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AN ORDINANCE relating to the public benefit rating system for open space land; amending Ordinance 15137, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.015, Ordinance 1076, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.020, Ordinance 1076, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.040, Ordinance 1076, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.060, Ordinance 4462, Section 7, and K.C.C. 20.36.070, Ordinance 4462, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.080, Ordinance 1886, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.090, Ordinance 10511, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.100, Ordinance 2537, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.110 and Ordinance 15137, Section 10, and K.C.C. 20.36.190 and repealing Ordinance 13332, Section 38, as amended, and K.C.C. 27.10.230.
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PREAMBLE:
King County adopted the public benefit rating system ("PBRS") in 1992. PBRS encourages voluntary open space resource protection on private lands by providing a tax benefit for owners of participating properties.
In 2005, King County adopted Ordinance 15137, which included the PBRS category requirements. Over time, the department of natural resources and parks has identified changes that will clarify requirements for applicants and improve the ability of the program staff to apply these requirements fairly and consistently. Changes are described in this preamble.
Current participants in PBRS who reapply for the purpose of receiving additional credit for implementing a restoration plan are not required to pay a fee for their reapplication. To improve consistency and promote best management practices, the amendment extends this limited fee waiver to reapplications for the purpose of receiving additional credit for implementing a forest stewardship plan or a farm management plan.
The public notice procedures for the PBRS approval process are more extensive under the King County Code than the requirements in state law. This ordinance revises the notice provisions of K.C.C. 20.36.060 to be consist...
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