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Fact Book 2013-14
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Connecting Our Communities
By MIKEL KELLY
Pamplin Media Group
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ncorporated in 1966, King
City grew a mile west of
Bull Mountain as a retire-
ment community built by
developer R.B. Sorenson.
The city has a tax rate of
$1.53 per $1,000 of assessed
valuation to support city ser-
vices. Its government is fur-
ther subsidized by state gaso-
line, liquor and cigarette taxes,
federal revenue sharing and
franchise fees. King City’s
amenities include a public golf
course and driving range plus
a shopping center.
With a population of 3,319,
King City lies between South-
west Pacific Highway and Beef
Bend Road, approximately 12
miles from downtown Port-
land.
At the time of King City’s
founding, it consisted entirely
of members of a nonprofit
homeowners association
known as the King City Civic
Association, or KCCA. Even to-
day a large portion of the
homeowners in King City be-
long, by deed restriction, to
the KCCA. Contrary to popular
belief, though, King City itself
is not age-restricted. Only ar-
eas governed by the KCCA
homeowners association are.
King City is one of 24 cities
residing in the Metro area of
Oregon. Annexations and sev-
eral developments in west
King City have resulted in a
significant increase in popula-
tion, and changed demograph-
ics dramatically by bringing in
many families with young chil-
dren.
The City Council meets on
the first and third Wednesdays
of each month in King City
City Hall, 15300 S.W. 116th
Ave., at 7 p.m. All regular
meetings are open to the pub-
lic.
King City mixes urban and rural
King City websites
n
City of King City
(ci.kingcity.or.us)
n
King City Civic Association
(kingcityowners.com)
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Much of life in King City revolves around the nine-hole golf course that
winds through the community.
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