Chapter 16.24
FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT

Sections:

16.24.010    Flood control zone district established.

16.24.010 Flood control zone district established.

A. The board of county commissioners has established a countywide flood control zone district which shall be designated Columbia County flood control zone district, which shall have all the powers, authorities, and duties provided in Chapter 86.15 RCW et seq., and any and all amendments, changes or alterations thereto or laws pertaining to such, and including provisions as provided in this chapter.

B. The boundaries of said district are hereby established and declared to be described in RCW 36.04.070, to wit:

Commencing at a point in the middle of the channel of Snake river, where the range line between ranges thirty-six and thirty-seven east of the Willamette Meridian intersects said point; thence south on said range line to the northwest corner of township nine north, range thirty-seven east; thence east on the north boundary line of township nine north, range thirty-seven east, to the northeast corner of said township; thence south on the line between ranges thirty-seven and thirty-eight east of the Willamette Meridian, to the northwest corner of township eight north, range thirty-eight east; thence along the north boundary line of township eight north, range thirty-eight east, to the northeast corner of said township; thence due south to the line dividing the state of Washington from the state of Oregon; thence due east on said dividing line to the range line between ranges forty-one and forty-two east; thence north on said range line to the corner of sections thirteen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty-four, township ten north, ranges forty-one and forty-two east; thence west three miles; thence north three miles; thence west one mile; thence north one mile; thence west one mile; thence north three miles; thence west one mile; thence north to the southwest corner of township twelve north, range forty-one east; thence west on township line six miles; thence north on range line between ranges thirty-nine and forty to a point in the mid-channel of Snake river; thence down the mid-channel of said river to the place of beginning. Containing all properties located within Columbia County.

C. The area described in subsection (B) of this section, as such zone boundaries incorporate any and all watersheds located in said described boundaries.

D. The governing body shall be the board of county commissioners as the Columbia County flood control zone district supervisors and the administration of affairs of the zone district shall be under the office of the Columbia County engineer. The governing body shall have all the powers allowed by law. [Res. 2019-34.]