Drafter
Clerk 05/04/2023
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to less restrictive alternative community housing; amending Ordinance 10870, Section 84, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.06.220, Ordinance 10870, Section 330, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.030, Ordinance 10870, Section 367, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.14.070, Ordinance 10870, Section 368, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.14.080, Ordinance 10870, Section 388, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.16.030, and Ordinance 10870, Section 407, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.18.030 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 21A.06.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Persons committed under chapter 71.09 RCW may petition the court for a conditional release to less restrictive alternative subject to the conditions of the chapter.
B. In accordance with RCW 71.09.090 and RCW 71.09.096, the Washington state Department of Social and Health Services has the primary responsibility for developing a less restrictive alternative placement that will satisfy the conditions set forth in RCW 71.09.092.
C. Fair share principles of release mean that each county has adequate options for conditional release housing placements in a number generally equivalent to the number of residents from that county who are subject to total confinement under chapter 71.09 RCW.
D. Ordinance 14503 established regulations for secure community transition facilities in unincorporated King County.
E. Residences used for less restrictive alternative placement would be considered single family under the current definitions in K.C.C. Title 21A.
F. It is in the public interest to notify residents and ensure compliance with local and state regulations when a residence is proposed for use as less restrictive alternative community housing in unincorporated King County.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 21A.06 a new section to read as follows:
Less restrictive alternative community housing: A residenc...
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