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ORDINANCE NO. 4444
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4424 TO CORRECT AND CLARIFY
LEGISLATIVE RECITALS RELATING TO THE CITY’S PERIODIC
UPDATE OF ITS CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.130 requires the City to periodically review and, if needed, revise its
critical areas ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on January 6, 2026, the City Council considered Ordinance No. 4424 as part of the
City’s periodic update to its critical areas regulations; and
WHEREAS, the council packet for the January 6, 2026 meeting included multiple policy options for
addressing critical aquifer recharge area (“CARA”) regulations while the Deer Creek PFAS study was
ongoing, including an option to adopt the critical areas ordinance while deferring consideration of CARA
regulations until completion of the study; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on January 6, 2026, at which members of the
public commented on the critical areas ordinance, the Deer Creek aquifer, the City’s CARA regulations,
and the use of underground injection control wells (“UICs”) in the Deer Creek CARA; and
WHEREAS, after the public hearing, a motion to adopt the proposed critical areas ordinance and
defer consideration of CARA regulations until completion of the PFAS study failed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council then moved to adopt Option 2 of the critical areas ordinance with the
amended CARA section, and the City Council amended that motion by r eplacing the word “again” with
the phrase “if necessary”; and
WHEREAS, the main motion to adopt Option 2 as amended passed, and Ordinance No. 4424 was
thereafter enacted to include amended CARA regulations rather than to defer consideration of CARA
regulations; and
WHEREAS, two recitals prepared for a pre-amendment version of Ordinance No. 4424 were not
amended as part of the Option 2 motion and were consequently carried forward into the final ordinance
even though those recitals described an approach the City Council did not ultimately adopt; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to correct the explanatory recitals in Ordinance No. 4424 so
that the legislative record accurately reflects the ordinance as amended and adopted, without altering
the substantive provisions, codified regulations, effective date, or legal effect of Ordinance No. 4424;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Correction of Recitals in Ordinance No. 4424. Ordinance No. 4424 is hereby amended
to delete the following two recitals:
WHEREAS, the draft CARA regulations that were before the city council for the November 25,
2025 public hearing was prepared with heavy input from a group of interested citizens known
as the Edmonds Environmental Council and does not necessarily reflect best available science;
and
WHEREAS, the November 2025 draft CARA regulations would have necessitated such a
significant deviation from the current CARA regulations, the current stormwater regulations,
and the city’s obligations under its stormwater permit that the city council believes it most
appropriate to leave the current CARA regulations (chapter 23.60 ECDC) in place over the next
several months until the results of the PFAS study are before the city council;
Those deleted recitals are hereby replaced with the following recitals:
WHEREAS, the City Council received and considered staff analysis, Planning Board materials,
public testimony, written public comments, and input from interested community members
and public agencies regarding the City’s critical areas regulations, including the City’s CARA
regulations; and
WHEREAS, after considering the alternatives presented in the council packet, the public
testimony, written public comments, and the City Council’s deliberation, the City Council finds
the most preferable option at this time to be Option 2 as amended, including amended CARA
regulations and the City Council’s direction that future updates be considered “if necessary”
following completion of the PFAS study; and
WHEREAS, the City Council intends these recitals to reflect the ordinance as amended and
adopted, including the adoption of amended CARA regulations rather than the deferral of
CARA regulations;
Section 2. No Substantive Change to Ordinance No. 4424. This ordinance is intended solely to
correct explanatory recitals in Ordinance No. 4424 so that those recitals conform to the ordinance as
amended and adopted by the City Council on January 6, 2026. This ordinance does not amend, repeal,
suspend, reenact, or otherwise alter the substantive provisions, codified regulations, effective date, or
legal effect of Ordinance No. 4424. Without limiting the foregoing, this ordinance does not reopen or
extend the effective date of Ordinance No. 4424, and does not impair any action taken under Ordinance
No. 4424.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance
should be held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an administrative function of the city council, is
not subject to referendum and shall take effect five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved
summary thereof consisting of the title.
APPROVED:
MAYOR, MIKE ROSEN
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
CITY CLERK, LUKE LONIE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
JEFF TARADAY
Jeff Taraday (Aug 4, 2026 09:53:01 PDT)
Jeff Taraday
JefT ardTy (Aug 4, 2026 90:22:24 531 P
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: JULY 21, 2026
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: AUGUST 3, 2026
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 7, 2026
EFFECTIVE DATE: AUGUST 12, 2026
ORDINANCE NO: 4444
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 4444
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 3rd day of August, 2026, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance
No. 4444. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4424 TO CORRECT AND CLARIFY
LEGISLATIVE RECITALS RELATING TO THE CITY’S PERIODIC
UPDATE OF ITS CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 4th day of August, 2026.
CITY CLERK, LUKE LONIE
Ordinance 4444
Final Audit Report 2026-08-04
Created:2026-08-04
By:Luke Lonie (Luke.Lonie@EdmondsWa.Gov)
Status:Signed
Transaction ID:CBJCHBCAABAAW0kGGCmPfN4-si7C2FZFs8gouCAkw8ll
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