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Online Seattle Municipal Code has been updated.

The current online code incorporates ordinances with effective dates prior to December 30th, 2011. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 123803.  Ordinance # SMC Content Affected 123774 Amended zoning map 102 123776 Amended §§ 22.900G.015.A, 23.41.012.E, 23.47A.012, 23.73.009, 23.73.010, 23.84A.038; added §§ 22.900G.010.E, 23.73.012– 23.73.024 123783 Added §§ 6.320.005– 6.320.120 123786 Added §§ 3.15.010– [...]

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Online Seattle Municipal Code has been updated

The current online code incorporates ordinances with effective dates prior to December 16th, 2011. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 123772. http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/toc/table.htm   Ordinance SMC Section(s) Affected 123742 Amended §§ 21.04.430, 21.04.440, 21.76.040.A.3; repealed §§ 21.04.420, 21.04.450, 21.12.070, 21.12.080 123743 Amended § 5.80.020 123744 Amended §§ 4.04.250, 4.08.040, 4.08.050, 4.08.070 123746 Amended § 20.48.030 [...]

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Legislation passed February 21, 2012 and filed with the City Clerk

PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below. Ord. 123826 C.B. 117403 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at page 60 and page 61 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone property located at 4715 – 4735 [...]

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Legislation passed February 13, 2012 and filed with the City Clerk

PDF copies of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below. Ord. 123823 C.B. 117399 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Ord. 123824 C.B. 117370 AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property interests acquired for municipal utility purposes to [...]

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Legislation passed February 6, 2012 and filed with the City Clerk

PDF copies of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below. Ord. 123821 C.B. 117396 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering t he payment thereof. Ord. 123822 C.B. 117394 AN ORDINANCE relating to the organization of City government; creating an Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs; [...]

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Captain Beers, Seattle’s First Woman Firefighter

Seattle Councilmember Jeanette Williams, as head of the Human Resources and Judiciary Committee in the 1970s, encouraged the Office of Women’s Rights to work with the Seattle Fire Department regarding their policy on women. In 1974, Mayor Wes Uhlman encouraged Fire Chief Jack Richards to develop a program for women fire fighters. By 1975, [...]

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Archives Find of the Month: 1907 Jail Conditions

In March 1907, Seattle’s Unitarian Club investigated the conditions at the city jail and sent a letter to the City Council outlining their findings. While the visitors approved of the building’s cleanliness and the prisoners’ food, they did emphatically state that “the male prisoners working on the chain gang…should not be compelled to sleep on [...]

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Legislation passed January30, 2012 and filed with the City Clerk

PDF copies of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Res. 31357 A RESOLUTION setting the public hearing on the petition of the Department of Parks and Recreation for the vacation of a portion of Westlake Avenue between Pine Street and Fourth Avenue in the downtown area of Seattle; pursuant [...]

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Legislation passed 1/23/2012 and filed with the City Clerk

PDFs of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Res. 31356 A RESOLUTION reaffirming the City of Seattle’s support for marriage equality in the State of Washington and urging the Washington State Legislature to pass Senate Bill 6239. Ord. 123815 C.B. 117392 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited [...]