SHORELINE
MUNICIPAL
CODE

Preface

Citation to the Shoreline Municipal Code: This code should be cited as SMC; i.e., “see SMC 3.05.010”. An SMC title should be cited SMC Title 3. An SMC chapter should be cited Chapter 3.05 SMC. An SMC section should be cited SMC 3.05.010. Through references should be made as SMC 3.05.010 through 3.05.040. Series of sections should be cited as SMC 3.05.010, 3.05.020, and 3.05.030.

Numbering system: The number of each section of this code consists of three parts, in sequence as follows: Number of title; number of chapter within the title; number of section within the chapter. Thus SMC 3.05.020 is Title 3, chapter 5, section 20. The section part of the number (.020) initially consists of three digits. This provides a facility for numbering new sections to be inserted between existing sections already consecutively numbered. In most chapters of the SMC, sections have been numbered by tens (.010, .020, .030, .040, etc.), leaving nine vacant numbers between original sections so that for a time new sections may be inserted without extension of the section number beyond three digits.

Legislation: The legislative source of each section is enclosed in brackets at the end of the section. References to ordinances are abbreviated; thus “[Ord. 93 § 1, 1996; Ord. 77 § 2, 1995]” refers to section 1 of Ordinance No. 93 and section 2 of Ordinance No. 77. “Formerly” followed by an SMC citation preserves the record of original codification. A semicolon between ordinance citations indicates an amendment of the earlier section.

Codification tables: To convert an ordinance citation to its SMC number consult the codification tables.

Index: SMC Titles 1 through 18 are indexed in the SMC Index. The index includes complete cross-referencing and is keyed to the section numbers described above.

Errors or omissions: Although considerable care has been used in the production of this code, it is inevitable in so large a work that there will be errors. As users of this code detect such errors, it is requested that a note citing the section involved and the nature of the error be mailed to: Code Publishing Company, P. O. Box 51164, Seattle, WA 98115-1164, so that correction may be made in a subsequent update.

Computer access: The code is available in the following computer formats: ASCII text, PDF or HTML.

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