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EVERETT WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 3901-22 An Ordinance Relating to Uniform Code Enforcement Procedures, Repealing Everett Municipal Code Chapter 1.20, Adopting a New Chapter 1.20, and Amending Other Portions of the Everett Municipal Code to Update Applicable Cross-References. WHEREAS, A. The City Council values the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of Everett and recognizes that violations of the Everett Municipal Code ("EMC") provisions related to land use, zoning, building and the environment are nuisances to the community that shall be prioritized based on significance and severity. B. A centralized process for enforcing and abating violations of the EMC will create efficiencies for City staff to promptly and effectively respond to and enforce violations of the EMC by providing an opportunity for persons to voluntarily correct code violations; assessing monetary penalties rather than criminal penalties for code violations; providing an appeal hearing on alleged violations; and establishing a standard procedure to be used by the City to abate unsafe or unlawful conditions and to recover the City's expenses incurred in these efforts. C. The City Council desires to adopt the new Chapter 1.20—Uniform Enforcement Code, along with the necessary amendments to the EMC to repeal outdated cross-references and clarify code provisions as appropriate; and NOW THEREFORE,THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Findings Adopted. The City Council hereby finds the foregoing recitals are adopted in support of this Ordinance. Section 2. EMC Amended.The Everett Municipal Code is hereby amended as set forth in Exhibits A and B attached and incorporated herein. Section 3. Corrections. The City Clerk and codifiers of the ordinance are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to,the correction of scrivener/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and any references thereto. Section 4. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance,or its application to any person or situation,be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this Ordinance be preempted by state or federal law or regulation, such decision or preemption shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. The City Council of the City of Everett hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.