Title
Approval of Ordinance Updating Obsolete and Outdated Sections of the Olympia Municipal Code and Correcting Scrivener Errors
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve on second reading an ordinance updating obsolete and outdated sections of the Olympia Municipal Code and correcting scrivener errors.
Report
Issue:
Consider an ordinance correcting scrivener errors and updating obsolete and outdated sections of the Olympia Municipal Code.
Staff Contact:
Darren Nienaber, Deputy City Attorney, 360.753.8338
Presenter(s):
None.
Background and Analysis:
The background and analysis information has not changed from the first reading. The Olympia Municipal Code (OMC) in its current form was adopted in 1982. Since that time, many outdated terms, such as "city commission," have been updated through ordinances amending the OMC, but many other sections still contain the outdated terms. Other examples include City Supervisor instead of City Manager and Streets Commissioner instead of Public Works Director.
The OMC also contains cross references to obsolete or outdated code sections, as well as other outdated references to certain funds. For example, critical area regulations, such as drinking water protection areas, were previously moved from Title 14 to Title 18. However, a number of cross references to those regulations were not changed. Additionally, there are some provisions of the OMC that have been superseded by later-enacted ordinances.
For example, Ordinance 6514 revised the administrative provisions of the zoning code to make the Hearing Examiner the final decision maker on most land use decisions including preliminary subdivisions. However, the subdivision code (Title 17) contains an outdated provision that says appeals of preliminary plats go to Council. However, this section was superseded by the later-enacted Ordinance 6514. Because it wa...
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