AN ORDINANCE relating to land disturbing activity; updating the Grading Code to align with updates to other codes; and amending Sections 22.170.020, 22.170.050, 22.170.060, 22.170.070, 22.170.080, 22.170.110, and 22.170.190 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
120084 An Ordinance. Relating to land disturbing activity. Updating the greeting code to align with updates to other codes and amending sections. 22.170.02. 0.050.060.070.110.190 of the Seattle Animal Code. The committee recommends the bill pass. Thank you so much, Madam Clerk. And colleagues, my apologies for not using my camera. My my Wi-Fi here is glitching a little bit, so it seems to improve when I turn the video off. If that resolves, I'll make sure to turn my video back on. But in the meantime, to hand this over to Councilmember Strauss, who is the chair of the committee and is going to walk us through this piece of legislation. Thank you, council president and thank you, Deputy Clerk, showing the this legislation and the next two bills are all related to the technical codes that are updated regularly by the State Department of Construction Inspection. These bills come to council after years long process processes that begin with updates to internal guidelines and eventually continues on to state level updates and finally, city level updates. This legislation specifically is updating the grading code, which is flat surfaces without subterranean anything and no buildings. This will be the first update to the grading codes since 2009 and the updates are minimal. Examples of the changes in this code include requiring a grading permit when land disturbing activity on a site exceeds 5000 square feet rather than one acre, requiring a grading permit whenever groundwater is being extracted and broadening the definition of potentially hazardous location to include any site on EPA or ecology list form this investigation or cleanup of contamination . This is technical in nature and I urge a yes vote. Thank you. Council President. Thank you so much, colleagues. Are there any additional comments on the bill? Hearing? None. Will the clerk please call the role on the passage of the bill? Else? Yes. Herbold as. Whereas I. Lewis. Yeah. MORALES Yes. Hostetter, I. Peterson Yes. Want. Yes. Council President Gonzalez I nine in favor and unopposed. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the first please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Will the clerk please read item ten into the record? And the short title is fine. Jan Item ten Council Bill 120083 An ordinance relating to Seattle's construction codes amending section 7.13.1, 3.7 and 16131.1.