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Lynnwood amends residency rules for elected officials; council adopts ordinance with changes
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 3487 to amend qualifications to hold city elective office, requiring an annual residency affidavit, allowing hardship affidavits, and increasing a temporary non‑residency window from 60 to 120 days after debate on enforceability and vacancy language.
The Lynnwood City Council on Sept. 8 adopted Ordinance 3487, amending LMC 2.04.06 on qualifications to hold elected city office. The final ordinance, adopted unanimously, requires annual confirmation of residency and allows for limited temporary non‑residency with an affidavit; councilmembers also amended the draft during debate to replace a 60‑day allowance with 120 days and to add the word “paid” to a clause about holding another publicly elective office.
Key provisions: the ordinance, as adopted, keeps an annual affidavit requirement that councilmembers confirm they resided within Lynnwood city limits for the prior year, and permits a…
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