Drafter
Clerk 02/27/2003
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AN ORDINANCE adopting revised concurrency methodology and the new transportation concurrency map, the new monitored zones table, and the new list of monitored corridors; amending Ordinance 14050, Section 8, and K.C.C. 14.70.210, Ordinance 14050, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.70.220, Ordinance 14050, Section 12, and K.C.C. 14.70.250, Ordinance 14050, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.70.260 and Ordinance 14050, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C.14.70.270, reenacting and amending Ordinance 14050, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.70.230, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 14.70 and repealing Ordinance 14375, Attachment A, Ordinance 14375, Attachment B, and Ordinance 14050, Attachment B.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. K.C.C. 14.70.220.A states that transportation concurrency shall be determined by the application of transportation adequacy measure (TAM) and critical link standards to all proposed developments within unincorporated King County, except for those developments that are exempt from concurrency under K.C.C. 14.70.280. The critical link standard applies to the monitored corridors that are listed in Attachment C to this ordinance. A monitored corridor in a city is so designated by interlocal agreement between the county and that city.
2. The current transportation concurrency map was adopted in June 2002, under Ordinance 14375. At that time, the executive and council directed the King County department of transportation to research, analyze and consider alternative methods of measuring transportation concurrency for residential developments.
3. In December 2002, the county executive submitted a report to the county council on alternative transportation concurrency measures. Based on the findings from this work, the county executive proposes that King County adopt a travel time approach to measuring transportation concurrency and coordinate such adoption with the 2004 Comprehensive Plan updat...
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