Drafter
Clerk 01/18/2011
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Vashon Sewer District Comprehensive Sewer Plan Amendment, August 18, 2010.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires approval of comprehensive plans and amendments to plans for sewer utilities as a prerequisite to granting right-of-way franchises and approval for right-of-way construction permits. Approval of a plan amendment is also required under K.C.C. chapter 28.84 if the utility is a component agency of the regional system.
2. 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: whether the actions outlined in the plan comply with the development program outlined in the county's comprehensive plan; whether the actions outlined in the plan comply with any approved basin-wide water or sewerage plan; and whether the actions outlined in the plan comply with the policies expressed in any county plan for sewer facilities. The actions proposed in the amendment are consistent with RCW 57.16.010(7).
3. Both Washington state Department of Ecology ("DOE") and King County regulations require sewer plan amendments to be approved prior to the construction of new facilities.
4. The Vashon sewer district ("the district") provides sewer service to a population of approximately two thousand thirty-seven people in a service area of approximately three hundred twenty acres in the central portion of Vashon Island in King County. Its service area includes residential and commercial properties. All of the district's wastewater is treated at King County's Vashon treatment plant.
5. The district is proposing an amendment to change its service area and extend service into the rural area to address a public health and ...

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