Ordinance 3756ORDINANCE NO. 3756
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, ADOPTING A NEW ECDC 17.40.060
SETBACK EXEMPTION TO ESTABLISH A QUALIFIED
BUILDING SETBACK EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTIAL
PROJECTS WITH EXPIRED COUNTY BUILDING PERMITS,
AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds ( "City ") annexed significant areas within
unincorporated Snohomish County ( "County ") in 1994 and 1995; and
WHEREAS, the City and the County entered into an interlocal agreement ( "ILA ")
to coordinate as well as to facilitate the transfer of building permit applications and development
permits in process by the County; and
WHEREAS, the ILA required the County to notify the City of the status of
unexpired permits being processed and administered by the County in the annexation area; and
WHEREAS, it has been brought to the City's attention that the County did not
notify the City that certain building permits that were being administered by the County
following annexation expired without final approval; and
WHEREAS, under the current code, projects in the annexation area with expired
permits from the County ( "Projects ") must be updated to meet all criteria of the Edmonds
Community Development Code ( "ECDC "); and
WHEREAS, updating Projects to meet certain criteria in the ECDC, such as
certain building setback requirements, may not be possible without undoing improvements that
have already been partially inspected and approved; NOW, THEREFORE,
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Adopted. A new section, ECDC 17.40.060 Setback Exemption., is
hereby adopted to read as follows:
17.40.060 Setback Exemption.
A. Notwithstanding the current criteria in the ECDC relating to
residential building setbacks, development projects in areas
annexed by the City of Edmonds from unincorporated Snohomish
County since January 1, 1994 with building permits from
Snohomish County that were valid on the effective date of the
annexation, but which have subsequently expired without final
approval, shall be exempt from the setback requirements specified
in ECDC 16.20.030 and 16.30.030; PROVIDED that the
development projects are (1) residential in nature; (2) located in
residentially zoned areas of the City of Edmonds; (3) meet setback
requirements of the then current Snohomish County code in effect
on the effective date of the annexation; (4) consistent with the
plans approved by the County (it will be the applicant's
responsibility to provide the City with evidence that the project
was approved by the County); and (5) compliant with all other
applicable criteria in the current ECDC.
B. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to allow any
development project in the City of Edmonds, for which a valid
building permit from the City is required under the current ECDC,
to begin, proceed or be completed without the same.
Section 2. Ordinance to be Transmitted to Department. Pursuant to RCW
36.70A.106, this Ordinance shall be transmitted to the Washington State Department of
Commerce (formerly the Washington Department of Community, Trade, and Economic
Development) as required by law.
Section 3. 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
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five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROV
MAY Y HAAKENSON
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED S SY
OFFICE OF NkNE
BY
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 10/02/2009
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 10/06/2009
PUBLISHED: 10/11/2009
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/16/2009
ORDINANCE NO. 3756
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3756
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 6th day of October, 2009, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3756. 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 ECDC 17.40.060
SETBACK EXEMPTION TO ESTABLISH A QUALIFIED
BUILDING SETBACK EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTIAL
PROJECTS WITH EXPIRED COUNTY BUILDING PERMITS,
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 October, 2009.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH
ta90
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3756
of e City of EdmoniTs, Wasfington
On the 6th day of October,'2009;. the City Council of the City of
Edmonds, passed'Ordinance No. 3756. A summary of the content
of said ordinance, consisting of the liUe; provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE'CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHING-
TON, ADOPTING ANEW ECDC 17.40.060' SETBACK EX-
EMPTION TO ESTABLISH A•QUALIFIED B , IUILD NGi
EAUK–EREMPTION FOR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS WITH
EXPIRED COUNTY BUILDING PERMITS, AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full textof this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 7th day of October; 2009.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE;.
` Published: October 11, 2009. _
R-PICETVED
OCT 2 0 2009
EDUMONDS G Y CLER.K.
Account Name: City of Edmonds
Affidavit of Publication
S.S.
The undersigned, being first duly swom 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
Summary of Ordinance No. 3756
Setback Exemption
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:
October 11, 2009
and that said ney -paper was regularly.-distributed to its
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
day of October,
Notary Public in and r t e State of Waspy oj.reMig
County.
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during all of said period.
Snohomish
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