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filed with the City and handled by the City pursuant to the City's municipal code. The County agrees that it shall reasonably make its employees available as witnesses at no cost to the City if necessary to provide assistance on appeals of decisions made by the County prior to the effective date of the Annexation. 5.5 Enforcement of County conditions. Any conditions imposed by the County relating to the issuance or approval of any of the permits described in Subsection 5.4 shall be enforced by the City after the effective date of the Annexation to the same extent the City enforces its own permit conditions. The County agrees that it shall reasonably make its employees available, at no cost to the City, to provide assistance in enforcement of conditions on permits originally processed and issued by the County. 5.6 Pending permit applications. 5.6.1 Vesting. The Parties agree that any complete building permit application, associated permit application or land use permit application relating to real property located in the Annexation Area that is submitted to the County prior to the effective date of the Annexation and that has vested under Washington statutory, common law, or the Snohomish County Code shall remain subject to the development regulations of the County that were in effect at the time the permit application was deemed complete by the County, notwithstanding the subsequent Annexation. Vesting under this section does not apply to storm water regulations. 5.6.2 Automatic transfer of authority regarding permits. The Parties understand and agree that the police power relating to real property located in the Annexation Area automatically transfers from the County to the City on the effective date of the Annexation. The Parties understand and agree that it is the police power that provides local jurisdictions with the authority to impose and implement building and land use regulations. Accordingly, the Parties understand and agree that, as a matter of law, all responsibility for and authority over pending permit applications automatically transfers from the County to the City on the effective date of the Annexation. 5.6.3 Completing the active phase of review. The Parties agree that to facilitate an orderly transfer of pending permit applications to the City after the effective date of the Annexation, it is desirable for the County to continue processing all pending permit applications through the completion of the permit review phase that was in progress on the effective date of the Annexation. Accordingly, beginning on the effective date of the Annexation, the County shall act as the City's agent for the limited purpose of reviewing and processing all pending permit applications until such time as County personnel have completed the permit review phase that was in progress on the effective date of the Annexation. Upon completion of such permit review phase relating to any particular pending INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 4 of 21 BETWEEN THE CITY OF EVERETT AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY August 19,2020 CONCERNING THE SMITH ISLAND WEST ANNEXATION PURSUANT TO RCW 35.13.470