SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120512

• Record No: CB 120512
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120512
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 2/21/2023
• Ordinance No: Ord 126768
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to weights and measures; conforming City provisions regarding weights and measures to state law; providing an enforcement process; updating fees; repealing requirements for weighmaster licenses; and amending Chapter 7.04 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
• Sponsors: Teresa Mosqueda
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Signed Ordinance 126768, 3. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/28/2023	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
2/28/2023	1	Mayor	returned
2/28/2023	1	Mayor	Signed
2/23/2023	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
2/21/2023	1	City Council	passed	Pass
2/14/2023	1	City Council	referred
2/9/2023	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
2/8/2023	1	City Clerk	sent for review
2/8/2023	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to weights and measures; conforming City provisions regarding weights and measures to state law; providing an enforcement process; updating fees; repealing requirements for weighmaster licenses; and amending Chapter 7.04 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, Washington State has had laws regarding weights and measures of commodities dating back to the 19th century; and
WHEREAS, in Seattle, Ordinance 16965, passed in 1907, regulated the weight of bread loaves, and Ordinance 26018, passed in 1910, regulated weights and measures generally; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 52, Laws of 1913 created the state Department of Weights and Measures, whose duties included inspecting the weighing and measuring standards of first-class cities with a city sealer; and
WHEREAS, by amendments in Chapter 122, Laws of 1917, the only city sealers in state law as having a distinct regulatory sphere for weights and measures were those of cities with a population of over 50,000 (which at the time were only Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma); and
WHEREAS, Chapter 194, Laws of 1927 reorganized the Department as a Division of Weights and Measures in the Department of Agriculture; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 67, Laws of 1969 created the current state framework for regulating weights and measures, codified in chapter 19.94 RCW; and
WHEREAS, in 1970, Seattle updated its weights and measures program by passing Ordinance 98870, later codified in Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 7.04; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 237, Laws of 1992 amended RCW 19.94.190 to state that city sealers would enforce chapter 19.94 RCW directly; and
WHEREAS, although Chapter 96, Laws of 2019 amended RCW 19.94.010 to allow for any first-class city or code city to appoint a city sealer, Seattle is currently the only city in Washington with a city sealer (the Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services) and therefore its own...