Allocation of fee revenue
Seattle Mun. Code § 6.700.100
in effect6.700.100 - Allocation of fee revenue
A. Fee revenue shall be appropriated in the annual City budget or separate ordinances solely to recover regulatory costs in the following order of priority:
1. FAS's implementation of the network company license and fee in this Chapter 6.700;
2. OLS's implementation of Chapter 8.40; and
3. OLS's implementation of Chapter 8.37.
B. FAS's implementation of the network company license and fee may include administrative, enforcement, and other regulatory costs.
C. OLS's implementation of Chapter 8.37 and Chapter 8.40 may include policy development, enforcement, and outreach and education, including contracts with community organizations for culturally competent and language-specific outreach and education and community-based enforcement, and other regulatory costs. The OLS Director shall include an itemized statement with the amount and description of funding needed to sustain such regulatory costs in the certification of the minimum annual contribution submitted to the Mayor and City Council under subsection 3.15.007.B. The OLS Director shall publicly announce which contracts are funded by fee revenue to ensure that such contracts are solely for purposes prescribed by this Section 6.700.100. Consistent with City purchasing requirements, the OLS Director shall create policies and procedures for awarding and monitoring contracts that are funded by fee revenue to ensure that such contracts are solely for purposes prescribed by this Section 6.700.100.
D. The FAS Director shall include fee revenues in the quarterly reporting that the City Finance Division and City Budget Office provide to the City Council as part of the Financial Monitoring program.
(Ord. 126953, § 1, 2023)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT6BURE_SUBTITLE_IVNELICO_CH6.700NECO_6.700.100ALFEREFetched: 11/1/2026