Ordinance 1372ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION
12.16.130 B,,TO PERMIT ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENT ON APPEALS AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
APPLICATIONS TO BE DISCRETIONARY RATHER THAN
MANDATORY, PURSUANT TO PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLU-
TION NO. 277.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
Washington pursuant to Planning Commission Resolution No.
277 called a public hearing and thereat found it to be in
the best interests and the public health, safety and wel-
fare to amend the Edmonds Zoning Ordinance as set forth
below, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Edmonds City Code, Section 12.16.130
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 12.16.130 Procedure.
A. The City Clerk shall maintain and be custodian of all
records of the minutes of the Board, and findings and
decisions of the Board. All records shall be open to
the public. All appeals from interpretations of the
Building Inspector, and applications for variances and
conditional use permits, shall be in writing on forms
prescribed by the Board and shall be accompanied by
$10.00 to cover the costs of processing. Every appeal
and application shall refer to the specific provision
of the Ordinance involved, and shall set forth the in-
terpretation that is claimed, the use for which the
conditional use permit is requested, or the details of
the variance that is applied for and the reasons for
which it is claimed that the variance should be granted,
as the case may be.
B. At least five days before the date of the hearing on
an appeal or application for a conditional use permit
before the Board, the Secretary of the Board shall/
may transmit to the Planning Commission a copy of said
application or appeal, together with a copy of the
notice of the aforesaid hearing, and the Planning Com-
mission may., on its own iniative, or at the request of
the Board, submit an advisory recommendation to the
Board prior to the date of the hearing.
C. Any party aggrieved by any decision of the Board who
seeks review by the Superior Court shall commence said
action within thirty (30) days of the effective date
of the decision of the Board."
APPROVED:
UVB OO&W
MAYOR
CITY CLERK
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: June 18, 1968
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: June 18., 1968
PUBLISHED: June 26, 1968
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