HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-019 - Ord. Amending Mason County Code Section 17.03.020 Water Supply Requirements ORDINANCE NUMBER 202A--QR
AMENDMENT TO MASON COUNTY CODE TITLE 17
SECTION 17.03.020 WATER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS
AN ORDINANCE adopting water supply requirements in accordance with the Hirst Response
by amending Mason County Code (MCC) Title 17, Chapter 17.03, adding Section 17.03.020.
WHEREAS, RCW 19.27.097 — Building permit application — authorizes Mason County to
require evidence of an adequate water supply consistent with RCW 90.94.020 and 030 for
water resource inventory areas 14, 15, and 22, all within Mason County; and
WHEREAS, MCC Title 6 — Sanitary Code previously contained the authorized
requirements; and
WHEREAS, Title 17 — Development Regulations (Zoning) is the appropriate location for
regulations related to land use, specifically residential development; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners considered the proposed amendment at a duly advertised
public hearing on March 121h, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners took public testimony from interested
parties, considered all the written and oral arguments, testimony and comments
presented; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners also considered the Staff Report; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners finds that the proposed amendment to Title
17, Section 17.03.020 complies with all applicable requirements of the Mason County Code,
and that it is in the best public interest; and
BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED, the Mason County Board of Commissioners hereby approves
and ADOPTS amendments to the Mason County Code Title 17, Section 17.03.020, as
described in Attachment A.
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DATED this day of mQ � , 2024.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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McKenzie SnWth, erk of the Board R ndy Ne therlin, Chair
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Kevin Shu y, V' e-Chair
Tim Whitehead, Chief Deputy Prosecuting CL�
Attorney Sharon Trask, Commissioner
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17.03.020 Water Supply Requirements.
New residential development connecting to a well that was constructed on or after January 19, 2018,will comply
with the following:
1) An applicant whose building location is in Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 14, 15, and 22 shall pay
a fee of five hundred dollars to Mason County and record relevant water restrictions or limitations with
the property title.
2) An applicant whose building location is within WRIA 14 and 15 may obtain approval for a withdrawal
exempt from permitting under RCW 90.44.050 for domestic use only,with a maximum annual average
withdrawal of nine hundred fifty gallons per day per connection.
3) An applicant whose building location is within WRIA 22 may obtain approval for a withdrawal exempt
from permitting under RCW 90.44.050 for domestic use only,with a maximum annual average withdrawal
of three thousand gallons per day per connection.
4) An applicant shall manage stormwater runoff on-site to the extent practicable by maximizing infiltration,
including using low-impact development techniques,or pursuant to stormwater management
requirements adopted by the local permitting authority, if locally adopted requirements are more
stringent.
5) If a drought emergency order under RCW 43.838.405, domestic water use may be curtailed to no more
than three hundred and fifty gallons per day per connection,for indoor use only.
a. Notwithstanding the drought restriction to indoor use, a fire control buffer may be maintained.
6) Projects proposing to rely on well water could demonstrate that their proposed withdrawal is not
hydraulically connected to closed or regulated surface waters,or that they can provide adequate
mitigation to offset new consumptive use impacts.This requires site specific analysis that is typically
conducted by a licensed hydrogeologist and is consistent with Mason County 5tormwater Regulations
(MCC 14.48).
Editor's note(s)—Res. No. 2022-093,Att.A,adopted Dec. 20,2022, repealed§17.03.020,which pertained to
matrix of permitted uses and derived from Ord. 108-05, adopted 2005.
Created: 2024-01-24 11:25:25 [EST]
(Supp.No.66,2-24,Update 1)
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