Drafter
Clerk 03/12/2009
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AN ORDINANCE approving the 2007 King County Water District No. 111 Water Comprehensive Plan.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County has adopted King County Code ("K.C.C.") chapter 13.24, which requires approval of comprehensive plans for water and sewer utilities that distribute or obtain water, or provide sewer collection or treatment, 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. 13.24.060 prescribes the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. Revised Code of Washington ("RCW") 43.20.260 requires that water system plans for any new industrial, commercial, or residential use be consistent with the requirements of any comprehensive plans or development regulations adopted under chapter 36.70A RCW or any other applicable comprehensive plan, land use plan, or development regulation adopted by a city, town or county for the service area. King County has adopted a comprehensive plan that includes water supply and wastewater policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-226 through F-254) that call for consistency with other adopted plans, support for regional water supply planning, pursuit of reclaimed water and water conservation and protection of water resources.
3. King County last approved King County Water District No. 111's Water System Comprehensive Plan ("the plan") in 1997, with amendments to that plan being approved in 2002. Both Washington state Department of Health ("DOH") and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years; the district has been pursuing an update of the plan for the past several years.
4. King County water district no. 111 ("the district") operates in the southern pa...
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