Drafter
Clerk 12/13/2007
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to creating an appeal procedure for permit fee estimates issued by the department of development and environmental services under the project management program and for permit billings issued by the department of development and environmental services; amending Ordinance 4461, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.24.090, Ordinance 13332, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.24.450; adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 20.24, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 27.04 and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 27.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. On November 6, 2006, the Snohomish county superior court issued its "Order on Fourth Partial Summary Judgment Re: Reasonableness of Fees" in P & L Associates and Tiger Mountain v. King County, cause number 03-2-07977-9. The court issued its final judgment on May 4, 2007.
B. In those orders, the court required King County to institute an independent appeal process for challenges to permit billings and permit fee estimates issued by the department of development and environmental services under its project management program.
C. This ordinance implements the court's appeal requirements.
D. This ordinance establishes administrative processes for appeals of permit fees and permit fee estimates.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 20.24 a new section to read as follows:
A. As provided in K.C.C. chapter 27.__ (sections 10 through 19 of this ordinance), on appeals of permit fee estimates and billings by the department of development and environmental services, the examiner shall receive and examine the available information, conduct public hearings and issue final decisions, including findings and conclusions, based on the issues and evidence.
B. The examiner that conducts the appeal hearing or hearings under K.C.C. chapter 27.__ (sections 10 through 19 of this ordinance) ...
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