The City Clerk is in receipt of the final petition form and ballot title for Proposed Charter Amendment No. 19 concerning creating districts to elect seven of nine Councilmembers. The petition form is filed in Clerk File 312741.
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February 8, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved January 22, 2013, and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124097 C.B. 117693 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; adopting a new Major Institution Master Plan for Seattle University; and amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at Page 111 of the Official Land Use Map, to [...]
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February 1, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Seattle Municipal Archives Feature: Mayor Norm Rice
Seattle’s first and (so far) only African American Mayor, Norman B. Rice Mayor Norm Rice, April 27, 1993, Item 72831, Seattle Municipal Archives Norm Rice first served on Seattle City Council from 1979 to1989, then served as Mayor from 1990 to 1997. Norman B. Rice was born May 4, 1943 in Denver, Colorado. After [...]
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February 1, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Archives Find of the Month: Protection Secretary’s report, 1910
From 1909 until 1912, the Seattle City Council appropriated $175 per month to the YWCA to fund the “protecting and caring for young women and girls.” Protection Secretary Mary Martin wrote to Mayor Hiram Gill on the last day of 1910 to give her report of the year’s activities. Martin said that she investigated 368 [...]
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January 30, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Online Seattle Municipal Code has been updated
The current online code incorporates ordinances passed through November 13, 2012. The most recent ordinance codified is Ordinance 124027.
http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/toc/table.htm
Ordinance Number
Code Sections Affected
124023
Amended §§ 23...
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January 22, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Proposed Charter Amendment filed with the City Clerk on January 22, 2013
A proposed Seattle Charter Amendment from Seattle Districts Now, relating to the creation of a mixed system of district and at-large representation, with Councilmember positions 1 through 7 elected by districts and Councilmember positions 8 and 9 elect...
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January 17, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved January 7, 2013, and filed with the City Clerk.
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124094 C.B. 117684 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Ord. 124095 C.B. 117686 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Ord. 124096 C.B. 117685 AN [...]
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January 4, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Archives Find of the Month: Gun Control, 1914
In June 1914, Seattle’s chief of police wrote to the mayor and city council urging passage of a gun control ordinance, attaching a recently passed Chicago law that he thought was a good model. The law required sellers to obtain a license and to report all sales, and required buyers to obtain permits, which could be [...]
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January 3, 2013January 6, 2023City Clerk
Photo of the Month – U.S. Presidents in the Seattle Municipal Archives
Item #77386 Seattle Municipal Archives holdings contain historical materials documenting correspondence, visits, and campaign materials of US Presidents as early as Al Smith’s presidential run in 1928 to photos as recent as Congressman Barack Obama’s visit in 2008. Photos: The US Conference of Mayors Climate protection Summit, President Bill Clinton President Clinton with Mayor Norm [...]
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December 21, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved December 3, 2012, and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124062 C.B. 117662AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Ord. 124063 C.B. 117661 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Traffic Code; adding new sections 11.14.237 and 11.23.160 of the Seattle Municipal Code and amending [...]