Proposed ordinance: 2023-0347

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2023-0347

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing before the Metropolitan King County Council will be held at the King County Courthouse, 516 3rd Avenue Room 1001 on the 28th day of November 2023, at 1:30 p.m. to consider adoption of Proposed Ordinance 2023-0347, which would adopt the capital facilities plans (and fees) of the Auburn, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Fife, Highline, Issaquah, Kent, Northshore, Lake Washington, Renton, Riverview, Snoqualmie Valley, and Tahoma School Districts for purposes of implementing the school impact fee program. Information on the public hearing and how to submit public testimony can be found at this website: https://www.kingcounty.gov/council/committees/full_council.aspx.

SUMMARY:

 

The Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) authorizes local jurisdictions to collect impact fees as a method of financing public facilities (i.e., roads, parks and open space, and schools) that become necessary as a result of new growth and development.

King County administers the School Impact Fee Program by collecting fees from residential developers on behalf of each school district that chooses to participate (the program is voluntary). The fees are developed by the individual school districts in accordance with provisions in state law and King County Code and are set forth in the districts’ capital facilities plans. The plans (and fees) are reviewed and adopted by the King County Council. Proposed Ordinance 2023-0347 amends King County Code Title 20 to update the school capital facilities plans and King County Code Title 27 to implement the collection of the following impact fees by the county on behalf of the following school districts, effective January 1, 2024:

:

School District	Single-Family Fee	Multifamily Fee
Auburn, No. 408	$5,957	$9,914
Enumclaw, No. 216	$12,909	$7,576
Federal Way, No. 210	$0	$6,998
Fife, No. 417	$5,037	$2,231
Highline, No. 401	$0	$0
Issaquah, No. 411	$15,510	$3,514
Kent, No. 415	$0	$0
Lake Washington, No. 414	$5,149	$352
Northshore, No. 417	$16,957	$4,214
Renton, No. 403	$2,161	$4,257
Riverview, No. 407	$9,269	$6,598
Snoqualmie Valley No. 410	$9,231	$6,391
Tahoma, No. 409	$7,952	$2,366

A copy of Proposed Ordinance 2023-0347 is available on the internet at this link .

 

DATED at Seattle, Washington, this 25thth day of October 2023.

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

Melani Pedroza

Clerk of the Council