Drafter
Clerk 10/16/2006
Title
AN ORDINANCE regarding the King County noxious weed control program; revising King County noxious weed control program assessments; confirming the exception for Federally and tribally owned lands and amending Ordinance 14263, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4.94.010.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. On November 19, 2001, the King County council adopted Ordinance 14263 at the request of the King County noxious weed board to raise the noxious weed control program assessment in order to expand noxious weed control services as authorized in RCW 17.10.240.
2. Since November 19, 2001 the costs of providing noxious weed control services have risen, making an increase in the noxious weed control assessment warranted.
3. An increase in the noxious weed control program assessment on all property not classified as forest land from $1.50 to $1.95 per parcel, with no increase in the per acre fee; and for property classified as forest land an increase from $0.15 to $0.19 per parcel, with no increase in the per acre fee, is needed to meet the rising costs of providing necessary noxious weed control services.
4. Lands owned by the Federal government or by Federally recognized tribes or members of such tribes that are located within the historical boundaries of a reservation shall not be assessed for the noxious weed control program.
5. It is in the public interest, and is necessary for the protection of health, safety and welfare for the residents of King County that the necessary costs of providing noxious weed control program services continue to be paid, and that such costs continue to be charged against those parcels benefiting from these services.
6. The King County noxious weed control board has determined, and the King County council concurs with this determination, that the noxious weed control program assessment must be increased to provide the services necessary to educate the public and to identify and control both terrestrial...

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