Ordinance 1981ORDINANCE NO. 1981
AN ORT)I��ANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
CREA'T'ING A NEW CHAPTER IN THE EDMONDS CITY CODE,
CHAPTER 1.02, "POSTING AND PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES
AND NOTICES", PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING OF ORDINANCES,
REPEALING A DESIGNATED OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AND
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF OTHER NOTICES.
Section 1. There is hereby created a new chapter
in the Edmonds City Code, pursuant to RCW 35A.12.160 and
35A.65.020, entitled "Posting and Publication of Ordinances
and Notices" which is hereby designated Chapter No. 1.02,
which chapter shall consist of the following new sections.
Section 1.02.010 Posting of Ordinances. The City
Council finds there is no newspaper printed and published
within the City of Edmonds and the City Council elects not
to designate an offical newspaper. "Publication" of ordin-
ances of the City of Edmonds will be made by printing and
posting the ordinance(s) in the following three public
places, all of which are hereby designated as the offical
posting places for city notices: (1) the public bulletin
board in the Edmonds Civic Center, 250 - 5th Avenue North,
Edmonds, Washington 98020, (2) public bulletin board in the
Edmonds Public Library, Civic Center, 250 - 5th Avenue
North, Edmonds, Washington 98020; and, (3) public bulletin
board, Edmonds branch of United States Post Office, 201 Main
Street, Edmonds, Washington 98020.
Section 1.02.020. Effective Date of Ordinances.
The effective date of ordinances posted pursuant to Section
1.02.010 shall be five days after the date of its posting,
unless otherwise provided by statute, except that an ordinance
passed by a majority plus one of the whole membership of the
City Council, designated therein as a public emergency
ordinance necessary for the protection of the public health,
public safety, public property, or the public peace, may be
made effective upon adoption, but such ordinance may not
levy taxes, grant, renew, or extend a franchise, or authorize
the borrowing of money.
Section 1.02.030 Affidavit of Posting. The City
Clerk shall cause the posting of all ordinances required to
be posted under Section 1.02.010 and shall cause to be
prepared an affidavit of posting, which shall recite the
date of posting in said three public places so designated.
The affidavit of posting shall be attached to the ordinance,
and filed for record in the official ordinance book.
The date of posting the ordinance shall be set
forth at the foot of the ordinance following the indicated
date of passage by the City Council.
Section 1.02.040 Publication of Other Notices generally.
Except as provided in Section 1.02.050 below, the publication
of legal notices, other than ordinances, required by law, or
by ordinance of the City of Edmonds, shall be in a newspaper
of general circulation within the City of Edmonds having the
qualifications of a legal newspaper prescribed by state law.
The City Council hereby reserves the right to designate
different newspapers (meeting the preceding criteria) for
particular purposes which the City Council may find from
time to time to be most advantageous to the public interest
for the particular notice.
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Section 1.02.050 Publication of Specified Notices.
(1) Where required to be published in a newspaper, the
following notices and resolutions (including resolutions of
intention), but excluding ordinances, will be published in
the Western Sun which is a legal newspaper under applicable
state law and has a general circulation within the City of
Edmonds; those required: (a) under local improvement district
laws, including the LID bonds; (b) in preparation of the
annual City budget; (c) under annexation laws; and, (d)
pursuant to Title 12 (Zoning, Platting & Subdivision) of the
Edmonds City Code and applicable state law.
In the event the City Council does not specify a
particular newspaper for a specific publication pursuant to
Section 1.02.040 above, newspaper publications required
under general law and/or City ordinance will be in the
Western Sun.
Section 1.02.060 Prior References to Official Newspaper.
Any and all references that might appear in other City
ordinances or other sections of the Edmonds City Code, which
may refer to a publication of notice or resolution in the
offical newspaper, official gazette, or other such reference
to a newspaper designated by the City of Edmonds as tantamount
to an official newspaper are hereby superseded by this
chapter of the Edmonds City Code. Such references to publi-
cation of notice or resolution in an official newspaper,
gazette, or other such terminology hereby superseded shall
be governed hererafter by the above Section 1.02.040 and
1.02.050.
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Section 1.02.070. Effective Date. The effective
date of this chapter shall be five days after its publication,
to wit, March 20, 1978. Ordinances passed subsequent to
March 20,1978, shall be posted pursuant to the above Section
1.02.010; and other notices and resolutions shall be governed
by the provisions of above Sections 1.02.040 and 1.02.050.
APPROVED:
MAYOR, H. H. Harrison
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, Irene rney Moran
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: March 3, 1978
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: March 7, 1978
PUBLISHED: March 15, 1978
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 1978
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
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