The city council of the city of Edgewood hereby adopts the Edgewood Municipal Code, as published and edited by the Code Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington, as the official code of the city, and is hereby incorporated in full by this reference. One copy of the Edgewood Municipal Code is on file in the office of the city clerk for use and examination by the public.
(Ord. 99-134 § 1)
This code shall be known as the "Edgewood Municipal Code" and it shall be sufficient to refer to said code as the "Edgewood Municipal Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. It shall be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all or any part or portion thereof as an addition to, amendment to, correction or repeal of the "Edgewood Municipal Code." Further reference may be had to the titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the "Edgewood Municipal Code" and such references shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in the code.
(Ord. 99-134 § 2)
The following words and phrases whenever used in this code shall be construed as defined in this section unless from the context a different meaning is intended, or unless a different meaning is specifically defined and more particularly directed to the use of such words or phrases:
A. 
"City"
means the city of Edgewood, Washington, or the area within the territorial city limits of the city of Edgewood, Washington, and such territory outside of the city over which the city has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional provision, or any law;
B. 
"City council" or "council"
means the city council of the city of Edgewood;
C. 
"County"
means the county of Pierce;
D. 
"Mayor"
means the mayor of the city of Edgewood;
E. 
"Oath"
includes affirmation;
F. 
Office. The use of the title of any officer, employee, or any office, or ordinance means such officer, employee, office, or ordinance of the city, unless otherwise specifically designated;
G. 
"Person"
means any natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business trust, organization, or public or private entity, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them;
H. 
"State"
means the state of Washington;
I. 
"Shall" or "must"
means mandatory and imposes a requirement;
J. 
"May"
means optional and permissive, and does not impose a requirement;
K. 
"Written"
includes printed, typewritten, mimeographed or multigraphed.
(Ord. 99-134 § 4; Ord. 23-656 § 1 (Exh. A))
The following grammatical rules shall apply in this code unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
A. 
Gender. Any gender includes the other gender;
B. 
Singular and Plural. The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular;
C. 
Tenses. Words used in the present tense include the past and the future tenses and vise versa;
D. 
Use of Words and Phrases. Words and phrases used in this code and not specifically defined shall be construed according to the context and approved usage of the language.
(Ord. 99-134 § 5)
Whenever a reference is made to this code as the "Edgewood Municipal Code" or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the city of Edgewood, Washington, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions heretofore, now or hereafter made.
(Ord. 99-134 § 6)
Title, chapter and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter or section hereof.
(Ord. 99-134 § 7)
The provisions of this code shall not in any manner affect matters of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected with ordinances which are therein specifically designated by number or otherwise and which are included within the code, but such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this code.
(Ord. 99-134 § 8)
Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal or amendment hereby of any ordinance or part or portion of any ordinance of the city shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, or penalty at said effective date due and unpaid under such ordinances, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinances, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinances relating to the collection of any such license, fee, or penalty, or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
(Ord. 99-134 § 9)
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. The council hereby declares that it would have passed this code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases had been declared invalid or unconstitutional, and if for any reason this code should be declared invalid or unconstitutional, then the original ordinance or ordinances shall be in full force and effect.
(Ord. 99-134 § 10)