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filed with the City and handled by the City pursuant to the City's municipal code. <br />The County agrees that it shall reasonably make its employees available as <br />witnesses at no cost to the City if necessary to provide assistance on appeals of <br />decisions made by the County prior to the effective date of the Annexation. <br />5.5 Enforcement of County conditions. Any conditions imposed by the County <br />relating to the issuance or approval of any of the permits described in Subsection <br />5.4 shall be enforced by the City after the effective date of the Annexation to the <br />same extent the City enforces its own permit conditions. The County agrees that <br />it shall reasonably make its employees available, at no cost to the City, to provide <br />assistance in enforcement of conditions on permits originally processed and <br />issued by the County. <br />5.6 Pending permit applications. <br />5.6.1 Vesting. The Parties agree that any complete building permit application, <br />associated permit application or land use permit application relating to real <br />property located in the Annexation Area that is submitted to the County prior to <br />the effective date of the Annexation and that has vested under Washington <br />statutory, common law, or the Snohomish County Code shall remain subject to <br />the development regulations of the County that were in effect at the time the <br />permit application was deemed complete by the County, notwithstanding the <br />subsequent Annexation. Vesting under this section does not apply to storm water <br />regulations. <br />5.6.2 Automatic transfer of authority regarding permits. The Parties understand and <br />agree that the police power relating to real property located in the Annexation <br />Area automatically transfers from the County to the City on the effective date of <br />the Annexation. The Parties understand and agree that it is the police power that <br />provides local jurisdictions with the authority to impose and implement building <br />and land use regulations. Accordingly, the Parties understand and agree that, as <br />a matter of law, all responsibility for and authority over pending permit <br />applications automatically transfers from the County to the City on the effective <br />date of the Annexation. <br />5.6.3 Completing the active phase of review. The Parties agree that to facilitate an <br />orderly transfer of pending permit applications to the City after the effective date <br />of the Annexation, it is desirable for the County to continue processing all <br />pending permit applications through the completion of the permit review phase <br />that was in progress on the effective date of the Annexation. Accordingly, <br />beginning on the effective date of the Annexation, the County shall act as the <br />City's agent for the limited purpose of reviewing and processing all pending <br />permit applications until such time as County personnel have completed the <br />permit review phase that was in progress on the effective date of the Annexation. <br />Upon completion of such permit review phase relating to any particular pending <br />INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 4 of 21 <br />BETWEEN THE CITY OF EVERETT AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY August 19, 2020 <br />CONCERNING THE SMITH ISLAND WEST ANNEXATION <br />PURSUANT TO RCW 35,13,470 <br />