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Clerk 10/18/2010
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Ronald Wastewater District Comprehensive Sewer Plan, January 2010.
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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. Approval of the plan is also required under K.C.C. chapter 28.84 if the utility is a component agency of the regional system.
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, pursuit of reclaimed water and water conservation, and protection of water resources.
3. Washington state law, RCW 57.16.010(7), requires that any general comprehensive plan of any sewer district be approved, conditionally approved, or rejected by the legislative authority of every county within whose boundaries all or a portion of the district lies. The county legislative authority must make its determination based on: a. whether the actions outlined in the plan comply with the development program outlined in the county's comprehensive plan; b. whether the actions outlined in the plan comply with any approved basin-wide water or sewerage plan; and c. whether the actions outlined in the plan comply with the policies expressed in any county plan for water or sewage facilities, or both. The actions proposed in the plan are consistent ...

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