File #: 2012-0389    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/1/2012 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: 11/5/2012 Final action: 11/5/2012
Enactment date: 11/16/2012 Enactment #: 17451
Title: AN ORDINANCE regarding surface water management; revising surface water management service charges; revising rate adjustments for non-residential parcels served by one or more flow control or water quality treatment facilities; and amending Ordinance 7590, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.08.010, Ordinance 7590, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.08.070, Ordinance 7590, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.08.070 and Ordinance 7590, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.08.080.
Sponsors: Joe McDermott
Indexes: Surface Water
Code sections: 9.08.010 - , 9.08.070 - , 9.08.080 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17451.pdf, 2. 2012-0389 Regulatory Note.doc, 3. 2012-0389 REVISED SWM rate FN.xls, 4. 2012-0389 SWM rate Appendix 8.revised.pdf, 5. 2012-0389 SWM rate Appendix 9A - revised.pdf, 6. 2012-0389--0392--0393--0396 fee notice doc an edits.doc, 7. 2012-0389 Affidavit of Publication Seattle Times.pdf, 8. 2012-0389 Staff report (10-24-12).doc, 9. 2012-0389 Attachment 1 (10-24-12).xlsx, 10. 2012-0389 - King County Surface Water Management Rate Study Report, 11. 2012-0389 Staff Report (10-31-12).doc, 12. 17451 Amendment Package 11-5-12.pdf
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AN ORDINANCE regarding surface water management; revising surface water management service charges; revising rate adjustments for non-residential parcels served by one or more flow control or water quality treatment facilities; and amending Ordinance 7590, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.08.010, Ordinance 7590, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.08.070, Ordinance 7590, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.08.070 and Ordinance 7590, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.08.080.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County works in partnership with property owners and state and federal agencies to minimize the impacts of storm and surface runoff on the water quantity and quality of the waters of the state.
2. King County charges property owners within its surface water management ("SWM") service area, which is unincorporated King County, a graduated fee based on six nonresidential rate classes tied to relative amount of impervious surface and one uniform rate class for all residential parcels.
3. In 1986, the King County council adopted Ordinance 7590, which established the SWM program to provide a comprehensive approach to surface and storm water problems including "basin planning, land use regulation, construction of facilities, maintenance and public education." In 1991, the council increased the services provided by the SWM program and set a rate structure and service charges by adopting Ordinance 10187. In 2001, the council passed Ordinance 14261, acknowledging that the costs to provide SWM had increased due to the ordinary impacts of inflation and due to increased and more stringent federal and state requirements for the proper management of surface water quality and quantity. In 2006, the council passed Ordinance 15638, acknowledging that the soon to be effective new National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permit would require King County's compliance with more stringent requirements. In 2010, the council passed Ordinance 16958,...

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