Drafter
Clerk 10/20/2007
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to implementing recommendations from the 2005 rural economic strategies report; amending Ordinance 9614, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.82.140, Ordinance 10870, Section 330, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.030, Ordinance 10870, Section 332, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.050, Ordinance 10870, Section 333, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.060, Ordinance 10870, Section 334, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.070 and Ordinance 10870, Section 335, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.080 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 21A.06.
Body
SECTION 1. Ordinance 9614, as amended, and K.C.C. 16.82.140 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Under a Class IV-G forest practice, all clearing not otherwise exempted under this chapter shall be subject to this chapter. All such clearing subject to the state Environmental Policy Act, chapter 43.21C RCW, and King County shall accept or assume lead agency status. The department shall consolidate its review of the Class IV-G application with its SEPA review and its review of associated King County development permits or approvals.
B. Except as otherwise provided in subsections D. and E. of this section, for six years after the forest practice commenced, the department shall deny a development proposal on a site when the activity was:
1. A Class II, III or IV special forest practice, as defined in chapter 76.09 RCW;
2. A nonconversion Class IV-G forest practice, as defined in K.C.C. chapter 21A.06: or
3. Undertaken without forest practices or county authorization.
C. Subsection B. of this section applies to a development proposal for:
1. The subdivision of land;
2. The preparation or construction of a new residential or commercial structure; and
3. Any other development proposal that is not related to ongoing forestry.
D. The department may approve a development proposal on a site subject to subsection B. of this section if:
1.a. The ...
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