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ITEM INFORMATION
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STAFF SPONSOR: ANDY YOUN-BARNETT
ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 12/8/25
AGENDA ITEM TITLE Recodification of Tukwila Municipal Code
CATEGORY Discussion
Mtg Date 12/8/25
❑ Motion
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Resolution
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Ordinance
Mtg Date 12/15/25
E Bid Award
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Public Hearing
Mtg Date 12/15/25
❑ Other
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SPONSOR ❑ Council n Mayor ❑ . l e/min Svcs ❑ DCD ❑ .Finance ❑ Fire ❑ P&R ❑ Police ❑ PIr
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SUMMARY
Recodification of the Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC) from the legacy format to a new,
online format requires an ordinance adopting the recodified TMC, per RCW 35A.21.130.
A public hearing will be held on December 15, 2025.
REVIEWED BY
❑ Trans&Infrastructure Svcs ❑ Community Svcs/Safety ® Finance & Governance ❑ Planning & Community Dev.
❑ LTAC
DATE: 11 / 24/ 25
❑ Arts Comm.
❑ Parks Comm. ❑ Planning Comm.
COMMITTEE CHAIR: PAPYAN
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SPONSOR/ADMIN. City Clerk's Office
COMMITTEE Unanimous Approval; Forward to 12/08 C.O.W. Mtg
COST IMPACT / FUND SOURCE
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED
$<10,000
AMOUNT BUDGETED
$N/A
APPROPRIATION REQUIRED
$N/A
Fund Source:
Comments:
MTG. DATE
RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION
12/8/25
Unanimous Consent to Forward to 12/15 Regular Meeting
12/15/25
MTG. DATE
ATTACHMENTS
12/8/25
Informational Memorandum
Draft Ordinance
Exhibit A "Recodified Tukwila Municipal Code"
Minutes from the 11/24 F&G Committee (to be distributed separately)
12/15/25
Final Ordinance
Exhibit A "Recodified Tukwila Municipal Code"
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, RECONFIGURING, RECODIFYING
AND ENACTING A NEW MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE CITY OF
TUKWILA PURSUANT TO RCW 35A.21.130; REARRANGING
AND RENUMBERING TITLES, CHAPTERS, AND SECTIONS;
CONFORMING INTERNAL REFERENCES AND CROSS-
REFERENCES ACCORDINGLY; PROVIDING TABLES AND
INDICES TO FACILITATE LOCATION AND CONVERSION OF
CODE REFERENCES AND MATERIAL; ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER 23, 2025 FOR THE NEW
CITY OF TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE HEREIN ADOPTED;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila Municipal Code ("TMC") has been compiled, adopted,
effectuated, altered, and amended over several decades; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to modernize the TMC from its current legacy, static format
to an interactive, online format to align with best practices, facilitate administrative and
legislative management of the TMC, enhance accessibility of the TMC for the public and
staff, and better serve the public interest; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to recodify and republish the TMC to reestablish a coherent
numbering and reference system; rearrange and renumber titles, chapters and sections;
and update and coordinate numbering and standard referencing of and within the TMC; and
WHEREAS, the City has completed that work, which is reflected by and composed of
the new Tukwila Municipal Code Recodification Package, attached hereto and available on
the City website and in hard copy at the City Clerk's Office; and
WHEREAS, RCW 35A.21.130 requires that compilation, codification, and revision of city
codes shall conform with RCW 35.21.500 through RCW 35.21.570; and
2025 Legislation: Recodification of TMC
Version: 11/18/25
Staff: A. Youn-Barnett
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WHEREAS, a first reading was held on December 8, 2025, and a public hearing was
held on December 15, 2025;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Adoption of Findings of Fact. The City Council finds as follows:
The above recitals, set forth as "WHEREAS" clauses, are hereby adopted as
Findings of Fact in support of the adoption of this ordinance.
Section 2. Adoption of Recodified Tukwila Municipal Code. The Tukwila Municipal
Code Recodification Package, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby adopted and enacted
as the formal and official City of Tukwila Municipal Code and shall be in full force and effect
commencing as of 12:01 a.m. on December 23, 2025. As of the effective date, it shall be
known and referenced as the Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC) and may thereafter be further
amended and modified pursuant to the City's usual procedures and applicable statutes.
Section 3. Prior Tukwila Municipal Code Superseded. The prior Tukwila Municipal
Code shall be deemed superseded in all respects as of the effective date specified in Section
2 of this ordinance.
Section 4. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser Authorized. Upon
approval of the City Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make
necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors;
references to other local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations; or ordinance
numbering and section/subsection numbering.
Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation.
Section 6. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published
in the official newspaper of the City and shall take effect and be in full force five days after
passage and publication as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2025.
[signature page to follow]
2025 Legislation: Recodification of TMC
Version: 11/18/25
Staff: A. Youn-Barnett
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ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Andy Youn-Barnett, CMC, City Clerk Thomas McLeod, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY: Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number:
Office of the City Attorney
Exhibit A: Tukwila Municipal Code Recodification Package
2025 Legislation: Recodification of TMC
Version: 11/18/25
Staff: A. Youn-Barnett
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