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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 7.K.
For Meeting of: April 1, 2025
ITEM TITLE: Ordinance amending Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 12.01, adding
Section 12.01.080 regarding violations
SUBMITTED BY: Bill Preston, Community Development Director/Interim City Engineer
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
This ordinance proposes adding a section to Chapter 12.01 (Construction of Public Works
Improvements) to address violations to this chapter. The new section references to YMC 8.01.010 as
these are the same procedures we would like to apply to Title 12 and much of the public works
improvements that are regulated by Title 12 are within the right-of-way and therefore also relate back to
Title 8.
ITEM BUDGETED: N/A
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25: A Resilient Yakima
RECOMMENDATION: Pass Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
Ordinance_YMC 12.01.080
YMC 12.01 Redline-Final.pdf
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ORDINANCE NO. 2025-
AN ORDINANCE amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code, Title 12, Development
Standards, adding Section 12.01.080 regarding violations.
WHEREAS, the Yakima Municipal Code establishes standards for the design and
construction of public works improvements in conjunction with subdivision, development, or
redevelopment of real property; and
WHEREAS, the code is hereby amended to provide better consistency throughout the
code regarding the procedures and penalty fees pertaining to violations of the code as it relates
to the right of way; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima finds that it is in the best interest of the
City and its residents to amend the municipal code relating to violations of Title 12; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 12.01.080: Penalty for violation—Each day a separate offense, is
added as a new section to Title 12 of the Yakima Municipal Code, and reads as follows:
12.01.080 Penalty for violation—Each day a separate offense.
Violations to this chapter shall follow the procedures found in YMC Chapter 8.01.010.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is declared invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 1st day of April, 2025.
ATTEST: Patricia Byers, Mayor
Rosalinda Ibarra, City Clerk
Publication Date: April 5, 2025
Effective Date: May 5, 2025
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12.01.080 Penalty for violation—Each day a separate offense.
Violations to this chapter shall follow the procedures found in YMC Chapter 8.01.010.
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