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EVERETT WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 3778-20 An Ordinance Relating to the Chaplain Tract, amending Ordinance No. 3315-13. WHEREAS, A. Protection of water quality in the Chaplain Tract, as well as within the entire Sultan Basin, are of paramount importance to the City's ability to provide adequate safe drinking water to those in its service area and to protect important resources; and B. The City of Everett provides domestic drinking water to approximately 75 percent of Snohomish County; and C. The Washington State Board of Health Drinking Water Regulations require that water purveyors obtain drinking water from the highest quality source feasible, with purveyors obligated to identify and monitor those conditions and activities which adversely affect source water quality and make recommendations for improved watershed control (WAC 246-290-668); and, D. The City passed a major update to the Chaplain Tract ordinance in 2013 under Ordinance No. 3315-13; and E. Minor updates to the ordinance are necessary to preserve water quality and regulate public access in those areas of Chaplain Tract where it is permitted. NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Section 05 of Ordinance 3315-13 (codified at EMC 8.64.050), is amended as follows, with strikeout text deleted and underlined text added: A. Chaplain Tract North—No Public Access. No person shall knowingly enter or remain, unless authorized, on lands described as Chaplain Tract North or in or upon Chaplain Reservoir and its shoreline. B. Chaplain Tract South—Restricted Public Access. No person shall knowingly enter or remain, unless authorized, on lands described as Chaplain Tract South between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. every day of the week. The gate located at the south end of Lake Chaplain Road (approximately four miles south of the city filtration plant)will be locked between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.