Title 35A — Title 35A OPTIONAL MUNICIPAL CODE
57 chapters · 481 sections in this title.
RCW 35A.16.001 Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
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Actions taken under chapter 35A.16 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.[ 1989 c 84 s 40.]
RCW 35A.16.010 Petition or resolution for election.
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Upon the filing of a petition which is sufficient as determined by RCW 35A.01.040 praying for the exclusion from the boundaries of a code city of an area described by metes and bounds or by reference to a recorded plat or government survey, signed by qualified voters of the city …
RCW 35A.16.030 Abstract of vote.
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If three-fifths of the votes cast on the proposition favor the reduction of the corporate limits, the county auditor shall make and transmit to the office of the secretary of state a certified abstract of the vote.[ 1994 c 223 s 40; 1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.16.030.]
RCW 35A.16.040 Effective date of reduction.
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Promptly after the filing of the abstract of votes with the secretary of state the legislative body shall adopt an ordinance defining and fixing the corporate limits after excluding the area as determined by the election. The ordinance shall also describe the excluded territory b…
RCW 35A.16.050 Recording of ordinance and plat on effective date of reduction.
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Upon the effective date of the ordinance a certified copy thereof together with a map showing the corporate limits as altered shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the code city is situated, and thereupon the boundaries shall be as…
RCW 35A.16.060 Effect of exclusion as to liability for indebtedness.
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The exclusion of an area from the boundaries of the code city shall not exempt any real property therein from taxation for the purpose of paying any indebtedness of the code city existing at the time of its exclusion and the interest thereon.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.16.060.]
RCW 35A.16.070 Franchises within territory excluded.
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In regard to franchises previously granted for operation of any public service business or facility within the territory excluded from a code city by proceedings under this chapter, the rights, obligations, and duties of the legislative body of the county or other political subdi…
RCW 35A.16.080 Exclusion of agricultural land from the incorporated area of a code city.
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Proceedings for excluding agricultural land from the boundaries of a charter code city or noncharter code city may be commenced by the filing of a petition which is sufficient as determined by RCW 35A.01.040 by property owners of the agricultural land proposed to be excluded, in …