SENATE BILL REPORT
SSB 5156
BYSenate Committee on Parks & Ecology (originally sponsored by Senators Bluechel, Kreidler and Garrett)
Exempting class AA counties from state flood controls.
Senate Committee on Parks & Ecology
Senate Hearing Date(s):January 22, 1987; February 5, 1987
Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5156 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.
Signed by Senators Kreidler, Chairman; Rinehart, Vice Chairman; Bluechel, Hansen, Kiskaddon.
Senate Staff:Gary Wilburn (786-7453)
February 17, 1987
AS PASSED SENATE, FEBRUARY 16, 1987
BACKGROUND:
Chapter 86.16 RCW establishes a flood control management program for the state. The Department of Ecology establishes flood control zones using quadrangle maps published by the United States Geological Survey. Permits are required for constructing, reconstructing, or modifying any structures within the flood control zone. The Department of Ecology administers the permit program, and delegations of the program may be made to the governing body of any county, city or town provided statutory minimal requirements are satisfied. Enforcement powers for violation of the permit requirement or abatement of structures constructed in violation of the statutory requirements are provided.
SUMMARY:
Construction activities in towns within the King County portion of Snohomish River flood control zone, for structures constructed and land platted prior to August 15, 1966, may be exempted from the state flood control zone permit requirements of Chapter 86.16 RCW. Such towns may apply to the Department of Ecology for exemption, based upon physical characteristics within the town.
Fiscal Note: requested
Senate Committee - Testified: Ray Nelson, Nelson Stock Ranch; Chuck Steele, FEMA; Wendy Bolender, Washington Association of Realtors; Rod Mack, Department of Ecology; Elizabeth Tabbutt, WEC