Title 35 - Cities and towns
- 35.01 - Municipal corporations classified.
- 35.02 - Incorporation proceedings.
- 35.02.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
- 35.02.005 - Purpose.
- 35.02.010 - Authority for incorporation -- Number of inhabitants required.
- 35.02.015 - Proposed incorporations -- Notice to county -- Boundary review board hearing.
- 35.02.017 - County auditor shall provide identification number.
- 35.02.020 - Petition for incorporation -- Signatures -- Filing deadline.
- 35.02.030 - Petition for incorporation -- Contents.
- 35.02.035 - Petition -- Auditor's duties.
- 35.02.037 - Petition -- Notice of certification.
- 35.02.039 - Public hearing -- Time limitations.
- 35.02.040 - Public hearing -- Publication of notice.
- 35.02.070 - Public hearing by county legislative authority -- Establishment of boundaries -- Limitations.
- 35.02.078 - Elections -- Question of incorporation -- Nomination and election of officers.
- 35.02.086 - Elections -- Candidates -- Filing -- Withdrawal -- Ballot position.
- 35.02.090 - Elections -- Conduct -- Voters' qualifications.
- 35.02.100 - Election on question of incorporation -- Notice -- Contents.
- 35.02.110 - Election on question of incorporation -- Ballots.
- 35.02.120 - Election on question of incorporation -- Certification of results.
- 35.02.125 - Newly incorporated city or town -- Liability for costs of elections.
- 35.02.130 - Newly incorporated city or town -- Effective date of incorporation -- Powers during interim period -- Terms of elected officers -- First municipal election.
- 35.02.132 - Newly incorporated city or town -- Budgets.
- 35.02.135 - Newly incorporated city or town -- May borrow from municipal sales and use tax equalization account.
- 35.02.137 - Newly incorporated city or town -- Moratoria on development permits and approvals.
- 35.02.139 - Newly incorporated city or town -- First general election of councilmembers or commissioners -- Initial, subsequent terms.
- 35.02.140 - Disposition of uncollected road district taxes.
- 35.02.150 - Pending final disposition of petition no other petition for incorporation to be acted upon -- Withdrawal or substitution -- Action on petition for annexation authorized.
- 35.02.155 - Effect of proposed annexation on petition.
- 35.02.160 - Cancellation, acquisition of franchise or permit for operation of public service business in territory incorporated -- Regulation of solid waste collection.
- 35.02.170 - Use of right-of-way line as corporate boundary -- When right-of-way may be included.
- 35.02.180 - Ownership of county roads to revert to city or town -- Territory within city or town to be removed from fire protection, road, and library districts.
- 35.02.190 - Annexation/incorporation of fire protection district -- Transfer of assets when at least sixty percent of assessed valuation is annexed or incorporated in city or town.
- 35.02.200 - Annexation/incorporation of fire protection district -- Ownership of assets of fire protection district -- When less than sixty percent.
- 35.02.202 - Annexation/incorporation of fire protection district -- Delay of transfer.
- 35.02.205 - Annexation/incorporation of fire protection district -- Distribution of assets of district when less than five percent of district annexed -- Distribution agreement -- Arbitration.
- 35.02.210 - Fire protection district and library district -- Continuation of services at option of city or town.
- 35.02.220 - Duty of county and road, library, and fire districts to continue services during transition period -- Road maintenance and law enforcement services.
- 35.02.225 - County may contract to provide essential services.
- 35.02.230 - Incorporation of city or town located in more than one county -- Powers and duties of county after incorporation -- Costs.
- 35.02.240 - Incorporation of city or town located in more than one county -- Taxes -- Powers and duties of county after incorporation -- Costs.
- 35.02.250 - Corporate powers in dealings with federal government.
- 35.02.260 - Duty of department of community, trade, and economic development to assist newly incorporated cities and towns.
- 35.02.270 - Other local governments and state agencies -- May assist newly incorporated cities and towns.
- 35.06 - Advancement of classification.
- 35.07 - Disincorporation.
- 35.07.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
- 35.07.010 - Authority for disincorporation.
- 35.07.020 - Petition -- Requisites.
- 35.07.040 - Calling election -- Receiver.
- 35.07.050 - Notice of election.
- 35.07.060 - Ballots.
- 35.07.070 - Conduct of election.
- 35.07.080 - Canvass of returns.
- 35.07.090 - Effect of disincorporation -- Powers -- Officers.
- 35.07.100 - Effect of disincorporation -- Existing contracts.
- 35.07.110 - Effect of disincorporation -- Streets.
- 35.07.120 - Receiver -- Qualification -- Bond.
- 35.07.130 - Elected receiver -- Failure to qualify -- Court to appoint.
- 35.07.140 - No receiver elected though indebtedness exists -- Procedure.
- 35.07.150 - Duties of receiver -- Claims -- Priority.
- 35.07.160 - Receiver may sue and be sued.
- 35.07.170 - Receiver -- Power to sell property.
- 35.07.180 - Receiver -- Power to levy taxes.
- 35.07.190 - Receiver's compensation.
- 35.07.200 - Receiver -- Removal for cause.
- 35.07.210 - Receiver -- Successive appointments.
- 35.07.220 - Receiver -- Final account and discharge.
- 35.07.225 - Applicability of general receivership law.
- 35.07.230 - Involuntary dissolution of towns -- Authorized.
- 35.07.240 - Involuntary dissolution of towns -- Notice of hearing.
- 35.07.250 - Involuntary dissolution of towns -- Hearing.
- 35.07.260 - Involuntary dissolution of towns -- Alternative forms of order.
- 35.10 - Consolidation and annexation of cities and towns.
- 35.10.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
- 35.10.203 - Purpose.
- 35.10.207 - "City" defined.
- 35.10.217 - Methods for annexation.
- 35.10.240 - Annexation -- Canvass of votes.
- 35.10.265 - Annexation -- When effective -- Ordinance.
- 35.10.300 - Disposition of property and assets following consolidation or annexation.
- 35.10.310 - Assets and liabilities of component cities -- Taxation to pay claims.
- 35.10.315 - Adoption of final budget and levy of property taxes.
- 35.10.317 - Receipt of state funds.
- 35.10.320 - Continuation of ordinances.
- 35.10.331 - Unassumed indebtedness.
- 35.10.350 - Cancellation, acquisition of franchise or permit for operation of public service business in territory annexed.
- 35.10.360 - Annexation -- Transfer of fire department employees.
- 35.10.365 - Annexation -- Transfer of fire department employees -- Rights and benefits.
- 35.10.370 - Annexation -- Transfer of fire department employees -- Notice -- Time limitation.
- 35.10.400 - Consolidation.
- 35.10.410 - Consolidation -- Submission of ballot proposal -- Initiation by resolution of legislative body.
- 35.10.420 - Consolidation -- Submission of ballot proposal -- Initiation by petition.
- 35.10.430 - Consolidation -- Form of government.
- 35.10.440 - Consolidation -- Assumption of general obligation indebtedness.
- 35.10.450 - Consolidation -- Public meetings on proposal -- Role of boundary review board.
- 35.10.460 - Consolidation -- Ballot questions.
- 35.10.470 - Consolidation -- Canvass of votes.
- 35.10.480 - Consolidation -- Elections of officials -- Effective date of consolidation.
- 35.10.490 - Consolidation -- Name of city.
- 35.10.500 - Consolidation -- Costs of election and public meetings.
- 35.10.510 - Consolidation -- Transfer of fire department employees.
- 35.10.520 - Consolidation -- Transfer of fire department employees -- Rights and benefits.
- 35.10.530 - Consolidation -- Transfer of fire department employees -- Notice -- Time limitation.
- 35.10.540 - Consolidation -- Creation of community municipal corporation.
- 35.10.550 - Consolidation -- Wards.
- 35.10.900 - Severability -- 1969 ex.s. c 89.
- 35.10.905 - Severability -- 1985 c 281.
- 35.100 - Downtown and neighborhood commercial districts.
- 35.100.010 - Findings -- Intent.
- 35.100.020 - Definitions.
- 35.100.030 - Local retail sales and use tax increment revenue -- Applications.
- 35.100.040 - Local sales and use tax increment revenue -- Authorization of use by legislative authority.
- 35.100.050 - Determination of amount of revenue.
- 35.100.900 - Severability -- 2002 c 79.
- 35.101 - Tourism promotion areas.
- 35.101.010 - Definitions.
- 35.101.020 - Establishment -- Petition.
- 35.101.030 - Resolution of intention to establish area -- Hearing.
- 35.101.040 - Limitations on area included -- Interlocal agreements.
- 35.101.050 - Lodging charge -- Limitations.
- 35.101.052 - Lodging charge -- Contract for administration and collection of by department of revenue.
- 35.101.055 - Lodging charge -- Exemption for temporary medical housing.
- 35.101.060 - Notice of hearing.
- 35.101.070 - Conduct of hearing -- Termination of proceedings.
- 35.101.080 - Establishment of area -- Ordinance.
- 35.101.090 - Administration, collection of lodging charge.
- 35.101.100 - Local tourism promotion account created.
- 35.101.110 - Charges are in addition to special assessments.
- 35.101.120 - Charges are not a tax on sale of lodging.
- 35.101.130 - Legislative authority has sole discretion concerning use for tourism promotion -- Contracts for operation of area.
- 35.101.140 - Disestablishment of area -- Hearing -- Resolution.
- 35.102 - Municipal business and occupation tax.
- 35.102.010 - Findings -- Intent.
- 35.102.020 - Limited scope -- Utility businesses.
- 35.102.030 - Definitions.
- 35.102.040 - Model ordinance--Mandatory provisions.
- 35.102.050 - Nexus required.
- 35.102.060 - Multiple taxation -- Credit system.
- 35.102.070 - Reporting frequency.
- 35.102.080 - Computation of interest.
- 35.102.090 - Penalties.
- 35.102.100 - Claim period.
- 35.102.110 - Refund period.
- 35.102.120 - Definitions -- Tax classifications.
- 35.102.130 - Allocation and apportionment of income.
- 35.102.1301 - Municipal business and occupation tax -- Study of potential net fiscal impacts.
- 35.102.140 - Municipal business and occupation tax -- Implementation by cities -- Contingent authority.
- 35.102.145 - Municipal business and occupation tax -- Confidentiality, privilege, and disclosure.
- 35.102.150 - Allocation of income -- Printing and publishing activities.
- 35.102.160 - Professional employer organizations -- Tax deduction.
- 35.102.900 - Captions not law -- 2003 c 79.
- 35.103 - Fire departments -- Performance measures.
- 35.104 - Health sciences and services authorities.
- 35.104.010 - Purpose.
- 35.104.020 - Definitions.
- 35.104.030 - Creation.
- 35.104.040 - Applications.
- 35.104.050 - Governing board.
- 35.104.060 - Powers and duties.
- 35.104.070 - General indebtedness -- General obligation bonds.
- 35.104.080 - Limitation on bonds issued.
- 35.104.090 - Liability.
- 35.104.100 - Dissolution of sponsoring local government.
- 35.104.110 - Borrowed moneys -- Liability.
- 35.105 - Urban forest management.
- 35.105.010 - Definitions.
- 35.105.020 - Coordination with department of natural resources.
- 35.105.030 - Evergreen community recognition program.
- 35.105.040 - Evergreen community grant and competitive awards program.
- 35.105.050 - Development of model evergreen community management plans and ordinances.
- 35.105.060 - Report to the legislature.
- 35.105.070 - Model evergreen community management plans -- Elements to consider.
- 35.105.080 - Model evergreen community ordinances -- Elements to consider.
- 35.105.090 - Evergreen community management plans and ordinances -- Local jurisdictions may adopt.
- 35.105.100 - Submission and review of management plans and evergreen community ordinances.
- 35.105.110 - Evergreen communities partnership task force.
- 35.105.120 - Limitations of chapter.
- 35.106 - Crime-free rental housing.
- 35.106.005 - Finding -- Intent.
- 35.106.010 - Definitions.
- 35.106.020 - Crime-free rental housing program.
- 35.106.030 - Program -- No prohibition against hiring or renting to person based on criminal history.
- 35.106.100 - Chapter supersedes and preempts local laws -- Application of RCW 35.106.020 to local laws.
- 35.13 - Annexation of unincorporated areas.
- 35.13.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
- 35.13.005 - Annexations beyond urban growth areas prohibited.
- 35.13.010 - Authority for annexation.
- 35.13.015 - Election method -- Resolution for election -- Contents of resolution.
- 35.13.020 - Election method -- Petition for election -- Signers -- Rate of assessment in annexed area -- Comprehensive plan -- Community municipal corporation -- Filing and approval -- Costs.
- 35.13.030 - Election method -- Petition for election -- Content.
- 35.13.040 - Election method -- Hearing -- Notice.
- 35.13.050 - Election method -- Petition or resolution for election -- Others covering same area barred from consideration, withdrawal.
- 35.13.060 - Election method -- Fixing date of election.
- 35.13.070 - Election method -- Conduct of election.
- 35.13.080 - Election method -- Notice of election.
- 35.13.090 - Election method -- Vote required -- Proposition for assumption of indebtedness -- Certification.
- 35.13.095 - Election method -- Vote required for annexation with assumption of indebtedness -- Without assumption of indebtedness.
- 35.13.100 - Election method -- Ordinances required upon voter approval -- Assumption of indebtedness.
- 35.13.110 - Election method -- Effective date of annexation or annexation and comprehensive plan or annexation and creation of community municipal corporation, taxation of area annexed.
- 35.13.120 - Election method is alternative.
- 35.13.125 - Direct petition method -- Commencement of proceedings -- Notice to legislative body -- Meeting -- Assumption of indebtedness -- Comprehensive plan.
- 35.13.130 - Direct petition method -- Petition -- Signers -- Content.
- 35.13.140 - Direct petition method -- Notice of hearing.
- 35.13.150 - Direct petition method -- Ordinance providing for annexation.
- 35.13.160 - Direct petition method -- Effective date of annexation or annexation and comprehensive plan -- Assessment, taxation of territory annexed.
- 35.13.165 - Termination of annexation proceedings in cities over four hundred thousand -- Declarations of termination filed by property owners.
- 35.13.170 - Direct petition method is alternative.
- 35.13.171 - Review board -- Convening -- Composition.
- 35.13.172 - When review procedure may be dispensed with.
- 35.13.173 - Determination by review board -- Factors considered -- Filing of findings.
- 35.13.174 - Date for annexation election if review board's determination favorable.
- 35.13.176 - Territory subject to annexation proposal -- When annexation by another city or incorporation allowed.
- 35.13.177 - Comprehensive land use plan for area to be annexed -- Contents -- Purpose.
- 35.13.178 - Comprehensive land use plan for area to be annexed -- Hearings on proposed plan -- Notice -- Filing.
- 35.13.180 - Annexation for municipal purposes.
- 35.13.182 - Annexation of unincorporated island of territory -- Resolution -- Notice of hearing.
- 35.13.1821 - Annexation of unincorporated island of territory -- Referendum -- Election.
- 35.13.1822 - Annexation of unincorporated island of territory -- Notice, hearing.
- 35.13.185 - Annexation of federal areas by first-class city.
- 35.13.190 - Annexation of federal areas by second-class cities and towns.
- 35.13.200 - Annexation of federal areas by second-class cities and towns -- Annexation ordinance -- Provisions.
- 35.13.210 - Annexation of federal areas by second-class cities and towns -- Authority over annexed territory.
- 35.13.215 - Annexation of fire districts -- Transfer of employees.
- 35.13.225 - Annexation of fire districts -- Transfer of employees -- Rights and benefits.
- 35.13.235 - Annexation of fire districts -- Transfer of employees -- Notice -- Time limitation.
- 35.13.238 - Annexation of territory served by fire districts, interlocal agreement process -- Annexation of fire districts, transfer of employees.
- 35.13.249 - Annexation of fire districts -- Ownership of assets of fire protection district -- Outstanding indebtedness not affected.
- 35.13.252 - Fire protection and safety in proposed annexed territory -- Report request.
- 35.13.260 - Determining population of annexed territory -- Certificate -- As basis for allocation of state funds -- Revised certificate.
- 35.13.270 - Taxes collected in annexed territory -- Notification of annexation.
- 35.13.280 - Cancellation, acquisition of franchise or permit for operation of public service business in territory annexed -- Regulation of solid waste collection.
- 35.13.290 - When right-of-way may be included -- Use of right-of-way line as corporate boundary.
- 35.13.300 - Boundary line adjustment -- Purpose -- Definition.
- 35.13.310 - Boundary line adjustment -- Agreement -- Not subject to review.
- 35.13.320 - Boundary line adjustment -- When adjustment required -- Limitation -- Not subject to review.
- 35.13.330 - Boundary line adjustment -- Agreement pending incorporation -- Limitation -- Not subject to review.
- 35.13.340 - Boundary line adjustment -- Inclusion or exclusion of remaining portion of parcel -- When subject to review -- Definition.
- 35.13.350 - Providing annexation information to public.
- 35.13.360 - Transfer of county sheriff's employees -- Purpose.
- 35.13.370 - Transfer of county sheriff's employees -- When authorized.
- 35.13.380 - Transfer of county sheriff's employees -- Conditions, limitations.
- 35.13.390 - Transfer of county sheriff's employees -- Rules.
- 35.13.400 - Transfer of county sheriff's employees -- Notification of right to transfer -- Time for filing transfer request.
- 35.13.410 - Alternative direct petition method -- Commencement of proceedings -- Notice to legislative body -- Meeting -- Assumption of indebtedness -- Comprehensive plan.
- 35.13.420 - Alternative direct petition method -- Petition -- Signers -- Content.
- 35.13.430 - Alternative direct petition method -- Notice of hearing.
- 35.13.440 - Alternative direct petition method -- Ordinance providing for annexation.
- 35.13.450 - Alternative direct petition method -- Effective date of annexation and comprehensive plan -- Assessment, taxation of territory annexed.
- 35.13.460 - Alternative direct petition method -- Method is alternative.
- 35.13.470 - Annexation of territory within urban growth areas -- Interlocal agreement -- Public hearing -- Ordinance providing for annexation.
- 35.13.480 - Annexation of territory within urban growth areas -- County may initiate process with other cities or towns -- Interlocal agreement -- Public hearing -- Ordinance -- Referendum -- Election
- 35.13.490 - Annexation of territory used for an agricultural fair.
- 35.13.500 - Annexation of territory within regional transit authorities.
- 35.13.900 - Application of chapter to annexations involving water or sewer service.
- 35.13A - Water or sewer districts -- Assumption of jurisdiction.
- 35.13A.010 - Definitions.
- 35.13A.020 - Assumption authorized -- Disposition of properties and rights -- Outstanding indebtedness -- Management and control.
- 35.13A.030 - Assumption of control if sixty percent or more of area or valuation within city.
- 35.13A.0301 - Assumption of water-sewer district before July 1, 1999 -- Limitations.
- 35.13A.040 - Assumption of control if less than sixty percent of area or valuation within city.
- 35.13A.050 - Territory containing facilities within or without city -- Duties of city or district -- Rates and charges -- Assumption of responsibility -- Outstanding indebtedness -- Properties and rig
- 35.13A.060 - District in more than one city -- Assumption of responsibilities -- Duties of cities.
- 35.13A.070 - Contracts.
- 35.13A.080 - Dissolution of water district or sewer district.
- 35.13A.090 - Employment and rights of district employees.
- 35.13A.100 - Assumption of substandard water system -- Limited immunity from liability.
- 35.13A.111 - Assumption of water-sewer district with fewer than two hundred fifty customers.
- 35.13A.900 - Severability -- 1971 ex.s. c 95.
- 35.13B - Taxing authority on water-sewer districts.
- 35.14 - Community municipal corporations.
- 35.14.010 - When community municipal corporation may be organized -- Service areas -- Territory.
- 35.14.020 - Community council -- Membership -- Election -- Terms.
- 35.14.030 - Community council -- Employees -- Office -- Officers -- Quorum -- Meetings -- Compensation and expenses.
- 35.14.040 - Ordinances or resolutions of city applying to land, buildings or structures within corporation, effectiveness -- Zoning ordinances, resolutions or land use controls to remain in effect upo
- 35.14.050 - Powers and duties of community municipal corporation.
- 35.14.060 - Original term of existence of community municipal corporation -- Continuation of existence -- Procedure.
- 35.16 - Reduction of city limits.
- 35.16.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
- 35.16.010 - Petition, resolution for election.
- 35.16.030 - Canvassing the returns -- Abstract of vote.
- 35.16.040 - Ordinance to reduce boundaries.
- 35.16.050 - Recording of ordinance and plat on effective date of reduction.
- 35.16.060 - Effect of exclusion as to liability for indebtedness.
- 35.16.070 - Previously granted franchises in excluded territory.
- 35.17 - Commission form of government.
- 35.17.010 - Definition of commission form.
- 35.17.020 - Elections -- Terms of commissioners -- Vacancies.
- 35.17.030 - Laws applicable.
- 35.17.035 - Second-class cities, parking meter revenue for revenue bonds.
- 35.17.040 - Offices.
- 35.17.050 - Meetings.
- 35.17.060 - President.
- 35.17.070 - Vice president.
- 35.17.080 - Employees of commission.
- 35.17.090 - Distribution of powers -- Assignment of duties.
- 35.17.100 - Bonds of commissioners and employees.
- 35.17.105 - Clerk may take acknowledgments.
- 35.17.108 - Salaries of mayor and commissioners.
- 35.17.120 - Officers and employees -- Salaries and wages.
- 35.17.130 - Officers and employees -- Creation -- Removal -- Changes in compensation.
- 35.17.150 - Officers and employees -- Passes, free services prohibited, exceptions -- Penalty.
- 35.17.170 - Financial statements -- Monthly -- Annual.
- 35.17.180 - Legislative power -- How exercised.
- 35.17.190 - Legislative ordinances and resolutions.
- 35.17.200 - Legislative -- Appropriations of money.
- 35.17.210 - Legislative -- Street improvements.
- 35.17.220 - Legislative -- Franchises -- Referendum.
- 35.17.230 - Legislative -- Ordinances -- Time of going into effect.
- 35.17.240 - Legislative -- Referendum -- Filing suspends ordinance.
- 35.17.250 - Legislative -- Referendum -- Petitions and conduct of elections.
- 35.17.260 - Legislative -- Ordinances by initiative petition.
- 35.17.270 - Legislative -- Initiative petition -- Submission procedures.
- 35.17.280 - Legislative -- Initiative petition -- Checking by clerk.
- 35.17.290 - Legislative -- Initiative petition -- Appeal to court.
- 35.17.300 - Legislative -- Initiative -- Conduct of election.
- 35.17.310 - Legislative -- Initiative -- Notice of election.
- 35.17.330 - Legislative -- Initiative -- Effective date -- Record.
- 35.17.340 - Legislative -- Initiative -- Repeal or amendment.
- 35.17.350 - Legislative -- Initiative -- Repeal or amendment -- Method.
- 35.17.360 - Legislative -- Initiative -- Repeal or amendment -- Record.
- 35.17.370 - Organization on commission form -- Eligibility -- Census.
- 35.17.380 - Organization -- Petition.
- 35.17.390 - Organization -- Ballots.
- 35.17.400 - Organization -- Election of officers -- Term.
- 35.17.410 - Organization -- Effect on ordinances -- Boundaries -- Property.
- 35.17.420 - Organization -- Revision of appropriations.
- 35.17.430 - Abandonment of commission form.
- 35.17.440 - Abandonment -- Method.
- 35.17.450 - Abandonment -- Conduct of election -- Canvass.
- 35.17.460 - Abandonment -- Effect.
- 35.18 - Council-manager plan.
- 35.18.010 - The council-manager plan.
- 35.18.020 - Number of councilmembers -- Wards, districts -- Terms -- Vacancies.
- 35.18.030 - Laws applicable to council-manager cities -- Civil service.
- 35.18.035 - Second-class cities, parking meter revenue for revenue bonds.
- 35.18.040 - City manager -- Qualifications.
- 35.18.050 - City manager -- Bond and oath.
- 35.18.060 - City manager -- Authority.
- 35.18.070 - City manager -- May serve two or more cities.
- 35.18.080 - City manager -- Creation of departments.
- 35.18.090 - City manager -- Department heads -- Authority.
- 35.18.100 - City manager -- Appointment of subordinates -- Qualifications -- Terms.
- 35.18.110 - City manager -- Interference by councilmembers.
- 35.18.120 - City manager -- Removal -- Resolution and notice.
- 35.18.130 - City manager -- Removal -- Reply and hearing.
- 35.18.140 - City manager -- Substitute.
- 35.18.150 - Council -- Eligibility.
- 35.18.160 - Council -- Authority.
- 35.18.170 - Council meetings.
- 35.18.180 - Council -- Ordinances -- Recording.
- 35.18.190 - Mayor -- Election -- Vacancy.
- 35.18.200 - Mayor -- Duties.
- 35.18.210 - Mayor pro tempore.
- 35.18.220 - Salaries.
- 35.18.230 - Organization on council-manager plan -- Eligibility.
- 35.18.240 - Organization -- Petition.
- 35.18.250 - Organization -- Election procedure.
- 35.18.260 - Organization -- Ballots.
- 35.18.270 - Organization -- Election of council, procedure.
- 35.18.280 - Organization -- Holding over by incumbent officials and employees.
- 35.18.285 - Organization -- First council may revise budget.
- 35.18.290 - Abandonment of council-manager plan.
- 35.18.300 - Abandonment -- Method.
- 35.18.310 - Abandonment -- Special election necessary.
- 35.18.320 - Abandonment -- Effect.
- 35.20 - Municipal courts -- Cities over four hundred thousand.
- 35.20.010 - Municipal court established -- Termination of court -- Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases -- Arbitration -- Notice.
- 35.20.020 - Sessions -- Judges may act as magistrates -- Night court.
- 35.20.030 - Jurisdiction -- Maximum penalties for criminal violations -- Review -- Costs.
- 35.20.090 - Trial by jury -- Juror's fees.
- 35.20.100 - Departments of court -- Jurisdiction and venue -- Presiding judge -- Costs of election.
- 35.20.105 - Court administrator.
- 35.20.110 - Seal of court -- Extent of process.
- 35.20.120 - Expenses of court.
- 35.20.131 - Director of traffic violations.
- 35.20.140 - Monthly meeting of judges -- Rules and regulations of court.
- 35.20.150 - Election of judges -- Vacancies.
- 35.20.155 - Municipal court commissioners -- Appointment, powers.
- 35.20.160 - Judges' salaries.
- 35.20.170 - Qualifications of judges -- Practice of law prohibited.
- 35.20.175 - Judicial officers -- Disqualification.
- 35.20.180 - Judges' oath of office, official bonds.
- 35.20.190 - Additional judge.
- 35.20.200 - Judges pro tempore.
- 35.20.205 - Judicial officers -- Hearing examiner.
- 35.20.210 - Clerks of court.
- 35.20.220 - Powers and duties of chief clerk -- Remittance by city treasurer -- Interest -- Disposition.
- 35.20.230 - Director of probation services -- Probation officers -- Bailiffs.
- 35.20.240 - First judges -- Transfer of equipment.
- 35.20.250 - Concurrent jurisdiction with superior court and district court.
- 35.20.255 - Deferral or suspension of sentences -- Probation -- Maximum term -- Transfer to another state.
- 35.20.258 - Sentencing -- Crimes against property -- Criminal history check.
- 35.20.260 - Subpoenas -- Witness fees.
- 35.20.270 - Warrant officer -- Position created -- Authority -- Service of criminal and civil process -- Jurisdiction -- Costs.
- 35.20.280 - City trial court improvement account -- Contribution by city to account -- Use of funds.
- 35.20.910 - Construction of other laws.
- 35.20.921 - Severability -- 1969 ex.s. c 147.
- 35.21 - Miscellaneous provisions.
- 35.21.005 - Sufficiency of petitions.
- 35.21.010 - General corporate powers -- Towns, restrictions as to area.
- 35.21.015 - Salary commissions.
- 35.21.020 - Auditoriums, art museums, swimming pools, etc. -- Power to acquire.
- 35.21.030 - Auxiliary water systems for protection from fire.
- 35.21.070 - Cumulative reserve fund -- Authority to create.
- 35.21.080 - Cumulative reserve fund -- Annual levy for -- Application of budget law.
- 35.21.085 - Payrolls fund -- Claims fund.
- 35.21.086 - Payrolls fund -- Transfers from insolvent funds.
- 35.21.087 - Employee checks, drafts, warrants -- City, town may cash.
- 35.21.088 - Equipment rental fund.
- 35.21.090 - Dikes, levees, embankments -- Authority to construct.
- 35.21.100 - Donations -- Authority to accept and use.
- 35.21.110 - Ferries -- Authority to acquire and maintain.
- 35.21.120 - Solid waste handling system -- Contracts.
- 35.21.130 - Solid waste or recyclable materials collection -- Ordinance.
- 35.21.135 - Solid waste or recyclable materials collection -- Curbside recycling -- Reduced rate.
- 35.21.140 - Garbage -- Notice of lien -- Foreclosure.
- 35.21.150 - Garbage -- Lien -- Priority.
- 35.21.152 - Solid waste handling -- Agreements -- Purposes -- Terms and conditions.
- 35.21.154 - Solid waste -- Compliance with chapter 70.95 RCW required.
- 35.21.156 - Solid waste -- Contracts with vendors for solid waste handling systems, plants, sites, or facilities -- Requirements -- Vendor selection procedures.
- 35.21.157 - Solid waste collection -- Rate increase notice.
- 35.21.158 - Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities -- Reuse or reclamation -- Application of chapter.
- 35.21.160 - Jurisdiction over adjacent waters.
- 35.21.163 - Penalty for act constituting a crime under state law -- Limitation.
- 35.21.165 - Driving while under the influence of liquor or drug -- Minimum penalties.
- 35.21.175 - Offices to be open certain days and hours.
- 35.21.180 - Ordinances -- Adoption of codes by reference.
- 35.21.185 - Ordinances -- Information pooling.
- 35.21.190 - Parkways, park drives, and boulevards.
- 35.21.200 - Residence qualifications of appointive officials and employees.
- 35.21.203 - Recall sufficiency hearing -- Payment of defense expenses.
- 35.21.205 - Liability insurance for officials and employees.
- 35.21.207 - Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized.
- 35.21.209 - Insurance and workers' compensation for offenders performing community restitution.
- 35.21.210 - Sewerage, drainage, and water supply.
- 35.21.215 - Powers relative to systems of sewerage.
- 35.21.217 - Utility services -- Deposit -- Tenants' delinquencies -- Notice -- Lien.
- 35.21.220 - Sidewalks -- Regulation of use of.
- 35.21.225 - Transportation benefit districts.
- 35.21.228 - Rail fixed guideway system -- Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan.
- 35.21.230 - Streets over tidelands declared public highways.
- 35.21.240 - Streets over tidelands -- Control of.
- 35.21.250 - Streets and alleys over first-class tidelands -- Control of.
- 35.21.260 - Streets -- Annual report to secretary of transportation.
- 35.21.270 - Streets -- Records of funds received and used for construction, repair, maintenance.
- 35.21.275 - Street improvements -- Provision of supplies or materials.
- 35.21.278 - Contracts with community service organizations for public improvements -- Limitations.
- 35.21.280 - Tax on admissions -- Exceptions.
- 35.21.290 - Utility services -- Lien for.
- 35.21.300 - Utility services -- Enforcement of lien -- Limitations on termination of service for residential heating.
- 35.21.305 - Utility connection charges -- Waiver for low-income persons.
- 35.21.310 - Removal of overhanging or obstructing vegetation -- Removal, destroying debris.
- 35.21.315 - Amateur radio antennas -- Local regulation to conform with federal law.
- 35.21.320 - Warrants -- Interest rate -- Payment.
- 35.21.333 - Chief of police or marshal -- Eligibility requirements.
- 35.21.334 - Chief of police or marshal -- Background investigation.
- 35.21.335 - Chief of police or marshal -- Vacancy.
- 35.21.340 - Cemeteries and funeral facilities.
- 35.21.350 - Civil service in police and fire departments.
- 35.21.360 - Eminent domain by cities and towns.
- 35.21.370 - Joint county and city hospitals.
- 35.21.380 - Joint county and city buildings.
- 35.21.385 - Counties with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more may contract with cities concerning buildings and related improvements.
- 35.21.390 - Public employment, civil service and pensions.
- 35.21.392 - Contractors -- Authority of city to verify registration and report violations.
- 35.21.395 - Historic preservation -- Authorization to acquire property, borrow money, issue bonds, etc.
- 35.21.400 - City may acquire property for parks, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes.
- 35.21.403 - Authority to establish lake and beach management districts.
- 35.21.404 - Fish enhancement project -- City's or town's liability.
- 35.21.405 - Moorage facilities -- Regulations authorized -- Port charges, delinquency -- Abandoned vessels, public sale.
- 35.21.407 - Abandoned or derelict vessels.
- 35.21.410 - Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility.
- 35.21.412 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
- 35.21.415 - Electrical utilities -- Civil immunity of officials and employees for good faith mistakes and errors of judgment.
- 35.21.417 - Hydroelectric reservoir extending across international boundary -- Agreement with Province of British Columbia.
- 35.21.418 - Hydroelectric reservoir extending across international boundary -- Commission -- Powers.
- 35.21.420 - Utilities -- City may support county in which generating plant located -- Cities with a population greater than five hundred thousand responsible for impact payments and arrearages -- Arbi
- 35.21.422 - Utilities -- Cities in a county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more west of Cascades may support cities, towns, counties and taxing districts in which facilities located.
- 35.21.425 - City constructing generating facility in other county -- Reimbursement of county or school district -- Reimbursement by cities with a population greater than five hundred thousand.
- 35.21.426 - City constructing generating facility in other county -- Notice of loss -- Negotiations -- Arbitration.
- 35.21.427 - City constructing generating facility in other county -- Additional findings -- Renegotiation.
- 35.21.430 - Utilities -- City may pay taxing districts involved after acquisition of private power facilities.
- 35.21.440 - Utilities -- Additional payments to school districts having bonded indebtedness.
- 35.21.450 - Utilities -- Payment of taxes.
- 35.21.455 - Locally regulated utilities -- Attachments to poles.
- 35.21.465 - Crop purchase contracts for dedicated energy crops.
- 35.21.470 - Building construction projects -- City or town prohibited from requiring state agencies or local governments to provide bond or other security as a condition for issuance of permit.
- 35.21.475 - Statement of restrictions applicable to real property.
- 35.21.500 - Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Scope of codification.
- 35.21.510 - Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Authorized.
- 35.21.520 - Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Adoption as official code of city.
- 35.21.530 - Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Filing -- Notice of hearing.
- 35.21.540 - Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Legislative body may amend, adopt, or reject adopting ordinance -- When official code.
- 35.21.550 - Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Copies as proof of ordinances.
- 35.21.560 - Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Adoption of new material.
- 35.21.570 - Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Codification satisfies single subject, title, and amendment requirements of statute or charter.
- 35.21.590 - Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of property -- Limit on indebtedness -- Election, when.
- 35.21.630 - Youth agencies -- Establishment authorized.
- 35.21.635 - Juvenile curfews.
- 35.21.640 - Conferences to study regional and governmental problems, counties and cities may establish.
- 35.21.650 - Prepayment of taxes or assessments authorized.
- 35.21.660 - Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act -- Agreements with federal government -- Scope of authority.
- 35.21.670 - Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act -- Powers and limitations of public corporations, commissions or authorities created.
- 35.21.680 - Participation in Economic Opportunity Act programs.
- 35.21.684 - Authority to regulate placement or use of homes -- Regulation of manufactured homes -- Issuance of permits -- Restrictions on location of manufactured/mobile homes and entry or removal of
- 35.21.685 - Low-income housing -- Loans and grants.
- 35.21.687 - Affordable housing -- Inventory of suitable housing.
- 35.21.688 - Family day-care provider's home facility -- City or town may not prohibit in residential or commercial area -- Conditions.
- 35.21.690 - Authority to regulate auctioneers -- Limitations.
- 35.21.692 - Authority to regulate massage practitioners -- Limitations.
- 35.21.695 - Authority to own and operate professional sports franchise.
- 35.21.696 - Newspaper carrier regulation.
- 35.21.698 - Regulation of financial transactions -- Limitations.
- 35.21.700 - Tourist promotion.
- 35.21.703 - Economic development programs.
- 35.21.706 - Imposition or increase of business and occupation tax -- Referendum procedure required -- Exclusive procedure.
- 35.21.710 - License fees or taxes on certain business activities -- Uniform rate required -- Maximum rate established.
- 35.21.711 - License fees or taxes on certain business activities -- Excess rates authorized by voters.
- 35.21.712 - License fees or taxes on telephone business to be at uniform rate.
- 35.21.714 - License fees or taxes on telephone business -- Imposition on certain gross revenues authorized -- Limitations.
- 35.21.715 - Taxes on network telephone services.
- 35.21.717 - Taxation of internet access -- Moratorium.
- 35.21.718 - State route No. 16 -- Tax on operation prohibited.
- 35.21.720 - City contracts to obtain sheriff's office law enforcement services.
- 35.21.730 - Public corporations -- Powers of cities, towns, and counties -- Administration.
- 35.21.735 - Public corporations -- Declaration of public purpose -- Power and authority to enter into agreements, receive and expend funds -- Security -- Special funds -- Agreements to implement feder
- 35.21.740 - Public corporations -- Exercise of powers, authorities, or rights -- Territorial jurisdiction.
- 35.21.745 - Public corporations -- Provision for, control over -- Powers.
- 35.21.747 - Public corporations -- Real property transferred by city, town, or county -- Restrictions, notice, public meeting.
- 35.21.750 - Public corporations -- Insolvency or dissolution.
- 35.21.755 - Public corporations -- Exemption or immunity from taxation -- In lieu excise tax.
- 35.21.756 - Tax exemption -- Sales/leasebacks by regional transit authorities.
- 35.21.757 - Public corporations -- Statutes to be construed consistent with state Constitution.
- 35.21.759 - Public corporations, commissions, and authorities -- Applicability of general laws.
- 35.21.760 - Legal interns -- Employment authorized.
- 35.21.762 - Urban emergency medical service districts -- Creation authorized in city or town with territory in two counties.
- 35.21.765 - Fire protection, ambulance or other emergency services provided by municipal corporation within county -- Financial and other assistance by county authorized.
- 35.21.766 - Ambulance services -- Establishment authorized.
- 35.21.7661 - Study and review of ambulance utilities.
- 35.21.768 - Ambulance services -- Excise taxes authorized -- Use of proceeds.
- 35.21.769 - Levy for emergency medical care and services.
- 35.21.770 - Members of legislative bodies authorized to serve as volunteer firefighters, volunteer ambulance personnel, or reserve law enforcement officers.
- 35.21.772 - Fire department volunteers -- Holding public office -- Definitions.
- 35.21.775 - Provision of fire protection services to state-owned facilities.
- 35.21.778 - Existing contracts for fire protection services and equipment not abrogated.
- 35.21.779 - Fire protection services for state-owned facilities -- Contracts with the department of community, trade, and economic development -- Consolidation of negotiations with multiple state agen
- 35.21.780 - Laws, rules and regulations applicable to cities five hundred thousand or over deemed applicable to cities four hundred thousand or over.
- 35.21.790 - Revision of corporate boundary within street, road, or highway right-of-way by substituting right-of-way line -- Not subject to review.
- 35.21.800 - Foreign trade zones -- Legislative finding, intent.
- 35.21.805 - Foreign trade zones -- Authority to apply for permission to establish, operate and maintain.
- 35.21.810 - Hydroplane races -- Providing for restrooms and other services in public parks for spectators -- Admission fees -- Authorized.
- 35.21.815 - Hydroplane races -- Levying of admission charges declared public park purpose -- Reversion prohibited.
- 35.21.820 - Acquisition and disposal of vehicles for commuter ride sharing by city employees.
- 35.21.830 - Controls on rent for residential structures -- Prohibited -- Exceptions.
- 35.21.840 - Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hire -- Allocation of gross receipts.
- 35.21.845 - Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hire -- Tax allocation formula.
- 35.21.850 - Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hire -- Limitation -- Exceptions.
- 35.21.851 - Taxation of chamber of commerce, similar business for operation of parking/business improvement area.
- 35.21.855 - Taxation of intellectual property creating activities -- Gross receipts tax prohibited -- Exceptions.
- 35.21.860 - Electricity, telephone, or natural gas business, service provider -- Franchise fees prohibited -- Exceptions.
- 35.21.865 - Electricity, telephone, or natural gas business -- Limitations on tax rate changes.
- 35.21.870 - Electricity, telephone, natural gas, or steam energy business -- Tax limited to six percent -- Exception.
- 35.21.871 - Tax on telephone business -- Deferral of rate reduction.
- 35.21.873 - Procedure to correct erroneous mobile telecommunications service tax.
- 35.21.875 - Designation of official newspaper.
- 35.21.880 - Right-of-way donations -- Credit against required improvements.
- 35.21.890 - Boundary changes -- Providing factual information -- Notice to boundary review board.
- 35.21.895 - Regulation of automatic number or location identification -- Prohibited.
- 35.21.897 - Mobile home, manufactured home, or park model moving or installing -- Copies of permits -- Definitions.
- 35.21.900 - Authority to transfer real property.
- 35.21.905 - Consultation with public utilities for water-sewer facility relocation projects.
- 35.21.910 - Community athletics programs -- Sex discrimination prohibited.
- 35.21.915 - Temporary encampments for the homeless -- Hosting by religious organizations authorized -- Prohibitions on local actions.
- 35.21.920 - State and federal background checks of license applicants and licensees of occupations under local licensing authority.
- 35.21.925 - Supplemental transportation improvements.
- 35.21.980 - Construction -- Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships -- 2009 c 521.
- 35.22 - First-class cities.
- 35.22.010 - Laws governing.
- 35.22.020 - Mode of exercising powers, functions and duties.
- 35.22.030 - Cities having ten thousand or more population may frame charter for own government.
- 35.22.050 - Election of freeholders to frame charter.
- 35.22.055 - Election of freeholders in cities of three hundred thousand or more population -- Designation of positions -- Rotation of names on ballots.
- 35.22.060 - Submission of charter -- Publication.
- 35.22.070 - Election on adoption of charter -- Notice.
- 35.22.080 - Conduct of elections.
- 35.22.090 - Form of ballot.
- 35.22.100 - Certificates of election to officers.
- 35.22.110 - Authentication of charter.
- 35.22.120 - Petition for submission of charter amendment.
- 35.22.130 - Requisites of petition -- Effect of favorable vote.
- 35.22.140 - New or revised charter -- Petition -- Freeholders.
- 35.22.150 - Submission of new charter.
- 35.22.160 - Election on adoption of new charter.
- 35.22.170 - Publication of proposed charter.
- 35.22.180 - Conduct of elections.
- 35.22.190 - Effect of favorable vote.
- 35.22.195 - Powers of cities adopting charters.
- 35.22.200 - Legislative powers of charter city -- Where vested -- Direct legislation.
- 35.22.205 - Compensation and hours of mayor and elected officials.
- 35.22.210 - Separate designation of councilmembers in certain first-class cities.
- 35.22.220 - Repeal of separate designation.
- 35.22.235 - First-class mayor-council cities -- Twelve councilmembers.
- 35.22.245 - First-class mayor-council cities -- Seven councilmembers.
- 35.22.280 - Specific powers enumerated.
- 35.22.282 - City and town license fees and taxes on financial institutions.
- 35.22.283 - City license fees or taxes on certain business activities to be at a single uniform rate.
- 35.22.284 - Association of sheriffs and police chiefs.
- 35.22.285 - Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility.
- 35.22.287 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
- 35.22.288 - Publication of ordinances or summary -- Public notice of hearings and meeting agendas.
- 35.22.290 - Additional powers -- Auditoriums, art museums.
- 35.22.300 - Leasing of land for auditoriums, etc.
- 35.22.302 - Conveyance or lease of space above real property or structures or improvements.
- 35.22.305 - Department for administration, etc., of property incident to civic center -- Creation authorized -- Supervision -- Authority.
- 35.22.310 - Cesspools, filling of -- Removal of debris, etc.
- 35.22.320 - Collection of cost of filling cesspools, etc.
- 35.22.330 - Radio communication.
- 35.22.340 - Streets -- Railroad franchises in, along, over, and across.
- 35.22.350 - Utilities -- Collective bargaining with employees.
- 35.22.360 - Utilities -- Wage adjustments.
- 35.22.362 - Nuclear thermal power facilities -- Joint development with public utility districts and electrical companies.
- 35.22.365 - Public transportation systems in municipalities -- Financing.
- 35.22.370 - Wards -- Division of city.
- 35.22.410 - Wharves -- City may let wharves or privileges thereon.
- 35.22.415 - Municipal airport located in unincorporated area -- Subject to county comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances.
- 35.22.425 - Criminal code repeals by city operating municipal court -- Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases -- Arbitration.
- 35.22.570 - Omnibus grant of powers to first-class cities.
- 35.22.580 - Diversion of local improvement moneys prohibited -- Refund of excess.
- 35.22.590 - Bonds voted by people -- Transfer of excess to redemption fund.
- 35.22.600 - Liability for violations of RCW 35.22.580 or 35.22.590.
- 35.22.610 - Police officers -- Appointment without regard to residence authorized.
- 35.22.620 - Public works or improvements -- Limitations on work by public employees -- Small works roster -- Purchase of reused or recycled materials or products.
- 35.22.625 - Public works or improvements -- Inapplicability of RCW 35.22.620 to certain agreements relating to water pollution control, solid waste handling facilities.
- 35.22.630 - Public works or improvements -- Cost amounts -- How determined.
- 35.22.635 - Public works or improvements -- Low bidder claiming error--Prohibition on later bid for same project.
- 35.22.640 - Public works or improvements -- Electrical distribution and generating systems -- Customer may contract with qualified electrical contractor.
- 35.22.650 - Public works or improvements -- Minority business, employees -- Contract, contents.
- 35.22.660 - Child care facilities -- Review of need and demand -- Adoption of ordinances.
- 35.22.680 - Residential care facilities -- Review of need and demand -- Adoption of ordinances.
- 35.22.685 - Conditional and special use permit applications by parties licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections -- Mediation prior to appe
- 35.22.690 - First-class cities subject to limitations on moratoria, interim zoning controls.
- 35.22.695 - Planning regulations -- Copies provided to county assessor.
- 35.22.700 - Conformance with chapter 43.97 RCW required.
- 35.22.705 - Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.
- 35.22.900 - Liberal construction.
- 35.23 - Second-class cities.
- 35.23.010 - Rights, powers, and privileges -- Exchange of park purpose property.
- 35.23.021 - City officers enumerated -- Compensation -- Appointment and removal.
- 35.23.031 - Eligibility to hold elective office.
- 35.23.051 - Elections -- Terms of office -- Positions and wards.
- 35.23.081 - Oath and bond of officers.
- 35.23.091 - Compensation of officers -- Expenses -- Nonstate pensions.
- 35.23.101 - Vacancies.
- 35.23.111 - City attorney -- Duties.
- 35.23.121 - City clerk -- Duties -- Deputies.
- 35.23.131 - City treasurer -- Duties.
- 35.23.134 - Association of sheriffs and police chiefs.
- 35.23.141 - Duty of officers collecting moneys.
- 35.23.142 - Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk -- Authorized.
- 35.23.144 - Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk -- Powers of clerk.
- 35.23.146 - Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk -- Powers of treasurer.
- 35.23.148 - Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk -- Ordinance -- Termination of combined offices.
- 35.23.161 - Chief of police and police department.
- 35.23.170 - Park commissioners.
- 35.23.181 - City council -- Oath -- Meetings.
- 35.23.191 - City council -- Mayor pro tempore.
- 35.23.201 - City council -- Meetings -- Journal.
- 35.23.211 - Ordinances -- Style -- Requisites -- Veto.
- 35.23.221 - Ordinances -- Publication -- Summary -- Public notice of hearings and meeting agendas.
- 35.23.251 - Ordinances granting franchises -- Requisites.
- 35.23.261 - Audit and allowance of demands against city.
- 35.23.270 - City council -- Quorum -- Rules -- Journal, etc.
- 35.23.290 - City council -- Entry of ayes and noes on journal.
- 35.23.311 - Eminent domain.
- 35.23.325 - Payment of claims and obligations by warrant or check.
- 35.23.330 - Limitation on allowance of claims, warrants, etc.
- 35.23.331 - Nuisances.
- 35.23.351 - Application of RCW 35.23.352 to certain agreements relating to water pollution control, solid waste handling facilities.
- 35.23.352 - Public works -- Contracts -- Bids -- Small works roster -- Purchasing requirements, recycled or reused materials or products.
- 35.23.371 - Taxation -- Street poll tax.
- 35.23.380 - Exclusive franchises prohibited.
- 35.23.410 - Leasing of street ends on waterfront.
- 35.23.420 - Notice of lease to be published before execution.
- 35.23.430 - Railroads in streets to be assessed for street improvement.
- 35.23.440 - Specific powers enumerated.
- 35.23.442 - City and town license fees and taxes on financial institutions.
- 35.23.443 - City license fees or taxes on certain business activities to be at a single uniform rate.
- 35.23.444 - Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility.
- 35.23.445 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
- 35.23.452 - Additional powers -- Acquisition, control, and disposition of property.
- 35.23.454 - Additional powers -- Parking meter revenue for revenue bonds.
- 35.23.455 - Additional powers -- Construction and operation of boat harbors, marinas, docks, etc.
- 35.23.456 - Additional powers -- Ambulances and first aid equipment.
- 35.23.457 - Conveyance or lease of space above real property or structures or improvements.
- 35.23.460 - Employees' group insurance -- False arrest insurance.
- 35.23.470 - Publicity fund.
- 35.23.480 - Publicity board.
- 35.23.490 - Limitations on use of publicity fund.
- 35.23.505 - Local improvement guaranty fund -- Investment in city's own guaranteed bonds.
- 35.23.515 - Utilities -- City may contract for service or construct own facilities.
- 35.23.525 - Utilities -- Method of acquisition -- Bonds.
- 35.23.535 - Utilities -- Maintenance and operation -- Rates.
- 35.23.545 - Procedure to attack consolidation or annexation of territory.
- 35.23.555 - Criminal code repeals by city operating municipal court -- Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases -- Arbitration.
- 35.23.560 - Waterworks -- Construction by city or by district assessments.
- 35.23.570 - Waterworks -- Plans -- Special assessments.
- 35.23.580 - Waterworks -- Procedure -- Bonds.
- 35.23.680 - Cities of ten thousand or more may frame charter without changing classification.
- 35.23.705 - Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.
- 35.23.800 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Elective officers.
- 35.23.805 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Elections -- Terms of office.
- 35.23.810 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Mayor -- General duties.
- 35.23.815 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Appointive officers.
- 35.23.820 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Health officer.
- 35.23.825 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Street commissioner.
- 35.23.830 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Appointment of officers -- Confirmation.
- 35.23.835 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Oath and bond of officers.
- 35.23.840 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- City council -- How constituted.
- 35.23.845 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- City council -- Presiding officer -- Voting rights.
- 35.23.850 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Wards -- Division of city into.
- 35.27 - Towns.
- 35.27.010 - Rights, powers, and privileges.
- 35.27.030 - Uncertain boundaries -- Petition -- Request for examination.
- 35.27.040 - Duty of county commissioners.
- 35.27.050 - Report of survey.
- 35.27.060 - Expense of proceedings.
- 35.27.070 - Town officers enumerated.
- 35.27.080 - Eligibility to hold elective office.
- 35.27.090 - Elections -- Terms of office.
- 35.27.100 - Conduct of elections.
- 35.27.120 - Oath and bond of officers.
- 35.27.130 - Compensation of officers and employees -- Expenses -- Nonstate pensions.
- 35.27.140 - Vacancies.
- 35.27.160 - Mayor -- Duties -- Powers -- Mayor pro tempore.
- 35.27.170 - Town treasurer -- Duties.
- 35.27.180 - Treasurer and clerk may be combined.
- 35.27.190 - Effect of consolidation of offices.
- 35.27.200 - Abandonment of consolidation.
- 35.27.210 - Duty of officers collecting moneys.
- 35.27.220 - Town clerk -- Duties.
- 35.27.230 - Records to be kept by clerk.
- 35.27.240 - Town marshal -- Police department.
- 35.27.250 - Town attorney -- Duties.
- 35.27.260 - Park commissioners.
- 35.27.270 - Town council -- Oath -- Meetings.
- 35.27.280 - Town council -- Quorum -- Rules -- Journal.
- 35.27.290 - Ordinances -- Style -- Signatures.
- 35.27.300 - Ordinances -- Publication -- Summary -- Public notice of hearings and meeting agendas.
- 35.27.310 - Ordinances -- Clerk to keep book of ordinances.
- 35.27.330 - Ordinances granting franchises -- Requisites.
- 35.27.340 - Audit and allowance of demands against town.
- 35.27.345 - Payment of claims and obligations by warrant or check.
- 35.27.350 - Contract for town printing.
- 35.27.362 - Contracts, purchases, advertising -- Call for bids -- Exceptions.
- 35.27.370 - Specific powers enumerated.
- 35.27.372 - City and town license fees and taxes on financial institutions.
- 35.27.373 - City license fees or taxes on certain business activities to be at a single uniform rate.
- 35.27.375 - Additional powers -- Parking meter revenue for revenue bonds.
- 35.27.376 - Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility.
- 35.27.377 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
- 35.27.380 - Additional powers -- Eminent domain.
- 35.27.385 - Additional powers -- Construction and operation of boat harbors, marinas, docks, etc.
- 35.27.390 - Employees' group insurance.
- 35.27.400 - Fire limits -- Parks.
- 35.27.410 - Nuisances.
- 35.27.500 - Taxation -- Street poll tax.
- 35.27.510 - Utilities -- Transfer of part of net earnings to current expense fund.
- 35.27.515 - Criminal code repeals by town operating municipal court -- Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases -- Arbitration.
- 35.27.550 - Off-street parking space and facilities -- Authorized -- Declared public use.
- 35.27.560 - Off-street parking space and facilities -- Financing.
- 35.27.570 - Off-street parking space and facilities -- Acquisition and disposition of real property.
- 35.27.580 - Off-street parking space and facilities -- Operation -- Lease.
- 35.27.590 - Off-street parking space and facilities -- Hearing prior to establishment.
- 35.27.600 - Off-street parking space and facilities -- Construction.
- 35.27.610 - Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.
- 35.30 - Unclassified cities.
- 35.30.010 - Additional powers.
- 35.30.011 - Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility.
- 35.30.014 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
- 35.30.018 - Publication of ordinances or summary -- Public notice of hearings and meeting agendas.
- 35.30.020 - Sewer systems -- Sewer fund.
- 35.30.030 - Assessment, levy and collection of taxes.
- 35.30.040 - Limitation of indebtedness.
- 35.30.050 - Additional indebtedness with popular vote.
- 35.30.060 - Additional indebtedness for municipal utilities.
- 35.30.070 - Adoption of powers granted to code cities -- Resolution required.
- 35.30.080 - Alternative election procedures -- Resolution required.
- 35.30.100 - Criminal code repeal by city operating municipal court -- Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases -- Arbitration.
- 35.31 - Accident claims and funds.
- 35.32A - Budgets in cities over three hundred thousand.
- 35.32A.010 - Budget to be enacted -- Exempted functions or programs.
- 35.32A.020 - Budget director.
- 35.32A.030 - Estimates of revenues and expenditures -- Preparation of proposed budget -- Submission to city council -- Copies -- Publication.
- 35.32A.040 - Consideration by city council -- Hearings -- Revision by council.
- 35.32A.050 - Adoption of budget -- Expenditure allowances constitute appropriations -- Reappropriations -- Transfers of allowances.
- 35.32A.060 - Emergency fund.
- 35.32A.070 - Utilities -- Exemption from budgetary control.
- 35.32A.080 - Unexpended appropriations -- Annual -- Operating and maintenance -- Capital and betterment outlays.
- 35.32A.090 - Budget mandatory -- Other expenditures void -- Liability of public officials -- Penalty.
- 35.32A.900 - Short title.
- 35.32A.910 - Severability -- 1967 c 7.
- 35.33 - Budgets in second and third-class cities, towns, and first-class cities under three hundred thousand.
- 35.33.011 - Definitions.
- 35.33.020 - Applicability of chapter.
- 35.33.031 - Budget estimates.
- 35.33.041 - Budget estimates -- Classification and segregation.
- 35.33.051 - Budget -- Preliminary.
- 35.33.055 - Budget -- Preliminary -- Filing -- Copies.
- 35.33.057 - Budget message -- Hearings.
- 35.33.061 - Budget -- Notice of hearing on final.
- 35.33.071 - Budget -- Final -- Hearing.
- 35.33.075 - Budget -- Final -- Adoption -- Appropriations.
- 35.33.081 - Emergency expenditures -- Nondebatable emergencies.
- 35.33.091 - Emergency expenditures -- Other emergencies -- Hearing.
- 35.33.101 - Emergency warrants.
- 35.33.106 - Registered warrants -- Payment.
- 35.33.107 - Adjustment of wages, hours, and conditions of employment.
- 35.33.111 - Forms -- Accounting -- Supervision by state.
- 35.33.121 - Funds -- Limitations on expenditures -- Transfers.
- 35.33.123 - Administration, oversight, or supervision of utility -- Reimbursement from utility budget authorized.
- 35.33.125 - Liabilities incurred in excess of budget.
- 35.33.131 - Funds received from sale of bonds and warrants -- Expenditure program.
- 35.33.135 - Revenue estimates -- Amount to be raised by ad valorem taxes.
- 35.33.141 - Report of expenditures and liabilities against budget appropriations.
- 35.33.145 - Contingency fund -- Creation -- Purpose -- Support -- Lapse.
- 35.33.147 - Contingency fund -- Withdrawals.
- 35.33.151 - Unexpended appropriations.
- 35.33.170 - Violations and penalties.
- 35.34 - Biennial budgets.
- 35.34.010 - Legislative intent.
- 35.34.020 - Application of chapter.
- 35.34.030 - Definitions.
- 35.34.040 - Biennial budget authorized -- Limitations.
- 35.34.050 - Budget estimates -- Submittal.
- 35.34.060 - Budget estimates -- Classification and segregation.
- 35.34.070 - Proposed preliminary budget.
- 35.34.080 - Preliminary budget.
- 35.34.090 - Budget message -- Hearings.
- 35.34.100 - Budget -- Notice of hearing.
- 35.34.110 - Budget -- Hearing.
- 35.34.120 - Budget -- Adoption.
- 35.34.130 - Budget -- Mid-biennial review and modification.
- 35.34.140 - Emergency expenditures -- Nondebatable emergencies.
- 35.34.150 - Emergency expenditures -- Other emergencies -- Hearing.
- 35.34.160 - Emergency expenditures -- Warrants -- Payment.
- 35.34.170 - Registered warrants -- Payment.
- 35.34.180 - Adjustment of wages, hours, and conditions of employment.
- 35.34.190 - Forms -- Accounting -- Supervision by state.
- 35.34.200 - Funds -- Limitations on expenditures -- Transfers and adjustments.
- 35.34.205 - Administration, oversight, or supervision of utility -- Reimbursement from utility budget authorized.
- 35.34.210 - Liabilities incurred in excess of budget.
- 35.34.220 - Funds received from sales of bonds and warrants -- Expenditures.
- 35.34.230 - Revenue estimates -- Amount to be raised by ad valorem taxes.
- 35.34.240 - Funds -- Quarterly report of status.
- 35.34.250 - Contingency fund -- Creation.
- 35.34.260 - Contingency fund -- Withdrawals.
- 35.34.270 - Unexpended appropriations.
- 35.34.280 - Violations and penalties.
- 35.36 - Execution of bonds by proxy -- First-class cities.
- 35.37 - Fiscal -- Cities under twenty thousand and cities other than first class -- Bonds.
- 35.37.010 - Accounting -- Funds.
- 35.37.020 - Accounting -- Surplus and deficit in utility accounts.
- 35.37.027 - Validation of preexisting obligations by former city.
- 35.37.030 - Applicability of chapter.
- 35.37.040 - Authority to contract debts -- Limits.
- 35.37.050 - Excess indebtedness -- Authority to contract.
- 35.37.090 - General indebtedness bonds -- Issuance and sale.
- 35.37.110 - General indebtedness bonds -- Taxation to pay.
- 35.37.120 - General indebtedness bonds -- Taxation -- Failure to levy -- Remedy.
- 35.38 - Fiscal -- Depositaries.
- 35.39 - Fiscal -- Investment of funds.
- 35.39.030 - Excess or inactive funds -- Investment.
- 35.39.032 - Approval of legislative authority -- Delegation of authority -- Reports.
- 35.39.034 - Investment by individual fund or commingling of funds -- Investment in United States securities -- Validation.
- 35.39.050 - Construction -- 1965 c 7.
- 35.39.060 - Investment of pension funds.
- 35.39.070 - City retirement system -- Registration and custody of securities.
- 35.39.080 - City retirement system -- Investment advisory committee.
- 35.39.090 - City retirement system -- Investment advisory committee -- Powers and duties.
- 35.39.100 - City retirement system -- Investment advisory committee -- Employment of members.
- 35.39.110 - City retirement system -- Investment advisory committee -- Liability of members.
- 35.40 - Fiscal -- Validation and funding of debts.
- 35.41 - Fiscal -- Municipal revenue bond act.
- 35.41.010 - Special funds -- Authorized -- Composition.
- 35.41.030 - Revenue bonds authorized -- Form, term, etc.
- 35.41.050 - Revenue warrants.
- 35.41.060 - Sale of revenue bonds and warrants -- Contract provisions.
- 35.41.070 - Suit to compel city to pay amount into special fund.
- 35.41.080 - Rates and charges for services, use, or benefits -- Waiver of connection charges for low-income persons.
- 35.41.090 - Rates and charges for services, use or benefits -- Costs, expenses, interest may be included.
- 35.41.095 - Revenue bonds for water or sewerage system -- Pledge of utility local improvement district assessments.
- 35.41.100 - Chapter is alternative and additional method.
- 35.41.900 - Short title.
- 35.42 - Leases.
- 35.42.010 - Purpose.
- 35.42.020 - Building defined.
- 35.42.030 - Authority to lease.
- 35.42.040 - Renewals -- Option to purchase.
- 35.42.050 - Provisions to pay taxes, insurance, make repairs, improvements, etc.
- 35.42.060 - Execution of lease prior to construction -- Lessor's bond -- City not obligated for construction costs.
- 35.42.070 - Lease of city land for building purposes and lease back of building by city.
- 35.42.080 - Lease of city land for building purposes and lease back of building by city -- Bids.
- 35.42.090 - Leases exempted from certain taxes.
- 35.42.200 - Leases authorized -- Ballot proposition.
- 35.42.210 - Exercise of option to purchase.
- 35.42.220 - Budgeting rental payments -- Bids -- Construction of agreement where rental equals purchase price.
- 35.43 - Local improvements -- Authority -- Initiation of proceedings.
- 35.44 - Local improvements -- Assessments and reassessments.
- 35.45 - Local improvements -- Bonds and warrants.
- 35.47 - Local improvements -- Procedure for cancellation of nonguaranteed bonds.
- 35.48 - Local improvements -- Nonguaranteed bonds.
- 35.49 - Local improvements -- Collection of assessments.
- 35.50 - Local improvements -- Foreclosure of assessments.
- 35.51 - Local improvements -- Classification of property -- Reserve funds.
- 35.53 - Local improvements -- Disposition of property acquired.
- 35.54 - Local improvements -- Guaranty funds.
- 35.55 - Local improvements -- Filling lowlands.
- 35.56 - Local improvements -- Filling and draining lowlands -- Waterways.
- 35.57 - Public facilities districts.
- 35.58 - Metropolitan municipal corporations.
- 35.59 - Multi-purpose community centers.
- 35.60 - World fairs or expositions -- Participation by municipalities.
- 35.61 - Metropolitan park districts.
- 35.62 - Name -- Change of.
- 35.63 - Planning commissions.
- 35.64 - Zoos and aquariums.
- 35.66 - Police matrons.
- 35.67 - Sewerage systems -- Refuse collection and disposal.
- 35.68 - Sidewalks, gutters, curbs, and driveways -- All cities and towns.
- 35.69 - Sidewalks -- Construction, reconstruction in first and second-class cities.
- 35.70 - Sidewalks -- Construction in second-class cities and towns.
- 35.71 - Pedestrian malls.
- 35.72 - Contracts for street, road, and highway projects.
- 35.73 - Street grades -- Sanitary fills.
- 35.74 - Streets -- Drawbridges.
- 35.75 - Streets -- Bicycles -- Paths.
- 35.76 - Streets -- Budget and accounting.
- 35.77 - Streets -- Planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance.
- 35.78 - Streets -- Classification and design standards.
- 35.79 - Streets -- Vacation.
- 35.80 - Unfit dwellings, buildings, and structures.
- 35.80A - Condemnation of blighted property.
- 35.81 - Community renewal law.
- 35.82 - Housing authorities law.
- 35.83 - Housing cooperation law.
- 35.84 - Utility and other services beyond city limits.
- 35.85 - Viaducts, elevated roadways, tunnels and subways.
- 35.86 - Off-street parking facilities.
- 35.86A - Off-street parking -- Parking commissions.
- 35.87A - Parking and business improvement areas.
- 35.88 - Water pollution -- Protection from.
- 35.89 - Water redemption bonds.
- 35.91 - Municipal water and sewer facilities act.
- 35.92 - Municipal utilities.
- 35.94 - Sale or lease of municipal utilities.
- 35.95 - Public transportation systems in municipalities.
- 35.95A - City transportation authority -- Monorail transportation.
- 35.96 - Electric and communication facilities -- Conversion to underground.
- 35.97 - Heating systems.
- 35.98 - Construction.
- 35.99 - Telecommunications, cable television service -- Use of right-of-way.
- RCW Dispositions
- Notes