Ordinance 4180ORDINANCE NO.4180
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 6.60.090 OF THE
EDMONDS CITY CODE, ENTITLED "ORDERS DURING
EMERGENCY," TO REMOVE SUBSECTION G REGARDING
THE MAYOR'S AUTHORITY TO ISSUE EMERGENCY
ORDERS PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OR POSSESSION
OF A FIREARM.
WHEREAS, the city council adopted Ordinance 4177 during a special meeting on Sunday,
March 22, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 4177 was intended to update chapter 6.60 of the Edmonds City
Code to ensure that the city was well prepared to respond swiftly to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the mayor's ability to issue emergency orders pursuant to Ordinance 4177
and ECC 6.60.090 was modeled after existing code provisions in the cities of Everett and Seattle;
and
WHEREAS, the mayor and city attorney are now recommending that the city council
remove from the list of the mayor's emergency powers the ability to prohibit the carrying or
possession of a firearm; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 6.60.090 of the Edmonds City Code, entitled "Orders during
emergency," is hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is
shown in strike -through):
6.60.090 Orders during emergency.
Upon the proclamation of an emergency or civil emergency, the mayor, or if absent
or incapacitated, the president of the city council, during the existence of such emergency
or civil emergency, may make and proclaim any or all of the following orders:
A. An order imposing a general curfew applicable to the city as a whole, or to
such geographical area or areas of the city as deemed necessary, and during such hours as
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deemed necessary, and from time to time modify the area or areas to which such a curfew
shall apply, and the hours that such curfew will be in effect;
B. An order requiring any or all business establishments to close and remain
closed until further order;
C. An order requiring the closure of any or all bars, taverns, liquor stores and
other business establishments where alcoholic beverages are sold or otherwise dispensed;
provided that with respect to those business establishments which are not primarily devoted
to the sale of alcoholic beverages, and in which such alcoholic beverages may be removed
or made secure for possible seizure by the public, the portions thereof utilized for the sale
of items other than alcoholic beverages may, in the mayor's discretion, be allowed to
remain open;
D. An order requiring the discontinuance of sale, distribution, or giving away of
alcoholic beverages in any or all parts of the city;
E. An order requiring the discontinuance of the sale, distribution, or giving away
of gasoline or other liquid, flammable or combustible products in any container (other than
a gasoline tank properly fixed to a motor vehicle);
F. An order closing to the public any and all public places, including streets,
alleys, public ways, schools, parks, beaches, amusement areas, and public buildings;
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H—.An order requesting federal and/or state assistance in combating such civil
emergency;
HT. An order establishing economic controls in aid of and supplementary to and
consistent with federal orders relating to price stabilization or controls including: the
convening and establishing of ration boards; auditing retail and wholesale ration accounts;
monitoring price control operations and reporting violations to appropriate authorities;
assisting in providing essential supplies to disaster victims; and advising appropriate
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authorities concerning rationing, price control, wage and rent controls, and allocation of
food and other essential commodities;
U. An order directing the use of all public and private health, medical, and
convalescent facilities and equipment to provide emergency health and medical care for
injured or sick persons;
JK. An order authorizing, in cooperation with utility management and appropriate
state and federal agencies, the shutting off, restoration, and operation of utility services in
accordance with priorities established for combating such emergency or civil emergency;
KL. An order providing for the evacuation and reception of the population of the
City or any part thereof; and
LM. Such other orders as are imminently necessary for the protection of life and
property.
Section 2. 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 3. Declaration of EmergencX. The City Council hereby declares that an emergency
exists necessitating that this Ordinance take effect immediately upon passage by a majority vote
plus one of the whole membership of the Council, and that the same is not subject to a referendum
(RCW 35A.12.130). The region is in the midst of a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 virus
and the City Council wants to ensure that the city is properly positioned to act swiftly in response
to it.
Section 4. Publication. This Ordinance shall be published by an approved summary
consisting of the title.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
immediately upon passage, as set forth herein, as long as it is approved by a majority plus one of
the entire membership of the Council, as required by RCW 35A.12.130. If it is only approved by
a majority of the Council, it will take effect five days after passage and publication.
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APPROVED:
M OR MIKE NELSON
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CI ERK, SCOTT P EY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
JEFF TARADAYN
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: March 27, 2020
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: March 27, 2020
PUBLISHED: March April 1, 2020
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2020
ORDINANCE NO. 4180
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO.4180
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 27th day of March, 2020, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 4180. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 6.60.090 OF
THE EDMONDS CITY CODE, ENTITLED "ORDERS
DURING EMERGENCY," TO REMOVE SUBSECTION
G REGARDING THE MAYOR'S AUTHORITY TO
ISSUE EMERGENCY ORDERS PROHIBITING THE
CARRYING OR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 271h day of March, 2020.
7 CLERK, SCOTT P SSEY
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Everett Daily Herald
Affidavit of Publication
State of Washington }
County of Snohomish } ss
Dicy Sheppard being first duly sworn, upon
oath deposes and says: that he/she is the legal
representative of the Everett Daily Herald a
daily newspaper. The said newspaper is a legal
newspaper by order of the superior court in the
county in which it is published and is now and
has been for more than six months prior to the
date of the first publication of the Notice
hereinafter referred to, published in the English
language continually as a daily newspaper in
Snohomish County, Washington and is and
always has been printed in whole or part in the
Everett Daily Herald and is of general
circulation in said County, and is a legal
newspaper, in accordance with the Chapter 99
of the Laws of 1921, as amended by Chapter
213, Laws of 1941, and approved as a legal
newspaper by order of the Superior Court of
Snohomish County, State of Washington, by
order dated June 16, 1941, and that the annexed
is a true copy of EDH896228 ORD. 4180 AND
4181 as it was published in the regular and
entire issue of said paper and not as a
supplement form thereof for a period of 1
issue(s), such publication commencing on
04/10/2020 and ending on 04/10/2020 and that
said newspaper was regularly distributed to its
subscribers during all of said period.
The amount of the fee for such publication is
$41.fr �i)u_' 0
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Subscribed and sworn bef me on this
day of
Notahfi Public in and for the State of
Washington.
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ORDINANCE SUM 44ARY
oflhe 0 monds. Washington
On the 27th day of March, 2020. the City Council of the City of
Edmonds, passed the following O(Zances, the summaries of said
ordlnances aonslating at Plies ate provided or follows:
DRDINANCE NO. 4180
AN ORD}NANC TH CITY OF EDMONDS,.
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 6.60090 OF THE
EDMONDS CITY CODE, ENTITLED -ORDERS DURING
EMERGENCY,' TO REMOVE SUBSECTION G REGARDING
THE MAYOR'$ AUTHORITY TO ISSUE EMERGENCY
ORDERS PROHISfiING THE CARRYING OR POSSESSION
OF A FIREARM.
OR01HOf rENO.41S1
AN ORDINANCE-'�OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, ALLOWING A TEMPORARY BLANKET
EXEMPTION FROM CHAPTER 6.80 ECC, ENTITLED
"PLASTIC BAG REDUCTION," DUE TO COMPLIANCE
PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The full text of these Ordinances will be malled upon request.
DATED this 30th day of March, 2020.
CITY CLERK, SCOTT PASSEY
PubkshW: April 10, 2020. EDR896228
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