Author: City Clerk (City Clerk's Office)

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Legislation passed 1/17/2012 and filed with the City Clerk

Scanned copies of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123809 C.B. 117304 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use, zoning and lots, amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 23.22.100, 23.24.040, 23.24.046, 23.28.030, 23.41.012, 23.44.010, and 23.44.012, to require standards for configuration of platted lots, to add specific standards for development [...]

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African American History Month: Councilmember Sam Smith

Sam Smith was born in 1922 in Gibsland, Louisiana, and came to Seattle while serving in the Army during World War II. He earned degrees from Seattle University and the University of Washington, and then worked at Boeing before being elected to represent the 37th District in the Washington State House of Representatives. [...]

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Online Seattle Municipal Code has been updated

The current online code incorporates ordinances with effective dates prior to October 29th, 2011. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 123734.
http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/toc/table.htm
This update affected subsection 3.14.920.D, amended...

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Updated: Legislation of 1/9/2012 now filed with the City Clerk

PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below. Ord. 123808 C.B. 117383 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Ord. 123807 C.B. 117382 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering t he payment thereof. Ord. 123806 C.B. [...]

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Legislation of 1/9/2012 now filed with the City Clerk.

Scans of the signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Res. 31348 A RESOLUTION designating the monthly President Pro Tem of the City Council of the City of Seattle for 2012-2013 and superseding Resolution 31178. Res. 31349 A RESOLUTION relating to committee structure, membership, meeting times, and duties of the standing committees [...]

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Legislation of December 19, 2011, now filed with the City Clerk

PDFs of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123774 C.B. 117371 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at page 102 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone property located at 500 Fairview Avenue North from Industrial Commercial [...]

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Archives Find of the Month: Dance Marathons

Seattle’s first and only dance marathon began on July 23, 1928, at the city’s armory. At these events, contestants competed for cash prizes by dancing for days at a time, with only short rest breaks each hour. As the days went on and the contestants became more and more exhausted, they struggled simply to stay [...]