A. When used in this chapter, the following words, terms and phrases, and their derivations, shall have the following meanings ascribed to them in Chapter 38.52 RCW and this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

“Chief elected official” shall mean the chief elected executive officer for the city of Lynnwood. This position is held by the mayor; however, if the mayor is absent or incapacitated or the position is otherwise vacant, the position is filled in accordance with the succession plan identified in LMC 7.20.090.

“Continuity of government” or “COG” shall mean the preservation, maintenance, or reconstitution of the civil government’s ability to carry out the executive, legislative, and judicial processes and services under the threat or occurrence of any emergency condition that could disrupt such processes and services.

“County” shall mean Snohomish County.

“Emergency” or “disaster” shall mean an event or set of circumstances which: (1) demands immediate action to preserve public health, protect life, protect public property, or to provide relief to any stricken area within the city overtaken by such occurrences, or (2) reaches such a dimension or degree of destructiveness as to warrant the mayor declaring the existence of a disaster or the Governor proclaiming a state of emergency in accordance with appropriate local ordinances and state statute, or (3) affects seriously the safety, health, or welfare of a substantial number of citizens of this city or precludes the operation or use of essential public services and facilities with such magnitude or severity as to necessitate seeking state and/or county supplementation of local efforts or resources exerted or utilized in alleviating the danger, damage, suffering, or hardship faced, having been caused by forces beyond the control of man, by reason of civil disorder, riot, or disturbance, or by factors not foreseen and not known to exist when the city budget was adopted.

“Emergency management” shall mean the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which the military forces are primarily responsible, to mitigate, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and disasters, and to aid victims suffering from injury or damage resulting from disasters caused by all hazards, whether natural, technological or manmade, and to provide support for search and rescue operations for persons and property in distress.

“Emergency management director” shall mean the person responsible for the administration and operation of the emergency management program for the city, appointed by the mayor in accordance with RCW 38.52.070(1).

B. All definitions of terms contained in RCW 38.52.010 as adopted or as hereafter amended are adopted by this reference. (Ord. 3310 § 1, 2018)