Natural resource lands and critical areas—Designations.

  1. Law
  2. Revised Code of Washington
  3. Counties
  4. Growth Management—Planning by Selected Counties and Cities.
  5. Natural resource lands and critical areas—Designations.

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(1) On or before September 1, 1991, each county, and each city, shall designate where appropriate:

(a) Agricultural lands that are not already characterized by urban growth and that have long-term significance for the commercial production of food or other agricultural products;

(b) Forestlands that are not already characterized by urban growth and that have long-term significance for the commercial production of timber;

(c) Mineral resource lands that are not already characterized by urban growth and that have long-term significance for the extraction of minerals; and

(d) Critical areas.

(2) In making the designations required by this section, counties and cities shall consider the guidelines established pursuant to RCW 36.70A.050.

[ 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 § 17.]


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