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Clerk 03/22/2017
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AN ORDINANCE relating to King County stormwater and surface water management requirements establishing enforcement criteria; amending Ordinance 10636, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.12.015, Ordinance 10636, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.12.025, Ordinance 10636, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.12.050 and Ordinance 10636, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.12.080 and prescribing penalties.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 10636, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.12.015 are hereby amended to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "AKART" means "all known, available and reasonable methods of prevention, control and treatment." "AKART" represents the most current methodology that can be reasonably required for preventing, controlling or abating the pollutants associated with a discharge. "AKART" applies to both point and nonpoint sources of pollution.
B. "Best management practice" or "BMP" means any schedule of activities, prohibition of practices, maintenance procedure, or structural and/or managerial practice approved by King County that, when used singly or in combination, prevents or reduces the release of pollutants and other adverse impacts to surface water, stormwater and groundwater.
C. "Cease discharge order" means a written order to immediately cease the activity or activities causing or contributing to the discharge of a prohibited substance to stormwater, surface water, groundwater or the conveyance system, or to any combination thereof. A cease discharge order is a form of a stop work order under K.C.C. chapter 23.28.
D. "Chapter" means this chapter and any administrative rules and regulations adopted to implement this chapter.
((D.)) E. "Clean Water Act" means 33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq., as amended.
F. "Conveyance system" means the drainage facilities and feat...

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