HomeMy WebLinkAbout3477Ordinance No. 3477
["Beginning July 1, 1998"]
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
REPEALS Ord. 3080 in its entirety; Amends Sec. 1.01.020 of Ord. 2692
ORDINANCE NO. J' 1" /
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, adopting the Kent City Code as compiled,
edited and republished by Code Publishing Company of
Seattle, Washington as the official code of the City of Kent.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2695 constituted a codification of the
ordinances of the City of Kent, Washington, and publication thereof in a volume entitled
"Kent City Code"; and
WHEREAS, The Kent City Code was republished by Municipal Code
Corporation and adopted pursuant to Ordinance No. 3080; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Kent to continue with the present
codification of the City's ordinances and to change the publication company from
Municipal Code Corporation to Code Publishing Company, without effecting any
significant change other than in the format and availability of the Kent City Code, which
will be in a written published format as well as in an electronic format available on
computer diskette; NOW THEREFORE,
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 3080 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2. — Code Adopted. The "Kent City Code," also referred to
herein as "Code," as compiled, edited and republished by Code Publishing Company of
Seattle, Washington, is hereby adopted as the official code of the City of Kent,
Washington. In the event of any conflict or inconsistent language between this Code and
any ordinance in effect prior to the effective date of this Code as adopted herein, the
language of this Code shall prevail and the language of the prior enacted ordinance shall
be deemed amended or repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
SECTION 3. Section 1.01.020 of the Kent City Code shall be, and is
hereby, amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1.01.020 Adoption of code. The eedif.e lien of the erdiiianees of the `'.
efo Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35.21.500 through 35.21.570, there is
adopted the "Kent City Code," the official codification of all general, public and er
permanent ordinances of the City of Kent, Washington, as compiled, edited and published
by Code Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington. nature as eentained d t f8i4h
printed eopy tl eef en file in the efise Rft1e ,.:t), elerk entitled "Kent Citi, Code," be
d the � hereby d ted the f ei.N Cade f the City fY .,t provided b)
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RGW 35 2 500 35.21.570.
SECTION 4. — Title -Citation -Reference. This Code shall be known as the
"Kent City Code" and it shall be sufficient to refer to said Code as the "Kent City Code"
in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law
or equity. It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending,
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correcting or repealing all or any part or portion thereof as an addition to, amendment to,
correction of, or repeal of the "Kent City Code." Further reference may be had to the titles,
chapters, sections and subsections of the "Kent City Code" and such reference shall apply
to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in that Code. The
references and editor's notes appearing throughout the Code are not intended to have any
legal effect, but are merely intended to assist the user of the Code. The history notes
appearing in parentheses after sections of this Code are not intended to have any legal
effect but are merely intended to indicate the source of matter contained in the section.
SECTION 5. —Reference Applies to Amendments. Whenever a reference
is made to the "Kent City Code" or any portion thereof, that reference shall apply to all
amendments, corrections and additions heretofore, now, or hereafter made.
SECTION 6. — Codification Authority. This Code consists of all of the
regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative ordinances
pursuant to RCW 35.21.500 through RCW 35.21.570, inclusive.
SECTION 7. — Reservation of Prosecutions. The adoption of this
shall not affect any prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations we
committed prior to the effective date of the adoption of the Code, nor shall the adopti
of the Code be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, or penalty due and owing at 1
effective date of the Code adoption, nor shall adoption affect the validity of any bond
cash deposited with the City pursuant to the terms of any prior enacted ordinance; t
rather, all rights and obligations pertaining under ordinances in effect prior to republicati
of the code shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 8. — Severability. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase
this Code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code. The City declares that it we
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have enacted this Code, and each section, subsections, sentence, clause and phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases
had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 9. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after
its final passage as provided by law. ��17A
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ATTEST:
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BRENDA JACOBEX' 0ITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
LUBOVICH, CITY ATTORNEY
PASSED: I% day of ZOc-te'�— , 1999.
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I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. 3ri7-7 passed
by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the
City of Kent as hereon indicated.
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