Ordinance 2707-03 - Laserfiche WebLink

"Transportation facilities of statewide significance" means the interstate highway system; interregional state principal arterials including ferry connections that serve statewide travel; regional transit systems as defined in RCW 81.104.015; high capacity transportation systems serving regions as defined in RCW 81.104.015; intercity passenger rail services; intercity high-speed ground transportation; rail fixed guideway system, as defined in RCW 81.104.015, excluding yards and service and maintenance facilities; the freight and passenger railroad system as regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration, excluding yards and service and maintenance facilities; and in shoreline zones, and in adjacent zones where all or any portion of a development is within a shoreline designated area or zone, marine port and barge facilities and services that are related to marine activities affecting international and interstate trade, excluding centralized, high density concentrations of port, deep water port, and marine shipping facilities and services. SECTION 2: Ordinance No. 1671-89, as Amended by Section 6.1 of Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2600-02 (EMC 19.33D.280.B), (Footnote 6 to Table 6.1 in Section 6.1 of Exhibit A to Ordinance 2600-02), which currently reads as follows: 6 = Permitted only for public access improvements. BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 6 =Permitted only for public access improvements and transportation facilities of statewide significance. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase set forth in this ordinance or its application to any person or situation be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation. 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, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: It is expressly the purpose of this ordinance to provide for and promote the health safety and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this ordinance. It is the specific intent of this ordinance that no provisions nor any term used in this ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or employees. Nothing contained in this ordinance is intended nor shall be construed to create or form the basis of any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from any action or inaction on the part of the City, its officers, employees or agents.