Drafter
Clerk 07/31/2009
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the Southwest Suburban Sewer District 2006 Comprehensive Sewer Plan Update.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires approval of comprehensive plans for sewer utilities as a prerequisite to granting right-of-way franchises and approval for right-of-way construction permits. The plans or their updates must be submitted to the county at least once every six years, and more frequently if circumstances call for an earlier submittal.
2. K.C.C. 13.24.060 requires that the plans 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. The King County Comprehensive Plan, which includes water supply and wastewater policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-225 through F-244), likewise calls 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. RCW 57.16.010(6) requires that any general comprehensive plan of any water-sewer district be approved, conditionally approved or rejected by the legislative authority of every county within whose boundaries all or a portion of the district lies. The county legislative authority is to make its determination based on:
a. whether the actions outlined in the plan comply with the development program outlined in the county's comprehensive plan;
b. whether the actions outlined in the plan comply with any approved basin wide water or sewerage plan; and
c. whether the actions outlined in the plan comply with the policies expressed in any county plan for water and/or sewage facilities.
4. Both Washington state Department of Ecology and King County regulations require sewer plans to be approved befor...
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