Proposed Ordinance: 2025-0268

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Proposed Ordinance 2025-0268

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing will be held before the Metropolitan King County Council on October 7, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. to consider adoption of Proposed Ordinance 2025-0268, an ordinance that would modify the County's allowances for doctor's office/outpatient clinic uses in the Residential zones.

The public hearing will be held at the King County Courthouse, 516 3rd Avenue, Room 1001, Seattle; remote public testimony on Zoom will also be accepted. Written public testimony will be accepted from 9 a.m. on September 6, 2025 through 10 a.m. on October 7, 2025, by sending such public testimony to clerk.council@kingcounty.gov. Please include the legislation number and related agenda item in the subject line. More information on the public hearing and how to participate in public testimony can be found at this website: https://www.kingcounty.gov/council/committees/full_council.aspx.

It is expected that the Council will take action on this Proposed Ordinance at the October 7, 2025 meeting following the public hearing.

SUMMARY:

The Proposed Ordinance would add an allowance for the "doctor's office/outpatient clinic" use to the permitted use table. It would allow doctor's office/outpatient clinic uses as a Permitted use outside of the urban area, only in the R-24 and R-48 zones, as a reuse of surplus nonresidential facility, and where it is served by public sewer.  It would also exempt this allowance from the requirements in K.C.C. 21A.12.250 that otherwise would add limitations on the location of doctor's office/outpatient clinic uses and impose on-site parking maximums.

For More Information:

A copy of Proposed Ordinance 2025-0268 is available on the internet at https://mkcclegisearch.kingcounty.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7641139&GUID=ABCA16C3-12A5-4EB9-8361-2515908B4973&Options=ID|Text|&Search=2025-0268. You may also view this notice at the Clerk’s page at https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/council/governance-leadership/county-council/clerk-of-the-council/public-notices.

DATED at Seattle, Washington, this 6th day of September, 2025.

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

Melani Hay

Clerk of the Council