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Clerk 09/23/2025
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Title 4A, revenue and financial regulation; and amending Ordinance 17293, Section 50, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.10.237, Ordinance 17293, Section 82, and K.C.C. 4A.10.455, Ordinance 17930, Section 6, and K.C.C. 4A.10.469, Ordinance 17929, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.100.030, and Ordinance 620, Section 4, and K.C.C. 4A.100.100, recodifying K.C.C. 4A.10.237, and repealing Ordinance 17293, Sections 14, and K.C.C. 4A.10.070 and Ordinance 17930, Section 8, and K.C.C. 4A.10.527.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 17293, Section 14, and K.C.C. 4A.10.070 are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. K.C.C. 4A.10.237 is hereby recodified as a new section in K.C.C. 4A.10 to follow K.C.C. 4A.40.260.
SECTION 3. Ordinance 17293, Section 50, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.10.237 are hereby amended to read as follows:
(("Design phase" means the time during which design is completed, permits and other permissions are secured so that the project, or staged elements of the project consistent with the project scope, can proceed to implementation. Design phase also includes development of a final cost estimate, plans, specifications and a bid package.))
"Final design phase" means the time during which design is fully completed and refined, permits and other regulatory permissions are secured, and a detailed cost estimate is developed to reduce uncertainty so the project can proceed to implementation.
SECTION 4. Ordinance 17293, Section 82, and K.C.C. 4A.10.455 are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Preliminary design phase" means the time during which when evaluation and analysis of potential project alternatives occurs, and the preferred alternative is selected ((and designed sufficiently to establish a project baseline, at thirty to forty percent design)).
SECTION 5. Ordinance 17930, Section 6, and K.C.C. 4A.10.469 are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Project baseline" mean...

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