File #: 2005-0287    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/27/2005 In control: Natural Resources and Utilities Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/11/2005
Enactment date: 7/15/2005 Enactment #: 15235
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the King Conservation District for support services to landowners relating to the implementation of and compliance with the King County Critical Areas Ordinance package.
Sponsors: Carolyn Edmonds
Indexes: CAO (Critical Areas Ordinances), Conservation District, Growth Management, Interlocal Agreement, King Conservation District
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 15235.pdf, 2. 2005-0287 Fiscal Note.xls, 3. 2005-0287 Staff Report KCD Interlocal for CAO.doc, 4. 2005-0287 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. A. Interlocal Agreement Between King County and the King Conservation District for Support Services to Landowners Relating to the Implementation of King County's Critical Areas Ordinance
Drafter
Clerk 06/16/2005
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the King Conservation District for support services to landowners relating to the implementation of and compliance with the King County Critical Areas Ordinance package.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. In 1993, through the adoption of Ordinance 10870, King County established comprehensive requirements designed to protect environmentally sensitive areas in the county, including wetlands, streams, floodplains and steep slopes.
2. In October 2004, King County, in response to Growth Management mandates, adopted Ordinance 15051, which revised Ordinance 10870 and which is designed to provide further protection to environmentally sensitive areas, designated "critical areas" in that ordinance.
3. King County adopted two companion ordinances to Ordinance 15051, a stormwater ordinance (Ordinance 15052) to address additional controls of surface water runoff, and a clearing and grading ordinance (Ordinance 15053) to address prevention of sedimentation of streams and other aquatic areas. (Ordinances 15051, 15052 and 15053, referred to collectively as "the Critical Areas Ordinance package" or "CAO").
4. King County, in seeking to protect critical areas, also recognizes the importance of maintaining and promoting agricultural activities in the county. King County has designated agricultural lands of long-term commercial significance, and has adopted Comprehensive Plan policies to conserve agricultural lands and ensure the continued viability of agricultural businesses.
5. King County also recognizes that agricultural activities have impacts on the landscape and natural environment, including critical areas, and require careful integration with measures to protect such critical areas.
6. The agricultural provisions in the CAO were developed in close coordination with the King County agriculture commission and provide for continued agricu...

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