HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-015 Ordinance amending YMC Title 12 Development Standards, adding Section 12.01.080 regarding violationsORDINANCE NO. 2025-015
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 15th day of April, 2025.
ATTEST: Patricia Byepa, Mayor
Rosa linda lbarra, City Cie.
Publication Date: April 19. 2025
Effective Date: May 19, 2025