Drafter
Clerk 05/27/2008
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the completion of ten farm pad alterations approved for the demonstration project established in Ordinance 15883; and declaring an emergency.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Ordinance 15883 established a demonstration project that allowed for the emergency repair and reconfiguration of existing livestock flood sanctuaries or converting existing livestock flood sanctuaries to farm flood pads within the Snoqualmie Agricultural Production District, and established that all work including inspections must be completed by December 31, 2007.
B. Using the process established by Ordinance 15883, the agriculture commission identified thirteen proposals to take part in the demonstration project. Of these, eleven projects followed through with the application for a shoreline exemption, and received shoreline exemption letters. One of the shoreline exemptions letters was rescinded after the landowner dropped out, leaving ten approved projects in the demonstration project.
C. The thirteen projects identified by the agriculture commission were modeled for compliance with floodplain management standards. The modeling showed that neither the individual nor the cumulative effects of the thirteen proposed farm pad alterations would result in a measurable rise in flood elevation, as defined in King County Code.
D. The shoreline exemption letters for each of the remaining ten projects specified the location of the farm pad alteration, the amount of fill that could be added, and the conditions under which the farm pad could be constructed.
E. Pursuant to Ordinance 15883, each landowner in the demonstration project signed a nonconversion agreement stating that the farm flood pad or livestock flood sanctuary would not be converted to any other use. The nonconversion agreements were recorded on the title with the King County records, elections and licensing ...
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