Drafter
Clerk 12/06/2024
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Southwest Suburban Sewer District General Sewer Plan Update dated July 2024.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County has adopted K.C.C. chapter 13.24, which requires approval of comprehensive plans for water and sewer utilities that provide service in unincorporated King County as a prerequisite for operating in unincorporated King County, receiving approval for annexation proposals, being granted right of way franchises, and being given approval for right of way construction permits. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 prescribes the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. RCW 57.16.010 requires general comprehensive plans by special purpose district be submitted to, and be approved by, the legislative authority within whose boundaries all or a portion of a utility lies.
3. The Southwest Suburban Sewer District's last sanitary sewer system plan was approved in 2009. King County regulations require sanitary sewer system plans to be updated every six years.
4. The Southwest Suburban Sewer District's wastewater system has a service area within unincorporated King County and has adopted a comprehensive wastewater system plan ("the plan").
5. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes policies F-101 through F-264, the applicable portions of which address sanitary sewer policies for facilities and services; these sanitary sewer policies call for consistency with other adopted plans, pursuit of reclaimed water, water conservation, and protection of water resources.
6. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires the utilities technical review committee to review, and make a recommendation to the King County executive and council on the plan, the requirements under K.C.C. chapter 13.24, and consistency with the King County Comprehensive Plan. The utilities technical review committee has reviewed the planning data and system operations and has fou...
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