§ 3.02.020. Definitions.

A.

"Agency" means The City of Seattle or any of its subdivisions including but not limited to, any City board, commission, committee, officer or department, including the City Council and its committees, when acting in accordance with or pursuant to authorization by ordinance or Charter to make rules, hear appeals, or adjudicate contested cases.

B.

"Contested case" means any proceeding before an agency in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of specific parties are required by ordinance to be determined after a hearing by a Hearing Examiner.

C.

"Interested person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization of any character significantly affected by or interested in proceedings before an agency, and shall include any party in a contested case.

D.

"License" includes the whole or part of any agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, or any form of permission required by law, including agency rules, to engage in any activity, but does not include a license required solely for revenue purposes.

E.

"Rule" means any agency order, directive, or regulation of future effect, including amendment or repeal of a prior rule, which applies generally and which, if violated, subjects a person to a penalty or administrative sanction, including, but not limited to, an order, directive, or regulation which affects:

1.

Any procedure, practice or requirement relating to agency hearings;

2.

Any qualification or standards for the issuance, suspension or revocation of licenses;

3.

Any mandatory standards for any product or material which must be met before distribution or sale; or

4.

Any qualification or requirement relating to the enjoyment of benefits or privileges conferred by law.

Such term does not include statements concerning only the internal management of an agency and not affecting private rights or procedures available to the public, declaratory rulings issued pursuant to Section 3.02.080, or rules relating to the use of public ways and property when substance of such rules is indicated to the public by means of signs or signals.

(Ord. 107903 § 1, 1978: Ord. 102228 § 2, 1973.)

Cases— Adoption of electrical rates by ordinance is not rule-making under subsection E. Earle M. Jorgensen Co. v. Seattle, 99 Wn.2d 861, 665 P.2d 1328 (1983).