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City of Bellingham Municipal Code


Title 13 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 70 MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT

13.70.060 - CONCURRENCY APPROVAL

A. The City shall not grant concurrency approval or issue a Temporary Certificate of Concurrency for a proposed development permit application unless there are adequate transportation facilities and person trips available on the existing or the committed transportation system to serve the new development.

B. If the concurrency evaluation shows that adequate person trips are available, then the concurrency application shall be approved. The Public Works Director shall issue a finding of concurrency approval and a Temporary Certificate of Concurrency.

1. A Temporary Certificate of Concurrency must be issued prior to determination of complete application for a development permit.

2. A Temporary Certificate of Concurrency shall expire exactly one year after the date of issue by the Public Works Department.

C. The determination of concurrency approval shall become final at the time of final development permit approval as per Section 13.70.070.

D. The issue of concurrency approval may be raised as part of any appeal of the development permit for which the concurrency approval was granted.

E. If a Temporary Certificate of Concurrency is issued for a proposed development, but the proposed development permit is denied, expires, or is voluntarily withdrawn, then the Temporary Certificate of Concurrency will be rescinded and transportation capacity will not be reserved for that development.

[Ord. 2008-12-113; Ord. 2006-04-041]

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