File #: 2003-0506    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/10/2003 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/15/2003
Enactment date: 12/26/2003 Enactment #: 14815
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to funding code enforcement costs from the abatement fund; amending Ordinance 13263, Section 33, as amended, and K.C.C. 23.24.140 and repealing Ordinance 14526, Section 5, as amended.
Sponsors: Dow Constantine
Indexes: Abatements, DDES/DPER, Enforcement, Funds
Code sections: 23.24.140 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14815.pdf, 2. 2003-0506 Department of Development and Environmental Services-Abatement Sub-Fund-Non-Cx Financial Plan.xls, 3. 2003-0506 Form 5-Department of Development and Environmental Services Non-Cx Financial Plan-2004 Department Proposed Budget.xls, 4. 2003-0506 Ordinance Fiscal Note-Dated 110503.pdf, 5. 2003-0506 Revised Staff Report 12-15-03 , 6. 2003-0506 Staff Report (12-10-03).doc, 7. 2003-0506 Transmittal Letter.pdf
Drafter
Clerk 12/10/2003
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AN ORDINANCE relating to funding code enforcement costs from the abatement fund; amending Ordinance 13263, Section 33, as amended, and K.C.C. 23.24.140 and repealing Ordinance 14526, Section 5, as amended.
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      BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
      SECTION 1.  Ordinance 13263, Section 33, as amended, and K.C.C. 23.24.140 are hereby amended to read as follows:
      Code compliance and abatement fund - authorized.  (((Effective until January 1, 2004.)))
      All moneys collected from the assessment of civil penalties, from the recovery of the costs of pursuing code compliance and abatement, and from the recovery of abatement costs, both retroactively and prospectively, except those moneys designated for the ((S))sensitive ((A))areas ((M))mitigation ((F))fund as set forth in K.C.C. chapter 21A.24, shall be allocated to support expenditures for abatement and code enforcement administrative costs, including, but not limited to, personnel costs, and shall be accounted for through either creation of a fund or other appropriate accounting mechanism in the department issuing the notice and order under which the abatement occurred.  Withdrawals from the moneys collected under this section for the purpose of funding administrative costs within the code enforcement section of the department of development and environmental services shall not exceed one hundred seventy five thousand dollars in a calendar year.
      SECTION 2.  Ordinance 14526, Section 5, as amended, is hereby repealed.