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ORDINANCE NO. 3631
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 20.60 ECDC SIGN
CODE; REVISING CURRENT DEFINITIONS FOR
"GOVERNMENTAL SIGN ", "POLE SIGN ", AND "PORTABLE
SIGN "; ADDING A NEW DEFINITION FOR "COMMUNITY
EVENT BANNER" AND ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS
THEREFORE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds regulates signs through the Sign Code codified
at Chapter 20.60 ECDC for the purpose of promoting traffic safety and community aesthetics;
and
WHEREAS, community event banners effectively inform City residents about
local festivals, carnivals, fairs, recreational contests and other nonprofit, charitable or City-
sponsored events that are integral to the Edmonds community; and
WHEREAS, community event banners are consistent with the underlying
purposes of Chapter 20.60 ECDC by advancing community aesthetics;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. Amendment of ECDC 20.60.005. Section 20.60.005 of the Edmonds
Community Development Code is hereby amended to provide for revised definitions of
"Governmental Sign ", "Portable Sign" and "Pole Sign ", and to establish a new definition for
"Community Event Banner" as follows:
20.60.005 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply:
"Community event banner" is a noncommercial sign
composed of cloth, fabric, canvas or similarly flexible material that
promotes a temporary community event endorsed, operated or
sponsored wholly or in part by a local public entity the jurisdiction
of which includes the City of Edmonds. Community events are
nonprofit, governmental or charitable festivals, contests, programs,
fairs, carnivals or recreational contests conducted within the City.
"Governmental sign" is a sign owned, operated or
sponsored by a governmental entity, and which promotes the
public health, safety or welfare. Governmental signs include, but
are not limited to, traffic signs, directional and informational signs
for public facilities, publicly sponsored warning or hazard signs,
and community event banners displayed by a governmental entity
on public property.
"Pole signs" are freestanding signs where the structural
support for the sign is a pole(s). Pole signs may include
community event banners where the banner is supported by at least
two poles that are permanently attached to the ground ("pole -
mounted community event banners ").
"Portable sign" is any sign that is readily capable of being
moved or removed, whether attached or affixed to the ground or
any structure that is typically intended for temporary display.
Portable signs include, but are not limited to:
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1. Signs designed and constructed with a
chassis or support with or without wheels;
2. Menu and "sandwich" board signs;
3. "A" and "T" frame signs;
4. Wooden, metal, or plastic "stake" or "yard"
signs;
5. Posters or banners affixed to windows,
railings, overhangs, trees, hedges, or other structures or vegetation,
except for pole- mounted community event banners;
6. Signs mounted upon vehicles parked and
visible from the public right -of -way, except signs identifying the
related business when the vehicle is being used in the normal day -
to -day operation of the business, and except for signs advertising
for sale the vehicle upon which the sign is mounted;
7. Searchlights;
8. Inflatables.
Section 2. Amendment of ECDC 20.60.020. Subsection 20.60.020(B) of the
Edmonds Community Development Code is hereby amended to provide in its entirety as
follows:
20.60.020 General regulations for permanent signs.
B. Except for pole - mounted community event banners, no
sign or any part of a sign may be designed or constructed to be
moving by any means and shall not contain items such as banners,
ribbons, streamers and spinners. Signs with type that is movable to
change the message (reader boards) are allowed.
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Section 3. Amendment of ECDC 20.60.045. Subsection 20.60.045(E) of the
Edmonds Community Development Code is hereby amended to provide in its entirety as
follows:
20.60.045 Freestanding sign — Regulations.
E. Location. Freestanding signs shall be located as close
as possible to the center of the street frontage on which they are
located. Except for pole - mounted community event banners,
freestanding signs may not be located on public property. Sites on
a corner of two public streets may have one sign on the corner
instead of a sign for each frontage.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 5. Transmittal to CTED. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.106, the City Planner
is directed to transmit a copy of this ordinance to the Washington Department of Community,
Trade, and Economic Development as required by law.
Section 6. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally 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:
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ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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ITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY ) 5�&&
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 03/16/2007
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 03/20/2007
PUBLISHED: 03/28/2007
EFFECTIVE DATE: 04/02/2007
ORDINANCE NO. 3631
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3631
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 20th day of March, 2007, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3631. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING CHAPTER 20.60 ECDC SIGN CODE; REVISING
CURRENT DEFINITIONS FOR "GOVERNMENTAL SIGN ", "POLE
SIGN ", AND "PORTABLE SIGN "; ADDING A NEW DEFINITION FOR
"COMMUNITY EVENT BANNER" AND ESTABLISHING
REGULATIONS THEREFOR; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 21 st day of March, 2007.
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH } S.S.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 21st day of March, 2007.
Published: March 28, 2007 ITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
RECEIVED
APR 0-4 2007
EDMONDS CITY CLERK
Account Name: City of Edmonds
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 28, 2007
and that said newspaper %vas regularly distributed to its subscribers during all ofsaid period.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th
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day of March, 2007 S
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Notary Publi .in or th State of Washington, residing at Everett, no
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Account Number: 101416 Order Number: 0001490290
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that she is Principal Clerk of
SUMMARY of ORDINANCE No. 3631
THE HERALD, a daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Everett, County of
t e i o mon s, as m ton
On the 20.1 h day o March, zoo7,
Snohomish, and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of general
the City Council of the
City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 3631. A summa of
the content of said ordinance,
circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal
consisting of the title, provides
as follows:
newspaper by order of the Superior Court of Snohomish County and that the notice
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASH -
INGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 20.60
ECDC SIGN
' REVISING CURRENT DEFINITIONS SIGN-, POLE SIGN",
"PORTABLE
AND I
SIGN "; ADDING A NEW DEFINITION FOR "ooMMU-
BANNER- ESTABLISHING EVENT
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Summary of Ordinance No. 3631
PROVIDING OR SEVRBITY;
AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
City of Edmonds
SAME SHALL BE-
COME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 21st day of March, 2007.
Published: March 28, 2007 ITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
RECEIVED
APR 0-4 2007
EDMONDS CITY CLERK
Account Name: City of Edmonds
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 28, 2007
and that said newspaper %vas regularly distributed to its subscribers during all ofsaid period.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th
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day of March, 2007 S
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Notary Publi .in or th State of Washington, residing at Everett, no
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County. T
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Account Number: 101416 Order Number: 0001490290