Hearing Notice: Proposed Ordinance 2026-0284

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Proposed Ordinance 2026-0284

School Impact Fees

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Metropolitan King County Council will hold a public hearing on November 24, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. to consider adoption of Proposed Ordinance 2026-0284, relating to school impact fees and comprehensive planning.

LOCATION: King County Courthouse, 516 3rd Avenue, Room 1001, Seattle; remote public testimony on Zoom will also be accepted.

HOW TO COMMENT: Written comment will be accepted from 9:00 a.m. on October 22, 2026, through 5:00 p.m. on November 23, 2026, by sending such public testimony to clerk.council@kingcounty.gov. Please include the legislation number in the subject line.

SUMMARY: It is expected that Council will take action on the proposed ordinance at the November 24, 2026 Council meeting. Proposed Ordinance 2026-0284 would adopt updated capital facilities plans for the Tahoma, Federal Way, Riverview, Issaquah, Snoqualmie Valley, Highline, Lake Washington, Northshore, Enumclaw, Fife, Auburn, and Renton school districts as subelements of the King County Comprehensive Plan capital facilities element. It would also establish school impact fees to be collected by King County on behalf of these districts for new residential development in unincorporated King County, effective January 1, 2027.

The proposed fee schedule would distinguish single detached dwelling units, middle housing units, and apartment units by bedroom count, applying the calculation framework previously adopted by Ordinance 19965. Middle housing and apartment unit fees would be subject to a maximum of $5,000 per dwelling unit.

FINAL CONSIDERATION: The Council will review the Proposed Ordinance as recommended by the Council’s Budget and Fiscal Management Committee. Councilmembers may offer amendments to the legislation for consideration by the Council, including but not limited to amendments related to topics discussed in committee. Anyone interested in the issues raised on the pieces of legislation should testify and make their views known at the public hearing on November 24, 2026.

MORE INFORMATION on the public hearing and how to participate in public comment can be found at:   www.kingcounty.gov/council/committees/full_council.aspx. 

A copy of Proposed Ordinance 2026-0284 is available at:https://mkcclegisearch.kingcounty.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8239060&GUID=D5C6ADB6-BA58-47C1-A35B-A6741330C4CE.

DATED at Seattle, Washington, this 22nd day of October, 2026.

METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL

KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

Melani Hay

Clerk of the Council