Drafter
Clerk 07/02/2021
Title
AN ORDINANCE related to surplus county real property; and amending Ordinance 12045, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.070 and Ordinance 12045, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.150.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 12045, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.070 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The facilities management division shall, no later than the end of the first quarter of the calendar year, maintain and update a current inventory of all county titled real property with detailed information as to current departmental custodianship, vacancies, uses and as to the characteristics that determine its economic value and potential uses. However, all county roads shall be excluded from this section. The facilities management division shall also maintain and update a list of departmental custodians that have not submitted the report required in subsection B. of this section.
B. No later than April 1 of each calendar year, each department shall submit a report to the facilities management division on the status of all real property for which the department is the custodian and include in the report whether or not the property is being used by the department or leased to another municipality or other party or whether or not the real property is vacant or unused. The report shall also include any change in use or status since the previous year's report.
C. County departments shall be required to report no later than April 1 of every year to justify departmental retention of all real property for which the department is the custodian to the facilities management division.
1. If in the judgment of the facilities management division a county department cannot justify the retention of real property for which it is the custodian or if a department determines that real property is surplus to its needs, the facilities management division shall determine whether any...
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