File #: 2024-0217    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reading
File created: 7/9/2024 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE revising permit review processes; and amending Ordinance 11622, Section 3, as amended and K.C.C. 16.02.260, Ordinance 14914, Section 104, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.03.120, Ordinance 1488, Section 7, as amended and K.C.C. 16.82.060, Ordinance 12196, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.020, Ordinance 12196, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.030, Ordinance 12196, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.040, Ordinance 12196, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.060, Ordinance 12196, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.100, and Ordinance 10870, Section 634, as amended, and K.C.C. 21.42.140, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 16.02, recodifying K.C.C. 16.82.060, and repealing Ordinance 12196, Section 12, and K.C.C. 20.20.050, Ordinance 12196, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.080, and Ordinance 10870, Section 618, and K.C.C. 21A.42.110.
Sponsors: Sarah Perry
Indexes: Permits
Attachments: 1. 2024-0217 transmittal letter, 2. 2024-0217 Commerce Acknowledge Letter, 3. 2024-0217 Fiscal Note, 4. 2024-0217 Public Notice of Intent to Amend, 5. 2024-0217 Summary of Proposed Ordinance, 6. 2024-0217 Legislative Review Form, 7. 2024-0217 SB 5290 Ordinance SEPA Exemption memo final, 8. 2024-0217_SR_PermitProcess_08212024_v2, 9. 2024-0217_Chair_Presentation, 10. 2024-0217_SR_PermitProcess_09112024, 11. 2024-0217 Chair Presentation, 12. 2024-0217 Seattle Times - Order #87752 - $391.50--11-01-24 Order 87752 (1545)
Staff: Auzins, Erin
Drafter
Clerk 07/01/2024
Title
AN ORDINANCE revising permit review processes; and amending Ordinance 11622, Section 3, as amended and K.C.C. 16.02.260, Ordinance 14914, Section 104, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.03.120, Ordinance 1488, Section 7, as amended and K.C.C. 16.82.060, Ordinance 12196, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.020, Ordinance 12196, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.030, Ordinance 12196, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.040, Ordinance 12196, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.060, Ordinance 12196, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.100, and Ordinance 10870, Section 634, as amended, and K.C.C. 21.42.140, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 16.02, recodifying K.C.C. 16.82.060, and repealing Ordinance 12196, Section 12, and K.C.C. 20.20.050, Ordinance 12196, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.20.080, and Ordinance 10870, Section 618, and K.C.C. 21A.42.110.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Chapter 36.70B RCW was updated by Chapter 338, Laws of Washington 2023 to require local governments to adopt specific time limits for land use and environmental permit review.
B. Under RCW 36.70B.140, local governments may exclude permit types that present special circumstances that warrant review process time periods that are different from those provided in chapter 36.70B RCW.
C. Permits whose approval is contingent on the prior approval of other permits present a special circumstance by effectively requiring two permit applications to be reviewed in the period set for one permit by chapter 36.70B RCW when concurrent review is requested. Where the prior approval is an adjustment under Title 21A, and where no separate permit is required, detailed review must be done for the subject permit in order to approve the adjustment, adding to the time needed for review.
D. Construction permits that are discovered to have needed prior approval of a variance or exception after the per...

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