Drafter
Clerk 06/06/2006
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to river and floodplain management, adopting the 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan as a technical appendix to the King County Comprehensive Plan; and amending Ordinance 263, Article 2, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.010 and Ordinance 11112, Section 1, and K.C.C. 20.12.480.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Six major river systems flow through King County - the South Fork Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Sammamish, Cedar, Green and White rivers - and their significant tributaries, the Tolt, Raging, Miller and Greenwater rivers. Other tributaries and smaller streams include Tokul creek, Kimball creek, Coal creek (Snoqualmie), Issaquah creek, Fifteen Mile creek and Holder creek.
2. River and stream flooding impact private property, businesses, public and private infrastructure such as parks and utilities, transportation corridors, and can directly and indirectly result in loss of life.
3. King County adopted the policies of the 1993 Flood Hazard Reduction Plan as operating principles to guide King County's river management program and to meet the intent of the water and natural resource policies of the 1994, 2000 and 2004 King County Comprehensive Plans. The 1993 Flood Hazard Reduction Plan is listed as a capital facilities element of the King County Comprehensive Plan 2004 in Technical Appendix A (Capital Facilities).
4. The 2006 Flood Hazard Management Plan is an update to the 1993 Flood Hazard Reduction Plan to respond to aging flood protection infrastructure and unmet maintenance needs, new or updated federal regulatory requirements, environmental impacts of past flood hazard management practices and changes in watersheds since 1993.
5. The 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan meets the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System, which provides a thirty-five percent discount on federally backed flood insurance premiums for unincorporated King County property owners. Savings are approximately two hundred eighty-three dollars per year for the average flood insurance policy.
6. The 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan complies with the federal Disaster Mitigation Act and will assure that King County remains eligible and competitive for state and federal programs providing technical and financial assistance to local communities for flood hazard management.
7. The 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan considers the impact of flood hazard management policies and actions on habitat for Puget Sound Chinook salmon and bull trout, which are listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
8. The 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan proposes project actions to repair, replace, and in some cases remove, levee and flood protection infrastructure to ensure King County can adequately reduce flood risks and address critical infrastructure needs.
9. The 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan is necessary to protect life and safety, valuable public and private property, the regional economy, and general welfare of King County and its residents.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 263, Article 2, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Under the King County Charter, the state Constitution and the Washington state Growth Management Act, chapter 36.70A RCW, the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan is adopted and declared to be the Comprehensive Plan for King County until amended, repealed or superseded. King County performed its first comprehensive four-cycle review of the Comprehensive Plan. As a result of the review, King County amended the 1994 Comprehensive Plan through passage of the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000. King County performed its second comprehensive four-cycle review of the Comprehensive Plan in 2004. As a result of the review, King County amended the 2000 Comprehensive Plan through passage of the King County Comprehensive Plan 2004. The Comprehensive Plan shall be the principal planning document for the orderly physical development of the county and shall be used to guide subarea plans, functional plans, provision of public facilities and services, review of proposed incorporations and annexations, development regulations and land development decisions.
B. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12061 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1995 amendments) are hereby adopted.
C. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 12170 are hereby adopted to comply with the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board Decision and Order in Vashon-Maury Island, et. al. v. King County, Case No. 95-3-0008.
D. The Vashon Town Plan contained in Attachment 1 to Ordinance 12395 is adopted as a subarea plan of the King County Comprehensive Plan and, as such, constitutes official county policy for the geographic area of unincorporated King County defined in the plan and amends the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map.
E. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12501 are hereby adopted to comply with the Order of the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board in Copac-Preston Mill, Inc., et al, v. King County, Case No. 96-3-0013 as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
F. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12531 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1996 amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
G. The Black Diamond Urban Growth Area contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12533 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
H. The 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan and Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map are amended to include the area shown in Appendix A of Ordinance 12535 as Rural City Urban Growth Area. The language from Section 1D of Ordinance 12535 shall be placed on Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map page number thirty two with a reference marker on the area affected by Ordinance 12535.
I. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12536 (1997 Transportation Need Report) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
J. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 12927 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1997 amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
K. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in the 1998 Transportation Needs Report, contained in Appendices A and B to Ordinance 12931 and in the supporting text, are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
L. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Appendix A to Ordinance 13273 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1998 amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
M. The 1999 Transportation Needs Report contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13339 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan, Technical Appendix C, and the amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachment B to Ordinance 13339 are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
N. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13672 (King County Comprehensive Plan 1999 amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
O. The 2000 Transportation Needs Report contained in Attachment A to this Ordinance 13674 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan, Technical Appendix C.
P. The Fall City Subarea Plan contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13875 is adopted as a subarea plan of the King County Comprehensive Plan and, as such, constitutes official county policy for the geographic area of unincorporated King County defined in the plan. The Fall City Subarea Plan amends the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan land use map by revising the Rural Town boundaries of Fall City.
Q. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13875 are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
R. The Fall City area zoning amendments contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13875 are adopted as the zoning control for those portions of unincorporated King County defined in the attachment. Existing property-specific development standards (p-suffix conditions) on parcels affected by Attachment A to Ordinance 13875 do not change except as specifically provided in Attachment A to Ordinance 13875.
S. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 13987 are hereby adopted to comply with the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board Decision and Order on Supreme Court Remand in Vashon-Maury Island, et. al. v. King County, Case No. 95-3-0008 (Bear Creek Portion).
T. The 2001 transportation needs report contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 14010 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan, technical appendix C.
U. The amendments to the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan contained in Attachments A, B and C to Ordinance 14044 (King County Comprehensive Plan 2000) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan. Attachment A amends the policies, text and maps of the Comprehensive Plan. Amendments to the policies are shown with deleted language struck out and new language underlined. The text and maps in Attachment A replace the previous text and maps in the Comprehensive Plan. Attachment B to Ordinance 14044 contains technical appendix A (capital facilities), which replaces technical appendix A to the King County Comprehensive Plan, technical appendix C (transportation), which replaces technical appendix C to the King County Comprehensive Plan, and technical appendix M (public participation), which is a new technical appendix that describes the public participation process for the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000. Attachment C includes amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. The land use amendments contained in Attachment C are adopted as the official land use designations for those portions of unincorporated King County defined in Attachment C to Ordinance 14044.
V. The Snoqualmie Urban Growth Area Subarea Plan contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 14117 is adopted as a subarea plan of the King County Comprehensive Plan and, as such, constitutes official county policy for the geographic area of unincorporated King County defined in the plan. Attachment B to Ordinance 14117 amends the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000 land use map by revising the Urban Growth Area for the city of Snoqualmie. Attachment C to Ordinance 14117 amends the policies of the Comprehensive Plan.
W. The Snoqualmie Urban Growth Area Subarea Plan area zoning amendments in Attachment D to Ordinance 14117 are adopted as the zoning control for those portions of unincorporated King County defined in the attachment. Existing property-specific development standards (p-suffix conditions) on parcels affected by Attachment D to Ordinance 14117 do not change
X. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000 contained in Attachment B to Ordinance 14156 are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
Y. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000 contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 14185 are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan in order to comply with the order of the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board in Green Valley et al, v. King County, CPSGMHB Case No. 98-3-0008c, Final Decision and Order (1998) and the order of the Washington Supreme Court in King County v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, 142 Wn.2d 543, 14 P.3d 133 (2000).
Z. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000 contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 14241 (King County Comprehensive Plan 2001 Amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
AA. The amendment to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000 contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 14286 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the King County Comprehensive Plan in order to comply with the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board's Final Decision and Order in Forster Woods Homeowners' Association and Friends and Neighbors of Forster Woods, et al. v. King County, Case No. 01-3-0008c (Forster Woods), dated November 6, 2001.
BB. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000 contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 14448 (King County Comprehensive Plan 2002 Amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
CC. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000 contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 14775 (King County Comprehensive Plan 2003 Amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
DD. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000 contained in Attachments A, B, C, D and E to Ordinance 15028 (King County Comprehensive Plan 2004) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan. Attachment A, Part I, to Ordinance 15028 amends the policies, text and maps of the Comprehensive Plan. Attachment A, Part II, to Ordinance 15028 includes amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. The land use amendments contained in Attachment A, Part II, to Ordinance 15028 are adopted as the official land use designations for those portions of unincorporated King County defined in Attachment A, Part II, to Ordinance 15028. Attachment B to Ordinance 15028 contains Technical Appendix A (Capital Facilities), which replaces technical appendix A to the King County Comprehensive Plan. Attachment C to Ordinance 15028 contains Technical Appendix B (Housing), which replaces Technical Appendix B to the King County Comprehensive Plan. Attachment D to Ordinance 15028 contains Technical Appendix C (Transportation), which replaces Technical Appendix C to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2000. Attachment E to Ordinance 15028 contains Technical Appendix D (Growth Targets and the Urban Growth Area 2004).
EE. The 2004 transportation needs report contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 15077 is hereby adopted as an amendment to the 2000 King County Comprehensive Plan, technical appendix C.
FF. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2004 contained in Attachment A to Ordinance 15244 (King County Comprehensive Plan 2005 Amendments) are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan.
GG. Attachment A to Ordinance 15326, which is the King County Comprehensive Plan Sammamish Agricultural Production District Subarea Plan dated November 7, 2005, is hereby adopted as an amendment to the 2004 King County Comprehensive Plan, as amended, in order to comply with the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board's Final Decision and Order in Maxine Keesling v. King County, Case No. 04-3-0024 (Keesling III), dated May 31, 2005.
HH. The amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan 2004 contained in Attachment A to this ordinance are hereby adopted as amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan. Attachment A to this ordinance amends King County Comprehensive Plan, Technical Appendix A (Capital Facilities) by replacing the 1993 Flood Hazard Reduction Plan with the 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 11112, Section 1, and K.C.C. 20.12.480 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
King County Flood Hazard ((Reduction)) Management Plan ((Policies)). The King County Flood Hazard ((Reduction)) Management Plan ((policies)), as shown in Attachment ((A [to Ordinance 11112] and incorporated herein by reference, are)) B to this ordinance is adopted as operating principles to guide King County's ((flood hazard reduction)) river and floodplain management program((s)) and to meet the intent of the ((water and natural resource)) natural environment, and facilities and services policies of the King County Comprehensive Plan. As an amplification and augmentation of the King County Comprehensive Plan, ((the policies)) the flood hazard management plan constitutes official county policy with regard to ((flood hazard reduction and flood plain)) river and floodplain management in King County.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
ad requirements
official paper 30 days prior
1