Drafter
Clerk 09/15/2005
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A MOTION accepting a taxicab license apportionment methodology from the executive.
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WHEREAS, K.C.C. 6.64.700.D. required the executive to formulate and forward to the council, no later than April 1, 1994, for its approval a methodology for apportioning taxicab licenses when the total number of taxicab licenses in effect is less than the maximum number allowed, and
WHEREAS, in March 1994, the executive submitted a recommendation to the council to not issue taxicab licenses available under the maximum number allowed, and
WHEREAS, no taxicab licenses available under the maximum number allowed have been issued since March 31, 1991, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 15263, adopted by the council on August 9, 2005 which became law on September 8, 2005, amended KCC 6.64.700.D. by requiring that the executive formulate and forward to the council, no later than March 2006, for its approval a methodology for apportioning taxicab licenses when the total number of taxicab licenses in effect is less that the maximum number allowed, and
WHEREAS, the executive formulated and forwarded to the council for its approval a methodology for apportioning taxicab licenses when the number of taxicab licenses in effect is less than the maximum number allowed, and
WHEREAS, as of May 31, 1991, the maximum number of taxicab licenses allowed is five-hundred sixty-one, and
WHEREAS, as of September 15, 2005, the number of taxicab licenses in effect is five hundred two;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The methodology for apportioning taxicab licenses, submitted by the executive on September 15, 2005, Attachment A to this motion, is hereby approved.