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Article II. Level of Service Standards
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The concept of concurrency is based on the maintenance of specified levels of service through capacity monitoring, allocation and reservation procedures. Concurrency describes the situation in which water, sewer and/or road facilities are available when the impacts of development occur. For road facilities, this time period is statutorily established as within six years from the time of development. (See RCW 36.70A.070(6)(c) and WAC 365-195-210, definition of “available public facilities.”)

A. Roads. The city has designated levels of service for road facilities in its transportation comprehensive plan:

1. To conform to RCW 47.80.030 for transportation facilities subject to regional transportation plans;

2. To reflect realistic expectations consistent with the achievement of growth aims;

3. For road facilities according to WAC 365-195-325; and

4. To prohibit development if concurrency for road facilities is not achieved (RCW 36.70A.070), and if sufficient public and/or private funding cannot be found, land use assumptions in the city’s comprehensive plan will be reassessed to ensure that level of service standards will be met, or level of service standards will be adjusted.

B. Water. The city has a permitted withdrawal volume of water issued by the Department of Ecology. “Level of service” as it relates to water is defined in the water element of the city’s comprehensive plan as the ability to provide potable water to the consumer for use and fire protection. The ability to provide this water supply is limited by the water permit from the Department of Ecology.

C. Sewer. The city is required to obtain a permit from the Department of Ecology in order to discharge effluent into the waters of the state. This permit is limited by levels and volume. “Level of service” as it relates to sewer is defined in the city’s sewer comprehensive plan as the ability to provide sanitary sewer services to the consumer for use, treatment at the city’s wastewater treatment plant, and discharge into Puget Sound. The city’s ability to provide such service is limited by the physical capacity of the city’s wastewater treatment plant as well as the NPDES permit issued by the Department of Ecology. (Ord. 1044 § 1, 2006; Ord. 862 § 1, 2001; Ord. 818 § 1, 1999. Formerly 19.10.006).