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Clerk 11/17/2011
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AN ORDINANCE relating to fees and other charges assessed by the real estate services section for processing applications and authorizing use of King County property through right-of-way construction permits; and amending Ordinance 1711, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.44.040.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance proposes changes to the fee structure currently charged for right-of-way construction permits by consolidating fees into fewer categories and proposing a maximum fee for right-of-way construction permits.
B. These fees are established and assessed pursuant to K.C.C. 2.99.030.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 1711, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.44.040 is hereby amended as follows:
Each application requires a fee payable to the real estate services section for the administrative costs and expenses of processing the application. The following fee schedule applies:
((A. Pole lines:
Power, telephone, etc. (every six poles or portion thereof): $200.00
B. Water:
Installing mains (1000 lin. ft. or less): $200.00
Additional 1000 lin. ft. or fraction thereof: $180.00
Excavation for connection: $200.00
C. Sewer:
Installation of mains (1000 ft. or fraction thereof): $200.00
Additional 1000 lin. ft. or fraction thereof: $180.00
Excavation for connection: $200.00
D. Cable or conduit:
Installing cable or conduit (1000 ft. or less): $200.00
Additional 1000 lin. ft. or fraction thereof: $180.00
Excavation for connection: $200.00
E. Gas or oil:
Installing mains (1000 lin. ft. or less): $200.00
Additional 1000 ft. or fraction thereof: $180.00
Excavation for connection: $200.00
F. Attachment to existing poles for every three attachments: $140.00))
A. Level One (Basic or Minimum Fee): $200.00
A Level One fee shall be charged for a single residential connection; a single excavation; one thousand linear feet or less of main pipe, cable or conduit; or one to six poles or attachments.
B. Level Two: $500.00
A Level Two fee shall be charged for two to three separate excavations; one thousand one to three thousand linear feet of main pipe, cable or conduit; or seven to fifteen poles or attachments.
C. Level Three: $1,000
A Level Three fee shall be charged for four to seven separate excavations; three thousand one to seven thousand linear feet of main pipe, cable or conduit; or sixteen to thirty poles or attachments.
D. Level Four (maximum fee): $2,000
A Level Four fee shall be charged for eight or more separate excavations; seven thousand one or more linear feet of main pipe, cable, or conduit; or more than thirty-one poles or attachments.
((G.)) E. Immediate response permit requests: In addition to the required permit fees, an additional fee of ((sixty)) one hundred twenty dollars shall be charged.
((H))F. Annual ((M))maintenance permits: Fees per number of connections:
1. 0 to 50 connections: $200.00
2. 51 to 100 connections: $250.00
3. 101 to 200 connections: $300.00
4. 201 to 500 connections: $400.00
5. 501 or more: $450.00
SECTION 3. This ordinance takes effect thirty days after the adoption of this ordinance by the King County council.