File #: 2016-0495    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Lapsed
File created: 10/24/2016 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/1/2017
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE setting the fees and costs to be paid by a utility company applying for a franchise or using the right-of-way of county roads under a franchise; amending Ordinance 17515, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.675.020, Ordinance 17515, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.675.030, Ordinance 1710, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.27.020, Ordinance 1710, Section 3, and K.C.C. 6.27.030, Ordinance 10171, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.27.054, Ordinance 1710, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.27.060 and Ordinance 1711, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.44.040 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 6.27.
Sponsors: Dave Upthegrove
Indexes: Budget, Franchises
Code sections: 14.44.040 - , 4A.675.020 - ., 4A.675.030 - ., 6.27 - ., 6.27.020 - , 6.27.030 - ., 6.27.054 - , 6.27.060 - .
Attachments: 1. 2016-0495 legislative review form.pdf, 2. 2016-0495 fiscal note.xlsx, 3. 2016-0495 transmittal letter.doc, 4. 2016-0495_SR_RES_Franchise_Fee_And_Provisions.pdf, 5. 2016-0495_ATT2_AMD1.pdf, 6. 2016 FEE ORDINANCES readvertise Seattle Times 10-26-16.doc, 7. fee notice Affidavit of Pub Seattle Times 10-1-16.pdf, 8. 2016-0495_Amendment_S1_10-31-16.docx
Staff: Kim, Andrew
Drafter
Clerk 10/20/2016
Title
AN ORDINANCE setting the fees and costs to be paid by a utility company applying for a franchise or using the right-of-way of county roads under a franchise; amending Ordinance 17515, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.675.020, Ordinance 17515, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.675.030, Ordinance 1710, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.27.020, Ordinance 1710, Section 3, and K.C.C. 6.27.030, Ordinance 10171, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.27.054, Ordinance 1710, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.27.060 and Ordinance 1711, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.44.040 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 6.27.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. RCW 36.75.020 grants King County broad authority to establish and regulate the use of county roads.
B. RCW 36.55.010 authorizes King County "to grant franchises . . . to use the right-of-way of county roads . . . for the construction and maintenance of waterworks, gas pipes, telephone, telegraph, and electric light lines, sewers and any other such facilities."
C. RCW 80.32.010 authorizes the legislative authority of King County to grant authority and prescribe the terms and conditions for the construction, maintenance and operation of electrical lines for the transmission of electrical power upon, over, along or across the county streets and roads.
D. King County grants franchises to public and private utility companies that authorize the utility companies to use the right-of-way of county roads to provide utility service within King County and elsewhere. Franchises grant a valuable property right to utility companies to use the right-of-way, which allows the utility companies to profit and benefit from the use of the right-of-way in a manner not generally available to the public.
E. Utility companies must apply for a franchise to use the right-of-way under K.C.C. chapter 6.27. Franchises are memorialized in a franchise ...

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