Drafter
Clerk 04/23/2009
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Pacific 2008 Water System Plan.
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 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 and wastewater policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-226 through F-254) that 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. Both Washington state Department of Health ("DOH") and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years; the city of Pacific ("the city") has been pursuing an update of its water system plan ("the plan") for the past several years.
4. The city's service area is located in the southwestern part of King County and the northernmost part of Pierce County and includes parts of unincorporated King County. In 2006, the city provided service to a population of 6,303, equating to 2,447 total equivalent residential units ...
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