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Clerk 11/03/2011
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AN ORDINANCE relating to transportation concurrency; adopting a new transportation concurrency travel shed boundaries map; amending Ordinance 14050, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.70.230 and Ordinance 14050, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.70.270 and repealing Ordinance 16266, Attachment B.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 14050, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.70.230 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The department shall perform a concurrency analysis and test for each travel shed to determine whether areas within the travel sheds are concurrent. The test for each area shall be based on the level of service analysis results for the entire travel shed. Areas shall be deemed concurrent if eighty-five percent of the arterials within their travel shed meet level of service standards.
B. The department shall use the concurrency map currently in effect when making a concurrency determination for a proposed development. The concurrency map displayed in Attachment A to Ordinance 17040 is adopted as the official concurrency map for King County. The department shall make a determination of concurrency according to the status indicated on the adopted concurrency map for the area in which the proposed development is located. Attachment ((B)) A to ((Ordinance 16266)) this ordinance is a map indicating the boundaries of the travel sheds.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 14050, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.70.270 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The concurrency map shall be updated annually as part of the budget process or when authorized by the county council by ordinance. The update process shall include the most recently adopted roads CIP, updated traffic volumes and updated travel time surveys and standards and methodologies as described in K.C.C. 14.70.220 and 14.70.230. The concurrency map shall be submitted to council for its approval by ordinance. The updates shall be deemed adequate for the purposes of concurrency analysis and the concurrency map shall be used to determine the concurrency of proposed development projects.
B. An annual report shall be prepared by the road services division on the concurrency program update. The annual report shall explain the technical assumptions, land use changes, network changes and other parameters used to update the concurrency map and/or travel shed boundary map. The annual report shall be submitted to the council along with the annual update required by subsection A. of this section. ((Eleven copies)) A paper copy and an electronic copy of the report shall be filed with the clerk of the council, who shall retain the paper original and shall forward electronic copies to each councilmember and to the lead staff of the council's transportation committee, or its successor.
C.1. An independent expert review panel on concurrency shall be established to:
a. review the annual report on the concurrency update; and
b. evaluate proposed changes to the transportation concurrency process, analysis and test developed by the road services division.
2. The panel shall be comprised of four to six persons and include representation from the development community, the environmental community, transportation planning professionals, the unincorporated area, the public at large and multimodal transportation interest groups. Each representative shall be appointed by the executive and confirmed by the council.
3. A summary of the panel's review of the annual report on the concurrency update and its evaluation of proposed changes to the transportation concurrency process, analysis and test shall be included with the submittal of the annual report to the council.
D. The concurrency map is a result of the concurrency analysis and test, as described in subsection A. of this section. The concurrency map indicates if an area does or does not comply with adopted level of service standards. Any changes to the concurrency status of an area or areas on the concurrency map other than those resulting from the update process may only be accomplished by the council, through an ordinance, by changing any combination of the adopted level of service standards, or the list of funded projects in the most recently adopted CIP.
SECTION 3. Attachment B to Ordinance 16266, Transportation Concurrency Travel Shed Boundaries map, is hereby repealed.
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