Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on September 16, 2013, and filed with the City Clerk

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Ord. 124272
C.B. 117912

AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending the Official Land Use Map to rezone properties located at 525 Northeast Northgate Way from Neighborhood Commercial 3 with a 65 foot height limit (NC3-65) to NC3 with an 85 foot height limit (NC3-85) and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement in connection with the rezone.

Ord. 124273
C.B. 117870

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Building Code, amending Chapter 22.100.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 29, Chapters 31 through 33 and Chapter 35 of the 2012 International Building Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; adopting a new Chapter 30 related to elevators and conveying systems, and repealing Sections 2-33 of Ordinance 123384.

Ord. 124274
C.B. 117871

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Plumbing Code, repealing Section 22.500.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code, amending Section 22.502.016 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adopting by reference Chapter 51-56 of the Washington Administrative Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-46 of Ordinance 119774.

Ord. 124275
C.B. 117872

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Mechanical Code, amending Chapter 22.400.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 9, and Chapters 11 through 15 of the 2012 International Mechanical Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-13 of Ordinance 123380.

Ord. 124276
C.B. 117873

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Fuel Gas Code amending Section 22.420.010 and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 8 of the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 for the Seattle Fuel Gas Code related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-7 of Ordinance 123381.

Ord. 124277
C.B. 117874

AN ORDINANCE accepting for general street purposes 13 deeds and one correction deed conveyed to the City of Seattle by the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (“Sound Transit”) in connection with the Central Link Light Rail Transit Project as agreed to in a Property Acquisition and Transfer Procedures Agreement between the City of Seattle and Sound Transit, dated August 12, 2003 (“Property Transfer Agreement”); laying off, opening, widening, extending, and establishing portions of the rights-of-way located on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South between South Holly Street and South Othello Street; placing the real property conveyed by the deeds under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124278
C.B. 117883

AN ORDINANCE vacating the south 240 feet of the alley adjacent to Lots 4-11 in Block 33, D.T. Denny’s Home Addition to the City of Seattle, on the petition of the Burkheimer Family Limited Liability Company, a Washington limited liability company; and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement as reflected in Clerk File 309868.

Ord. 124279
C.B. 117914

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the acceptance of a conditional gift of funds from the Mark and Susan Torrance Foundation and Rails to Trails Conservancy to be applied towards the purchase of automated bicycle and pedestrian counters, the installation of said counters, the posting of data collected by some of these counters on a public facing website, expressing the City’s gratitude for the gift, and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

Ord. 124280
C.B. 117915

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer to execute an amendment to an agreement with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

Ord. 124281
C.B. 117927

AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof.

Ord. 124282
C.B. 117867

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Residential Code, amending Section 22.150.010, and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 10, 12 through 24, Section P2904, 44, and Appendices F and G of the 2012 International Residential Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-18 of Ordinance 123383.

Ord. 124283
C.B. 117868

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Existing Building Code, amending Chapter 22.110 of the Seattle Municipal Code and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 5, 7 through 11, 13 through 16, A1, and A3 through A6 of the 2012 International Existing Building Code; amending certain of those chapters, and adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-12 of Ordinance 123379.

Ord. 124284
C.B. 117869

An Ordinance relating to the Seattle Energy Code, amending Section 22.700.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adopting by reference Chapters 51-11C and 51- 11R of the Washington Administrative Code, and amending certain of those chapters; a nd repealing Sections 2-18 of Ordinance 123430.

Ord. 124285
C.B. 117832

AN ORDINANCE related to establishing a Local Infrastructure Project Area for Downtown and South Lake Union; authorizing the Mayor to execute an interlocal agreement with King County.

Ord. 124286
C.B. 117833

AN ORDINANCE accepting an allocation of transferrable development rights and adopting an infrastructure funding plan to support the creation of a Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Program.

Ord. 124287
C.B. 117834

AN ORDINANCE creating a Local Infrastructure Project Area and amending Sections 23.48.011, 23.49.011, and 23.58A.044 of the Seattle Municipal Code to implement a Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Program.

Ord. 124288
C.B. 117844

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Fire Code, adopting as the Seattle Fire Code the 2012 edition of the International Fire Code with some exceptions, amending and adding various provisions to that code; amending Section 22.600.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Sections 2-44 of Ordinance 123393.

Ord. 124289
C.B. 117855

AN ORDINANCE related to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (“Sound Transit”) authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation to execute an amendment to the Agreement between the City of Seattle and Sound Transit for Grant of Non-Exclusive Use of a Light Rail Transit Way as related to the Central Link Light Rail Transit Project to reflect the approved alignment for the Link Light Rail Transit Project, including the revised Northgate Link Extension and portion of the East Link segment located within the City of Seattle.

Ord. 124290
C.B. 117858

AN ORDINANCE relating to grant funds from non-City sources; authorizing the Director of Transportation (Director) to accept specified grants and execute related agreements for and on behalf of the City; changing appropriations in the 2013 Adopted Budget for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT); adding a new project; revising allocations for certain projects in the 2013-2018 CIP; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Res. 31463

A RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; establishing a ratepayer engagement process for the development of biennial revisions to the utility’s strategic plan and supporting electricity rates; outlining the roles of the Department, the City Light Review Panel, the Mayor, and the Council in that process; and establishing a schedule for regular adoption of such strategic plans and electricity rates necessary to implement them.

Res. 31465

A RESOLUTION approving the alignment, station locations, and maintenance base location for Sound Transit’s Central Link, University Link, Northgate Link Exte nsion, and East Link Light Rail Lines in the City of Seattle; and superseding th e alignment, station locations, and maintenance base location approved in Resolution 30993.

Res. 31476

A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division to expand, construct, maintain, and operate diversion structures in 32nd Avenue West to redirect combined sewer overflows as part of the South Magnolia Combined Sewer Overflow Control Project.

Res. 31477

A RESOLUTION adopting the 2013 update of the Urban Forest Stewardship Plan.

Res. 31479

A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to the Port of Seattle to construct, maintain, and operate a private road and electrical utilities on a portion of South Dakota Street and Duwamish Avenue South, east of East Marginal Way South, as part of the Argo Yard Truck Roadway Project.

Res. 31480

A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to Prologis, L.P. to maintain and operate an existing truck loading access area in Colorado Avenue South, north of Diagonal Avenue South, abutting 4200 East Marginal Way South.