Drafter
Clerk 01/26/2010
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the Sallal Water Association 2006, Revised July 2009, Water System Plan.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County adopted K.C.C. chapter 13.24, which requires approval of comprehensive plans for water and sewer utilities that distribute or obtain water 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 70.116.050 requires that water system plans developed by purveyors within the boundaries of a critical water supply service area be reviewed by local governments to ensure that the plan is not inconsistent with the land use plans, shoreline master programs and developmental policies of those local governments.
3. The Sallal Water Association's last water system plan was prepared in 2001. Both Washington state Department of Health and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.
4. The Sallal Water Association ("the association") is located in King County and has adopted a 2006, revised 2009, water system plan ("the plan").
5. King County has adopted a comprehensive plan that includes water supply policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-213 through F-245) that call for comprehensive plans to be consistent with other adopted plans, support for regional water supply planning, pursuit of reclaimed water and water conservation, and protection of water resources.
6. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires review of water system plans by the utilities technical review committee ("UTRC"), and that a recommendation be made to the King County executive and council on the plan and the requirements under K.C.C. chapter 13.24 and co...
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