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Last Update:  3 January 2010

NEW ZONING CODE ORDINANCE:  The Council passed Ordinance No. 372 at the December Council meeting.  This ordinance amends the definitions of remodel and reconstruction in an effort to encourage the preservation of the existing housing stock and removes those parking regulations that relate only to public property.  Parking regulations for public rights of way and streets can be found in existing Ordinance No. 274.

NEW RIGHT OF WAY ORDINANCE:  The Council passed Ordinance No. 370 at the November Council meeting.  This ordinance adopts regulations for the uses and development of non-paved portions of the Town's rights-of-way.  Residents wishing to place landscaping or improvements of any kind on the right of way are encouraged to become familiar with these rules BEFORE beginning any work.  In some cases, proposed work requires a permit.

NEW WATER RATES:  The Council voted to increase water rates at the November Council meeting to ensure the long-term financial health of the Water Department.  This action was prompted by an unexpected failure of the well pump this past summer that was very expensive to replace and the recognition that the Water Department's fund reserves were dwindling.  By state law, the Water Department is required to be self-supporting through user fees and cannot be subsidized by taxes.  New rates go into effect January 1, 2010 and will be reflected on bills mailed to customers on March 1, 2010.

ZIP+4 LOOKUP:  Beaux Arts will benefit greatly from recent changes in the way sales tax is collected and distributed in Washington State IF residents will use their ZIP+4 zip code for all online purchases and local purchases delivered to your home.  If you don't already know your ZIP+4, please click here for a link to the lookup feature at www.USPS.com.

VILLAGERS, PLEASE REMEMBER:  If you plan any construction or tree cutting, you may need a Bald Eagle Management Plan.  The Washington State Dept of Fish and Wildlife lists information about the state's Bald Eagle rules and regulations, contacts for additional assistance, and other important information about this protected species on their website.  Before you begin any work, please review this important information by visiting http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/baldeagle/.

VILLAGERS, PLEASE TAKE NOTE:  Beaux Arts is a Blockwatch Community.  To ensure that Blockwatch works quickly and efficiently, the Town has created a Blockwatch Email Alert list, which is maintained by our Town Clerks.  If you have not already done so or if your email address has changed, please forward your current email address to Clerk-Treasurer Spens at townhall@beauxarts-wa.gov or to Deputy Clerk Kulp at blgddept@beauxartsw-wa.gov so that we can keep the distribution list for this vital service as up-to-date as possible.

Some additional safety tips from the King County Sheriff:  While Beaux Arts is a safe and family-friendly community, we are not immune to crime, particularly crimes of opportunity where a thief can get into and out of a vehicle, home, garage, etc. quickly.  ALWAYS REMEMBER TO:

Washington State Dept of Transportation maintains an online schedule of roadway projects throughout the state.  Go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects for more information and use the interactive map to navigate to areas of interest to you.  Planned improvements for I-405 can be found at www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/i405.

As you browse documents such as ordinances, minutes, etc., you will notice that these documents are stored as pdf files.  Because pdf readers, e.g. Adobe Acrobat, are readily available and in widespread use, we are using this file type to preserve formatting characteristics and to make our documents available to all computer platforms and operating systems.  If you do not already have a pdf reader, we invite you to visit www.adobe.com to download the latest version of their free Acrobat reader or click this icon.