Drafter
Clerk 10/18/2010
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Renton Long-Range Wastewater Management Plan, Final 2010.
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. Such 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 such 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 wastewater policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-245 through F-254), also 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. Both Washington state Department of Ecology ("DOE") and King County regulations require sewer plan approval prior to construction of new facilities.
4. The city of Renton ("the city") provides sewer service to a population of over forty-four thousand and an employment base of forty-nine thousand. Its service area includes the entire city and a small part of unincorporated King County. The service area is a mixture of residential, commercial, and light industrial, and includes portions of park and open spaces. The city's facilities discharge to the regional wastewater system operated by King County.
5. The city's service area has recently expanded with annexations and includes areas without sewer service. Its anticipated growth through 2030 will be largely mixed-use development and redevelopment construction. In addition, the cit...
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