26
published in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation 27
reasonably likely to reach subscribers in all geographic areas of the 28
county. Notice must be provided not less than thirty days prior to 29
commencement of consideration by the county legislative body; and30
(b) Make a written determination of the criteria and rationale 31
used by the legislative body as the basis for siting an industrial 32
land bank under this chapter. 33
(((8))) (9) Any location included in an industrial land bank 34
pursuant to section 2, chapter 289, Laws of 1998, section 1, chapter 35
402, Laws of 1997, and section 2, chapter 167, Laws of 1996 , or this 36
section shall remain available for major industrial development 37
p. 5 HB 2006
according to this section as long as the requirements of this section 1
continue to be satisfied. 2
--- END ---
p. 6 HB 2006