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AN ORDINANCE relating to electric vehicle parking regulations in residential and nonresidential development in unincorporated King County; adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 21A.06 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 21A.18.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. A 2020 report from the American Lung Association found that "widespread transition to zero-emission transportation technologies could produce emission reductions in 2050 that could add up to $72 billion in avoided health harms, saving approximately 6,300 lives and avoiding more than 93,000 asthma attacks and 416,000 lost work days annually due to significant reductions in transportation-related pollution."
B. King County's 2015 Strategic Climate Action Plan highlights the importance of reducing transportation emissions, identifying increased electric vehicle charging as a strategy that could yield a notable greenhouse gas reduction and upon which local government could have a strong direct influence.
C. The King County executive has proposed a goal that every passenger-class vehicle sold in King County be electric by 2035.
D. King County is working to reduce transportation-related emissions with a broad coalition of stakeholders including King County cities, utilities, businesses, labor and those communities most disproportionately impacted by climate change and poor air quality.
E. The 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18835, Section 84, as amended by Ordinance 19021, Section 46, Proviso P8, requires that $100,000 of the appropriation shall not be expended or encumbered until the King County executive transmits a report on options to require, incentivize or otherwise ensure electric-vehicle-charging infrastructure in new multifamily construction and other development proposals that include expansion of parking areas in the unincorporated area and an ordinance that would establish requirements to ensure that new parking areas ...

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