1112 - Resolution - Pre-empt Home Rule through ProceduresRESOLUTION
WHEREAS, cities or counties requiring federal financing
or approval in conjunction with housing and urban development are
being required by the federal government to permit the use of
building materials not permitted by those jurisdictions,
WHEREAS, existing and new buildings in cities or coun-
ties are being required to retroactively conform to code standards
that are in conflict with the requirements in those jurisdictions,
WHEREAS, these procedures used by the federal govern-
ment are based upon the invalid conclusions that costs to the
building owners will be reduced materially, that safety to the
life of the building occupant will not be jeopardized and that
the code standards used by the great majority of American cities
are not equivalent to the standards arbitrarily adopted by the
federal government,
WHEREAS, the determination of the needs of a community
has traditionally been the prerogative of the American consumer
and his only effective representative, the local government,
NOW THFFRREFORE , BE IT RFS0 T.VED, THAT THE
.Of PORT ORCHARD' urges its legislative
representative to take whatever steps are necessary to effect a
change.in policy whereby federal agencies will not pre-empt home
rule through procedures such as the withholding of federal funds
or the federal adoption and enforcement of standards which con-
flict with the nationally recognized standards adopted by the
local government.
PASSED by the City Couneil of the City of Port Orehard,
Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentieetion of such passage this 22nd day of May, 1972.
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PAUL D . PO MRS, .T'_P, . , OR
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R. G. Lloyd, City C1