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RESOLUTION NO.
99-90
POTABLE WATER EVIDENCE AS A CONDITION FOR FILING
AN APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act Laws of 1990, 1st
Ex. Sess., ch. 17, sec. 63, p. 2016 has amended the Revised
Code of Washington (RCW 19.27) to require applicants for building
permits of a building necessitating potable water to provide
evidence of an adequate water supply for the intended use of the
building; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Growth Management Act the
Washington State Department of Ecology has adopted interim
guidelines providing 3efferson County with several options for
such proof including a water right permit, letter from an
approved water purveyor, or well drillers log and water quality
documentation but not including alternate potable water supplies;
and
WHEREAS, 3efferson County citizens have relied upon
water supplies using alternate means from those included in the
draft guidelines which would not be included in these categories;
and
WHEREAS, 3efferson County wishes to implement the
evidence of potable water supplies provisions of RCW 19.27 as
amended as soon as practicable; and
WHEREAS, the 3efferson County Board of Health has
promulgated rules and procedures for certifying evidence of
potable water sypplies based on DOE recommended guidelines, and
WHEREAS, 3efferson County requires additional time to
study the feasibility of local rules and encourage public review
and comment on proposed rules regarding evidence of alternate
potable water supplies.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the 3efferson
County Department of Planning and Building is authorized to
review only those applications for building permits that have
been certified by the 3efferson County Department of Health as
having provided proof of an adequate water supply.
Such review and certification shall not, at this time, include
systems using methods not specifically provided for in the
Washington Department of Ecology Interim Guidelines for
Determining Water Availability for New Buildings (Interim
Guidelines) until and unless the 3efferson County Board of Health
has adopted' rules and procedures for alternate means of proof of
adequate water supplies from those currently provided in the
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C'""" ' ,c:!.J. · George c. Gerown, Chairman
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Lorna Delaney B. G Brown, Member
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