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Clerk 6/5/2007
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AN ORDINANCE relating to transportation concurrency; adopting a requirement to include an annual report and form an expert review panel to review transportation concurrency updates; and amending Ordinance 14050, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.70.270.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 14050, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.70.270 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The traffic model for concurrency shall be updated annually as part of the budget process or when authorized by the county council by ordinance. The update process shall include the most recently adopted roads CIP, updated traffic volumes and updated information regarding issuance of concurrency certificates, development approvals and development activity. The traffic model shall conform to the guidelines and procedures described by the Federal Highway Administration in its publication entitled Calibration and Adjustment of System Planning Models dated December 1990 or its successor. Each update of the traffic model shall be used to produce a new concurrency map and table of estimated vehicle trips for monitored zones. The concurrency map and table of estimated vehicle trips for monitored zones shall be submitted to council for its approval by ordinance. The updates of the traffic model shall be deemed adequate for the purposes of concurrency analysis and the concurrency map shall be used to determine the concurrency of proposed residential development projects. The traffic model shall be used to prepare the concurrency map and to perform site specific analysis for nonresidential projects.
B. An annual report shall be prepared by the road services division on the concurrency program update. The annual report shall explain the technical assumptions, land use changes, network changes and other parameters used to update the concurrency model. The annual report shall be submitted to the counci...
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