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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 b...
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