Olive Ryther was an early resident of Seattle who became well known for her work caring for orphaned children, and the organization she founded still bears her name today. For a period in the 1890s, Ryther also ran the City Mission Foundling Home which served unwed mothers and their babies, and which was located in […]
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September 30, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved September 9, 2013, by the Seattle City Counci and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124269 C.B. 117898 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; extending by six months the effect of interim development regulations to prohibit incompatible buildings on undersized single- family-zoned lots; and declaring an emergency requiring a three-fourths vote of the […]
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September 25, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on September 3, 2013, and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124259 C.B. 117819 AN ORDINANCE granting BNSF Railway Company permission to construct, maintain, and operate Biotech Reader Kiosks and Optical Character Recognition Camera Portals in the westerly margin of Colorado Avenue South, south of Atlantic Street, for a ten-year term, […]
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September 9, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Online Seattle Municipal Code has been updated
The current online code incorporates ordinances passed through 24 July 2013. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 124220. Ordinance No. SMC section(s) affected 124206 Repealed §§ 2.04.400, 2.04.410, 2.04.420, 2.04.450, 2.04.460, 2.04.470 124210 Amended § 4.13.010 124211 Amended § 4.20.370 124212 Retitled ch. 2.04, added §§ 2.04.400—2.04.455 124217 Amended §§ 3.42.040, 3.125.010, 3.125.050; repealed […]
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September 3, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Archives Find of the Month: Ballard Water Dispute, 1903
The following letter was sent to the Ballard Mayor and City Council in 1903 [sic throughout]: Ballard Mar 17th 1903 Block 4 Gilman Park & Ship St Your Honerable Mayor & Council Gentleman This is something that some of the Council knows before, but if you please Mr Clerk read this aloud so they will […]
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August 30, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Online Seattle Municipal Code has been updated
The current online code incorporates ordinances passed through 20 June 2013. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 124190. Ordinance codified Code section(s) affected 124182 SMC 21.49.081 124183 SMC 21.49.040 124187 p. 99, Official Land Use Map 124190 Chapter 25.32 Table of Historic Landmarks
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August 30, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved August 12, 2013, by the Seattle City Council, and filed with the City Clerk
Ord. 124249 C.B. 117842 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Technology Matching Fund Program; making allocations and authorizing implementation of certain Technology Matching Fund projects in 2013; providing that 2013 appropriations for the Technology Matching Fund from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund and from the Information Technology Fund shall automatically carry forward into the 2014 fiscal […]
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August 29, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on August 5, 2013, and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124242 C.B. 117818 AN ORDINANCE related to land use and zoning, approving and authorizing execution of a development agreement with the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (“Sound Transit”) for real properties owned by Sound Transit within the Capitol Hill […]
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August 28, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on July 29, 2013, and filed with the City Clerk
Ord. 124238 C.B. 117805 AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting various easements for overhead and underground electrical rights in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. Ord. 124239 C.B. 117806 AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; […]
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August 14, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on July 22, 2013, and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124227 C.B. 117789 AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Ballard Carnegie Free Public Library Building, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the […]