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ORDINANCE NO. 3350
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 6.65
EDMONDS FIRE DEPARTMENT: PROVISION OF
EMERGENCY SERVICE AND OTHER FIRE
PROTECTION SERVICES, AND FIXING A TIME
WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS the City of Edmonds has created, pursuant to the exercise of
powers granted it pursuant to RCW 35A.21.160 a fire department: and
WHEREAS the Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency
response services throughout the City of Edmonds in order to protect the general health,
safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clarify that the creation of the Fire
Department has been done in accordance with the provision of fire services generally in
the community and that by creating the Fire Department, there is no intention to set aside
or define any particular class of benefited person or persons; NOW THEREFORE;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Edmonds City Code, Title 6, is hereby amended by the
addition of a new Chapter, 6.65 Edmonds Fire Department: Provision of Emer ency
Services to read as follows:
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6.65 Edmonds Fire Department: Provision of Emergency
Services
The Edmonds Fire Department has been created in order to provide
fire protection services and emergency medical services, as well as
disaster preparation and coordination in accordance with Chapter
6.60 of this Code and to otherwise protect life and property and
promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public. No
provision of these ordinances and nothing in the creation of the
Edmonds Fire Department shall be interpreted to create or
otherwise establish any particular class or group of persons who
will or would be especially protected or benefited by the creation
of said Fire Department by the provision of services by its
members or by the budgeting of services by the annual budget
ordinance.
Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power
specifically delegated to the City legislative body, 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:
M OR, Y RAAKENSON
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TW!zt
OFFICE OF E Y:
BY:
W. Scott Snyder
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 03/02/2001
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 03/06/2001
PUBLISHED: 03/12/2001
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03/17/2001
ORDINANCE NO. 3350
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REVISED CODE of WASHINGTON
Title 35A RCW OPTIONAL MUNICIPAL CODE
Chapter 35A.21 RCW PROVISIONS AFFECTING ALL CODE CITIES
RCW 35A.21.160 General application of laws to code cities.
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RCW 35A.21.160 General application of laws to code cities.
A code city organized or reorganized under this title shall have all of the powers which any city
of any class may have and shall be governed in matters of state concern by statutes applicable to such
cities in connection with such powers to the extent to which such laws are appropriate and are not in
conflict with the provisions specifically applicable to code cities.
[1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.160.]
RCW 35A.21.161 Regulation of activities and enforcement of penal laws.
All code cities shall observe and enforce, in addition to its local regulations, the provisions of
state laws relating to the conduct, location and limitation on activities as regulated by state law and
shall supply police information to the section on identification of the state patrol as required by
chapter 43.43 RCW.
[1983 c 3 § 59; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.161.]
RCW 35A.21.162 Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from
regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility.
See chapter 80.58 RCW.
RCW 35A.21.164 Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation
districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
See RCW 87.03.825 through 87.03.840.
RCW 35A.21.170 Fiscal year.
The fiscal year of a code city shall commence on the first day of January and end on the thirty -
first day of December of each calendar year unless a different fiscal period is authorized by RCW
1.16.030, as amended.
[1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.170.]
RCW 35A.21.180 Flags to be displayed.
The flag of the United States and the flag of the state shall be prominently installed and
displayed and maintained in code city buildings and shall be as provided in RCW 1.20.010.
[1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.180.]
RCW 35A.21.190 Daylight saving time.
No code city shall adopt any provision for the observance of daylig'
authorized by RCW 1.20.050 and 1.20.051. Adopted by Reference
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3350
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 6th day of March, 2001, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3350. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of
the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING A
NEW CHAPTER 6.65 EDMONDS FIRE DEPARTMENT: PROVISION OF
EMERGENCY SERVICE AND OTHER FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 7th day of March, 2001.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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STATE OF WASHINGTON, l
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH, Jr
UMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO 3350
of the ity dmonds, Washington
On the 6th day of March, 2001, the City Council of the City of
Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 3350. A summary of the content of
said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 6.65 EDMONDS FIRE',
DEPARTMENT: PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICE AND
OTHER FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, AND FIXING A TIME
WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 71h day of March, 2001.
Published: March 12, 2001. CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
Affidavit of Publication
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice ......... ...............................
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a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
March 12, 2001
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