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1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 4028-24 <br /> <br />An Ordinance Relating to Admissions Tax, Repealing Chapter 3.20 of the Everett Municipal Code and <br />Adopting a New Chapter 3.20 of the Everett Municipal Code. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />A. The admissions tax code, which is chapter 3.20 EMC, was adopted over 50 years ago and requires <br />updating and clarification. <br /> <br />B. The purpose of this ordinance is to replace the current chapter 3.20 EMC with a new chapter 3.20 <br />EMC with updating and clarification. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br /> <br /> Section 1. The City Council hereby finds the foregoing recitals are adopted in support of this <br />Ordinance. <br /> Section 2. Chapter 3.20 EMC is hereby repealed and replaced with the Chapter 3.20 EMC as set <br />forth in Exhibit A attached and incorporated herein. <br /> Section 3. The City Clerk and codifiers of the ordinance are authorized to make necessary <br />corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener/clerical errors, <br />references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and any references thereto. <br /> Section 4. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or its <br />application to any person or situation, be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid for any reason, <br />or should any portion of this Ordinance be preempted by state or federal law or regulation, such decision <br />or preemption shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or its application <br />to other persons or circumstances. The City Council of the City of Everett hereby declares that it would <br />have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof <br />irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, or portions be <br />declared invalid or unconstitutional. <br /> Section 5. The enactment of this Ordinance shall not affect any case, proceeding, appeal or <br />other matter currently pending in any court or in any way modify any right or liability, civil or criminal, <br />which may be in existence on the effective date of this Ordinance. <br /> Section 6. It is expressly the purpose of this Ordinance to provide for and promote the health, <br />safety and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any <br />particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms <br />of this Ordinance. It is the specific intent of this Ordinance that no provision or any term used in this <br />Ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or <br />employees. Nothing contained in this Ordinance is intended nor shall be construed to create or form <br />the basis of any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or <br />damage resulting from any action or inaction on the part of the City related in any manner to the