File #: 2004-0512    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/25/2004 In control: Natural Resources and Utilities Committee
On agenda: 1/31/2005 Final action: 3/14/2005
Enactment date: 3/22/2005 Enactment #: 15137
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the public benefit rating system for open space land; amending Ordinance 1076, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.040, Ordinance 1076, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.060, Ordinance 1886, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.090, Ordinance 10511, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.100 and Ordinance 10511, Section 8, and K.C.C. 20.36.170, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 20.36, decodifying K.C.C. 20.36.140 and repealing Ordinance 12969, Section 7, and K.C.C. 20.36.105 and Ordinance 12969, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.150.
Sponsors: Carolyn Edmonds, Dow Constantine, Dwight Pelz, Bob Ferguson, Julia Patterson, Larry Phillips, Larry Gossett
Indexes: Open Space, Public Benefit Rating System
Code sections: 20.36 - , 20.36.100 - , 20.36.105 - , 20.36.150 - , 20.36.170 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 15137.pdf, 2. 2004-0512 Hearing Notice.doc, 3. 2004-0512 PBRS Comm presentation Jan 20, 2005.ppt, 4. 2004-0512 Presentation2.ppt, 5. 2004-0512 REVISED Staff Report PBRS.doc, 6. 2004-0512 Staff Report PBRS 2-24-05.doc, 7. 2004-0512 Staff Report Public Benefit Rating System 1-20-05.doc, 8. 2004-0512 transmittal letter.doc
Staff: Reed, Mike
Drafter
Clerk 03/15/2005
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the public benefit rating system for open space land; amending Ordinance 1076, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.040, Ordinance 1076, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.060, Ordinance 1886, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.090, Ordinance 10511, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.100 and Ordinance 10511, Section 8, and K.C.C. 20.36.170, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 20.36, decodifying K.C.C. 20.36.140 and repealing Ordinance 12969, Section 7, and K.C.C. 20.36.105 and Ordinance 12969, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.150.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 20.36 a new section to read as follows:
Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "Certified local government programs" are those historic preservation programs that are formally certified by the National Park Service and Washington state Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.
B. "Department" means the department of natural resources and parks or successor agency.
C. "Enrolled parcel" means a parcel for which a public benefit rating system open space application has been received, that is receiving tax reduction benefits and for which an open space taxation agreement, as described in WAC 458.30.240, has been executed and recorded with the records, elections and licensing services division.
D. "Native plant" or "native vegetation" means native vegetation as defined in K.C.C. 21A.06.790.
E. "Reevaluate" means to examine the characteristics of a property currently designated under current use taxation provisions of the open space program for qualification under the current public benefit rating system provided for in this chapter.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 1076, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.36.040 are each hereby ame...

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