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Clerk 09/25/2018
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to passenger ferry service, revising passenger ferry fares; and amending Ordinance 17935, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C 4A.700.820.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The 2017-2018 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18409, Section 112, adopted the marine division operating fund budget.
2. As part of the budget, the council adopted the marine division's financial plan, which included new revenue from a proposed fare increase to take place in 2018.
3. On November 20, 2014, Ordinance 17935 was enacted, which assumed the governance of the King County ferry district, added new sections to the King County Code, assumed the ferry fare policies of the King County ferry district and adopted the passenger ferry fares for King County.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance adopts fares for passenger ferries.
B. These fares are adopted pursuant to RCW 36.54.010 and RCW 36.54.120.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 17935, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.820 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A.1. Except as may otherwise be provided by ordinance, the following fare categories and rates are established for regularly scheduled passenger ferry service:
One-Way Water Taxi Fares
West Seattle Water Taxi Route
Vashon Island Water Taxi Route
Cash fare
$((5.75)) 6.50
$((6.75)) 7.25
Regular prepaid fare
$((5.00)) 5.50
$((5.75)) 6.25
Child fare
No Charge
No Charge
Youth prepaid fare
$((3.75)) 4.25
$((4.50)) 4.75
Senior and persons with disabilities fare
$((2.50)) 2.75
$((3.00)) 3.25
Bicycle fare
No Charge
No Charge
Low-income fare
$((3.75)) 4.25
$((4.50)) 4.75
2. The fare categories and rates are subject to, and defined by, the following:
a. All fares shall be established only for a one-way trip;
b. All fares shall be rounded up to the next whole twenty-five cent increment;
c. The cash fare is determined by adding a fifteen-percent surcharg...

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