Ordinance: 19721

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ORDINANCE 19721

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 6th day of February, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. to receive public testimony relating to Ordinance 19721, which adopted findings in support of, and adopted for one year, a moratorium prohibiting the acceptance of applications for the establishment of new or expansion of existing wineries, breweries, distilleries, and remote tasting rooms, as primary or accessory uses or as home occupations or home industries; and prohibiting temporary use permits for wineries, breweries, distilleries, and remote tasting rooms, and establishing a work plan. 

Remote public testimony on Zoom will also be accepted. Information on the public hearing and how to submit public testimony can be found at this website:  https://kingcounty.gov/en/legacy/council/committees/full_council.aspx.

Background

Ordinance 19309 was adopted on December 12, 2023. A public hearing within 60 days of enactment of a moratorium is required by RCW 36.70A.390.  This hearing is the opportunity for public testimony on the moratorium.

A copy of Ordinance 19721 is available on the internet at https://mkcclegisearch.kingcounty.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6450307&GUID=A389E356-CCB1-4A3D-92CA-358810D30CCC&Options=ID|Text|&Search=19721. You may also view this notice at the Clerk’s page at https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/council/governance-leadership/county-council/clerk-of-the-council/public-notices

DATED at Seattle, Washington, this 5th day of January, 2024.

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

Melani Hay

Clerk of the Council