Chapter 1.01
CODE ADOPTION
Sections:
1.01.015 Prior code superseded.
1.01.020 Title – Citation – Reference.
1.01.030 Codification authority.
1.01.040 Ordinances passed prior to adoption of the code.
1.01.050 Reference applied to all amendments.
1.01.055 Ordinance corrections and changes.
1.01.060 Title, chapter and section headings.
1.01.070 Reference to specific ordinances.
1.01.080 Effect of code on past actions and obligations.
1.01.010 Code adopted.
The Snoqualmie Municipal Code, as compiled from the ordinances of the city of Snoqualmie, Washington, and edited and published by Code Publishing Company of Seattle, Washington, is adopted as the official code of the city of Snoqualmie, Washington. (Ord. 730 § 1, 1994; Ord. 473 § 1, 1979).
1.01.015 Prior code superseded.
The Snoqualmie Municipal Code adopted in this chapter supersedes all city of Snoqualmie ordinances of a general and permanent nature, and supersedes and replaces in its entirety the previous edition of the Snoqualmie Municipal Code published by Book Publishing Company. (Ord. 730 § 2, 1994).
1.01.020 Title – Citation – Reference.
This code shall be known as the Snoqualmie Municipal Code and it shall be sufficient to refer to the code as the Snoqualmie Municipal Code in any prosecution for the violation of any provisions thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. It shall be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all or any part or portion thereof as an addition to, amendment to, correction or repeal of the Snoqualmie Municipal Code. Further reference may be had to the titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the Snoqualmie Municipal Code and such references shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in the code. (Ord. 473 § 2, 1979).
1.01.030 Codification authority.
This code consists of all the regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative ordinances of the city, codified pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35.21.500 through 35.21.570. (Ord. 473 § 3, 1979).
1.01.040 Ordinances passed prior to adoption of the code.
The last ordinance included in the initial edition of the revised, reformatted and reprinted Snoqualmie Municipal Code is Ordinance No. 725, enacted on February 14, 1994. The following ordinances passed subsequent to Ordinance No. 725, but prior to adoption of the initial edition of the revised, reformatted and reprinted Snoqualmie Municipal Code, are hereby adopted and made a part of this code: Ordinance Nos. 726, 727, 728, and 729. (Ord. 730 § 4, 1994; Ord. 473 § 4, 1979).
1.01.050 Reference applied to all amendments.
Whenever a reference is made to this code as the Snoqualmie Municipal Code or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the city of Snoqualmie, Washington, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions heretofore, now or hereafter made. (Ord. 473 § 5, 1979).
1.01.055 Ordinance corrections and changes.
A. The city clerk or his or her designee shall provide for a uniform style and form of the Snoqualmie Municipal Code by making minor corrections to ordinances submitted for filing which do not affect the sense, meaning, effect or substance of any ordinance.
B. Such changes are subject to the approval of the city attorney, and include renumbering, relettering, capitalization, punctuation, dividing provisions of the code, and correcting omissions or captions.
C. The city clerk or his or her designee may substitute a current title of an agency, bureau, commission, committee, court or municipal officer to accord with changes of titles or duties enacted by statute or ordinance.
D. The city clerk or his or her designee may substitute references to a title, chapter or section of the Snoqualmie Municipal Code to accord with changes of the Snoqualmie Municipal Code enacted by ordinance. (Ord. 730 § 3, 1994).
1.01.060 Title, chapter and section headings.
Title, chapter and section headings contained in this code shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter or section of this code. (Ord. 473 § 6, 1979).
1.01.070 Reference to specific ordinances.
The provisions of this code shall not in any manner affect matters of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected with ordinances which are therein specifically designated by number or otherwise and which are included within the code, but such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this code. (Ord. 473 § 7, 1979).
1.01.080 Effect of code on past actions and obligations.
Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal or amendment of any ordinance or part or portion of any ordinance of the city shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date of this code, nor be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, or penalty at the effective date due and unpaid under such ordinances, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinances relating to the collection of any such license, fee, or penalty, or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. (Ord. 473 § 8, 1979).
1.01.090 Effective date.
This code shall become effective on the date the ordinance adopting this code as the Snoqualmie Municipal Code shall become effective. This ordinance shall be in effect five days after passing by the council and publication as provided by law. (Ord. 473 § 9, 1979).
1.01.100 Constitutionality.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. The council declares that it would have passed this code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases has been declared invalid or unconstitutional, and if for any reason this code should be declared unconstitutional, then the original ordinance or ordinances shall be in full force and effect. (Ord. 473 § 10, 1979).