In September 1945, Hildur Hughes wrote to City Council with the following complaint: The war is now over and with it should go some of the inconveniences we put up with because there was a need to do so. The raising of chickens became a neighborhood pest and those of us who forbore raising them […]
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June 20, 2014January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on June 2, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk
Scanned copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below. Ord. 124490 C.B. 118098 AN ORDINANCE relating to employment in Seattle; adding a new Chapter 14.19 to the Seattle Municipal Code; establishing minimum wage and minimum compensation rates for employees performing work in Seattle; and prescribing remedies and enforcement procedures. Ord. […]
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June 19, 2014January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on May 27, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk
Scanned copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124482 C.B. 118074 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Waterfront Improvement Program; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record both temporary and permanent property rights from abutting property owners located along Alaskan Way and a new Elliott Way, […]
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June 19, 2014January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on May 19, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk
Scanned copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124475 C.B. 118052 AN ORDINANCE related to land use and zoning; repealing Section 23.24.046 and amending Sections 23.22.062, 23.24.045, 23.34.086, 23.44.010, 23.44.012, 23.44.022, 23.84A.004, 23.84A.024, 23.84A.046, and 23.86.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code to adopt permanent development regulations to promote […]
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June 17, 2014January 6, 2023City Clerk
Online Seattle Municipal Code has been updated
The current online code incorporates ordinances passed through 21 March 2014. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 124443. Ordinance # SMC Section(s) affected 124430 Amended Ch. 25.32 124431 Amended § 5.30.020 124441 Amended §§ 6.310.100, 6.310.110, 6.310.120, 6.310.125, 6.310.130, 6.310.150, 6.310.200, 6.310.205, 6.310.230, 6.310.300, 6.310.305, 6.310.320, 6.310.330, 6.310.340, 6.310.400, 6.310.405, 6.310.415, 6.310.420, 6.310.450, 6.310.455, […]
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June 5, 2014January 6, 2023City Clerk
Archive Find of the Month: Stranded Filipinos, 1899
The following petition, dated December 18, 1899, was sent to the City Council: Gentlemen: Reciting to you the fact that a band of men women and children, known as “Philippinos,” seventeen in number, consisting of nine men, four women and three children, are stranded in our city, absolutely destitute of funds or means of support, […]
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June 5, 2014January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on May 12, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk
Scanned copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124469 C.B. 118082 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at page 76 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone property located at 1321 N. 45th Street from Lowrise 3 […]
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May 29, 2014January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on May 5, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk
Scanned copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124471 C.B. 118076 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Res. 31517 A RESOLUTION establishing the 2014 work program for the Office of Housing. Res. 31519 A RESOLUTION retiring introduced and referred Council […]
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May 15, 2014January 6, 2023City Clerk
Archives Find of the Month: Employment Agencies, 1902
In 1902, a group of ten men sent a letter to the City Council to complain about the conduct of an employment agency called Russell & Russell. As the men related the story, they went into the agency on June 2nd and signed up to work as laborers for a Northern Pacific Railroad project. They […]
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May 15, 2014January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on April 28, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk.
Scanned copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 124457 C.B. 117991 AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of wall signs, amending Sections 23.55.030, 23.55.034, 23.55.036, 23.84A.036 and 23.90.018 of the Seattle Municipal Code; enacting and amending standards for on-premises wall signs in commercial, Seattle Mixed, industrial and downtown […]