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ORDINANCE NO . r,7(,7 /-95 AN ORDINANCE establishing procedures and criteria to process and evaluate claims under Initiative 164, including providing for adjustment to provisions of the City Code and declaring an emergency to exist. Whereas, the City Council finds that the 1995 Legislature enacted into law Initiative 164, the Private Property Regulatory Fairness Act (Chapter 98, Laws of 1995 Regular Session) ; and Whereas, the City Council finds that the Initiative will become law on July 23, 1995, 90 days after the close of the regular session unless a sufficient referendum petition (Referendum 48) is filed by that date to bring the Initiative before the voters in November; and Whereas, the City Council finds that the action of the Legislature in adopting the Initiative provided the City with insufficient time to properly plan and revise the City' s regulatory framework to respond to the Initiative; and Whereas, the City Council finds that because of the vague and uncertain language used in the Initiative, that its scope is in question thereby placing the City at risk; and Whereas, the City Council finds that the City needs to adopt interim procedures to act as a stop-gap measure to provide the City with a framework to operate under while the uncertainties associated with the Initiative are resolved; and Whereas, the City Council finds that an emergency exists; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1 : PURPOSE .