King County - File #: 2001-0246

• File #: 2001-0246
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/30/2001
• In control: Growth Management and Unincorporated Areas Committee
• On agenda: 8/27/2001
• Final action: 8/27/2001
• Enactment date: 9/7/2001
• Enactment #: 14187
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to determination of sensitive area designations, describing a process for determining the designation of sensitive areas; amending Ordinance 10870, Section 464, and K.C.C. 21A.24.170, Ordinance 13332, Section 28, and K.C.C. 27.10.130 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 21A.24.
• Sponsors: Cynthia Sullivan, David W. Irons
• Indexes: DDES/DPER, Sensitive Areas, Zoning
• Code sections: 21A.10.130 - , 21A.24 - , 21A.24.170 -
• Related files: 2024-0408

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/27/2001	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed	Pass
7/17/2001	2	Growth Management and Unincorporated Areas Committee	Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent	Pass
7/3/2001	1	Growth Management and Unincorporated Areas Committee	Deferred
6/19/2001	1	Growth Management and Unincorporated Areas Committee	Deferred
6/5/2001	1	Growth Management and Unincorporated Areas Committee	Deferred
4/30/2001	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Drafter
Clerk 07/24/2001
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AN ORDINANCE relating to determination of sensitive area designations, describing a process for determining the designation of sensitive areas; amending Ordinance 10870, Section 464, and K.C.C. 21A.24.170, Ordinance 13332, Section 28, and K.C.C. 27.10.130 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 21A.24.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 21A.24 a new section to read as follows:
Sensitive area designation. A.1. A property owner or the property owner's agent may request a sensitive area designation for part or all of a site, without seeking a permit for a development proposal, by filing with the department a written application for a sensitive area designation on a form provided by the department. If the request is for review of a portion of a site, the application shall include a map identifying the portion of the site for which the designation is sought.
2. The designation shall be limited to the following determinations:
a. The existence, location, and boundaries of any stream, wetland, coal mine hazard area, landslide hazard area or steep slope on the site; and
b. The classification of any stream or wetland.
3. The designation shall not include any evaluation or interpretation of the applicability of sensitive area buffers or other sensitive area standards to a future development proposal.
B. In preparing the sensitive area designation, the department shall perform a sensitive area review to:
1. Determine whether any sensitive area that is subject to this designation process exists on the site and confirm its type, location, boundaries and classification;
2. Determine whether a special study is required to identify and characterize the location, boundaries and classification of the sensitive area;
3. Evaluate the special study, if required; and
4. Document the existence, location and classific...