Drafter
Clerk 7/13/2007
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the Seattle Public Utilities 2007 Water System Plan Update as a comprehensive water system plan, with findings.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County has adopted 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. RCW 43.20.260 requires that water system plans for any new industrial, commercial, or residential use are to 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 policies in its provisions for Facilities and Services (Policies F-225 through F-244) that, inter alia, 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 Seattle's Water System Plan in November, 2001. Both state Department of Health ("DOH") and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.
4. Seattle Public Utilities ("SPU") operates the largest water supply system in the state. It provides service to over six hundred twenty-eight thousand people in its retail service area within the Seattle city limits, and also provides water to twenty-one wholesale water ut...
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