Chapter 1.02
ADOPTION OF MATERIAL
BY REFERENCE

Sections:

1.02.010    Generally.

1.02.020    Amendments to codes, ordinances, regulations, and statutes adopted by reference.

1.02.010 Generally.

A. Adoptions by reference – Effect. All codes, ordinances, regulations, or statutes adopted by reference shall be effective when the ordinances adopting such codes, ordinances, regulations, or statutes are passed and published as required by the general laws of the city and the state. All codes, ordinances, regulations, or statutes adopted by reference shall be effective as if fully set out in the adopting ordinance.

B. Maintenance and update of adopted materials. A copy of adopted codes, ordinances, regulations, or statutes will be on file with the city clerk. For purposes of this section, an adopted code, ordinance, regulation, or statute is considered to be “on file” with the city clerk when it is available through the city clerk’s office in print, digital, or other producible and accessible format. The city clerk’s maintenance on file of codes, ordinances, regulations, or statutes adopted by reference is a ministerial act that does not affect the validity, authority, or scope of any council-adopted ordinance or any codes, ordinances, regulations, or statutes adopted by reference therein.

(Ord. No. 2692, § 11; Ord. No. 4437, § 2, 8-2-22. Formerly Code 1986, § 1.10.010)

State law reference(s) – Codes adopted by reference, RCW 35.21.180.

1.02.020 Amendments to codes, ordinances, regulations, and statutes adopted by reference.

All codes, ordinances, regulations, and statutes adopted by reference in any section of the Kent City Code, unless otherwise stated, shall include all subsequent amendments and recodifications thereto. The city clerk is authorized to administratively update the version of the codes, ordinances, regulations, or statutes adopted by reference and maintained on file in accordance with KCC 1.02.010 to reflect the most recent iteration, including any subsequent amendments or recodifications, unless the city council’s ordinance adopting the code, ordinance, regulation, or statute by reference states otherwise.

(Ord. No. 2692, § 13; Ord. No. 4437, § 3, 8-2-22. Formerly Code 1986, § 1.10.030)