SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120483

• Record No: CB 120483
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120483
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 1/10/2023
• Ordinance No: Ord 126748
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to current use taxation; approving applications for current use taxation of properties located at 8240 43rd Avenue NE and 711 NE 43rd Street under the King County Public Benefit Rating System, and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Andrew Lewis
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Amendment 1, 3. Central staff memo, 4. Presentation, 5. Signed Ordinance 126748, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/10/2023	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
1/10/2023	1	City Council	passed	Pass
1/4/2023	1	Public Assets and Homelessness Committee	pass as amended	Pass
12/13/2022	1	City Council	referred
12/1/2022	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
11/30/2022	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to current use taxation; approving applications for current use taxation of properties located at 8240 43rd Avenue NE and 711 NE 43rd Street under the King County Public Benefit Rating System, and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks has forwarded two applications to the City Council for classification under the King County Public Benefit Rating System (PBRS); and
WHEREAS, Dustin Jewett and Alyssa Horn have applied for PBRS rating for open space on a portion of the property that they own located at 8240 43rd Avenue NE (E20CT029S); and
WHEREAS, Nathan Rosenbaum has applied for PBRS rating of a City of Seattle Landmark, Anhalt Hall, which he owns, located at 711 NE 43rd Street (E21CT024S); and
WHEREAS, the PBRS is administered in accordance with Revised Code of Washington Section 84.34.037, Washington Administrative Code Chapter 458-30, and King County Code Chapter 20.36 providing for assessment practices to reflect current use of property, rather than "highest and best use," as an incentive for property owners to maintain open space; and
WHEREAS, RCW 84.34.037(1) states that an application for PBRS shall be acted upon after public hearings and affirmative acts by the county and city legislative bodies affirming the entirety of an application without modification or both bodies affirm an application with identical modifications; and
WHEREAS, the King County Council has reviewed and approved applications E20CT029S and E21CT024S; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle City Council held a public hearing on the applications on January 4, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle City Council concurs with the recommendations of the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks as contained in the reports of the applications attached to this ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE...