File #: 2024-0329    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: In Committee
File created: 10/22/2024 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the King County Code Title 23 update report in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 90, as amended by Ordinance 19712, Section 64, Proviso P1.
Sponsors: Sarah Perry
Indexes: Budget, King County
Attachments: 1. A. Code Enforcement Process Improvement and Proposed Title 23 Amendments, September 30, 2024, 2. 2024-0329 Transmittal Letter, 3. 2024-0329 Legislative Review Form
Related files: 2022-0374, 2023-0355, 2024-RPT0123

Drafter

Clerk 09/30/2024

Title

A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the King County Code Title 23 update report in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 90, as amended by Ordinance 19712, Section 64, Proviso P1.

Body

                     WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 90, as amended by Ordinance 19712, Section 64, Proviso P1, states that $250,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a King County Code Title 23 update report, a proposed ordinance implementing the recommendations in the report, and a motion that should acknowledge receipt of the report. The proviso also states that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

                     A.  A description of the county's existing code enforcement process, as outlined in K.C.C. Title 23 and administrative procedures, and a description of the ways the code enforcement process has changed from what is described in 2015-RPT0150;

                     B.  An evaluation of any changes made to the code enforcement process from what is described in 2015-RPT0150, including whether the timeframe between initial complaint through resolution has been shortened;

                     C.  Recommendations for ways that the county's existing code enforcement process, including K.C.C. Title 23, and other parts of the King County Code that address land use code enforcement and the county's administrative procedures could be revised to reduce the length of time between initial complaint and resolution; and

                     D.  Recommendations for provisions of the county's development regulations, including but not limited to, K.C.C. Titles 6, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19A, 20, 21A, 27 and 27A, that could be amended in order to simplify the land use code enforcement process, including to reduce the length of time between initial complaint and resolution.

                     Additionally, the proviso states that the executive should electronically file the report, proposed ordinance, and motion required by this proviso no later than September 30, 2024, with the clerk of the council, who shall retain an electronic copy and provide an electronic copy to all councilmembers, the council chief of staff, and the lead staff for the local services and land use committee or its successor, and

                     WHEREAS, the King County executive transmitted to the council a King County Code Title 23 update report, which is titled Code Enforcement Process Improvement and Proposed Title 23 Amendments, and

                     WHEREAS the King County Code Title 23 update report is submitted by the King County department of local services to fulfill the proviso's reporting obligations;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The council acknowledges receipt of the King County Code Title 23 update

report, titled Code Enforcement Process Improvement and Proposed Title 23 Amendments, which is Attachment A to this motion.