AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; clarifying the definition of vessel and consistently using the term vessel in the Shoreline Master Program; and amending Sections 23.60A.204, 23.60A.916, and 23.60A.942 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Report of the Planning Land Use and Zoning Committee Agenda Limit Constable 119471 relating to land use and zoning, clarifying the definition of vessel and consistently using the term vessel in the shoreline master program and amending sections 23.60 8.204. 916 and point 942. Sea out on a speaker. The committee recommends the bill passes amended. Councilmember Pacheco So this legislation clarifies the city's definition of a vessel to address a ruling from the hearing examiner in December of 2016. The clarification will. Return the vessel definition to its original. Intention and will close a loophole that has allowed non. Operable formerly recreational vessels to be verified by the. City as floating on water. Residences. This loophole has led to an uptick. In on honorable. Vessels being verified. And could lead to many more if we do. Not act today. As part of the. Consideration of this legislation, my. Office and others met with stakeholders, including the Lake Union Liveaboard Association, to better understand their concerns. The proposed. Changes do not affect any existing floating on water. Residences. I'd like to I'd like to thank Councilmember Herbal for bringing an amendment in committee which reaffirmed this fact. And so with that said. We also want to. Thank thank Central Staff Keo specifically for his assistance on this bill. Thank you very much. Are there any questions or comments? If not, please call the role on the passage of the bill. Pacheco. I want a big shot. Gonzalez, i. Herbold, i. Whereas mosquera i. O'Brien Hi. President Harrell, i. Nine in favor and unopposed. Bill passed and Cheryl of it. Agenda items nine and ten. If there's no objection, I'd like to do by unanimous consent, I'd like to reverse the order of session. We can here agenda item number ten. Before nine, I've been told by the chair of the committee comes from Brian. It flows a little better that way. So if I don't hear any objection, I'm going to ask and direct the clerk to read agenda item number 10/1 and then we'll come back to nine after that. Okay? Okay. Please read it. You're not number ten.