Title 57 — Title 57 WATER-SEWER DISTRICTS
15 chapters · 189 sections in this title.
RCW 57.16.010 General comprehensive plan of improvements—Approval of engineer, director of health, and city, town, or county—Amendments.
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Before ordering any improvements or submitting to vote any proposition for incurring any indebtedness, the district commissioners shall adopt a general comprehensive plan for the type or types of facilities the district proposes to provide. A district may prepare a separate gener…
RCW 57.16.015 Expenditures before plan adopted and approved.
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No expenditure for carrying on any part of a general comprehensive plan shall be made other than the necessary salaries of engineers, clerical, office expenses, and other professional expenses of the district, and the cost of engineering, surveying, preparation, and collection of…
RCW 57.16.045 Additions and betterments—Annexed areas.
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Whenever an area has been annexed to a district after the adoption of a general comprehensive plan, the commissioners shall adopt by resolution a plan for additions and betterments to the original comprehensive plan to provide for the needs of the area annexed.[ 1996 c 230 s 503.…
RCW 57.16.050 Districts authorized—Special assessments—Bonds.
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(1) A district may establish local improvement districts within its territory; levy special assessments and allow annual installments on the special assessments, together with interest thereon, extending over a period not exceeding twenty years, on all property specially benefite…
RCW 57.16.060 Resolution or petition to form district—Procedure—Written protest—Notice.
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Local improvement districts or utility local improvement districts to carry out the whole or any portion of the general comprehensive plan of improvements or plan providing for additions and betterments to an original general comprehensive plan previously adopted may be initiated…
RCW 57.16.062 Hearing—Improvement ordered—Divestment of power to order—Notice—Appeal—Assessment roll.
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Whether an improvement district is initiated by petition or resolution, the board shall conduct a public hearing at the time and place designated in the notice to property owners. At this hearing the board shall hear objections from any person affected by the formation of the imp…
RCW 57.16.065 Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.
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Notice given to the public or to the owners of specific lots, tracts, or parcels of land relating to the formation of an improvement district shall contain a statement that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the i…
RCW 57.16.070 Hearing on assessment roll—Notice.
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Before approval of the roll a notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the improvement district, stating that the roll is on file and open to inspection in the office of the secretary, and fixing the time, not less t…
RCW 57.16.073 Sanitary sewer and potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners.
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Whenever it is proposed that an improvement district finance sanitary sewer or potable water facilities, additional notice of the public hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be mailed to the owners of any property located outside of the proposed improvement district…
RCW 57.16.080 Enlarged district.
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If any portion of the system after its installation is not adequate for the purpose for which it was intended, or if for any reason changes, alterations, or betterments are necessary in any portion of the system after its installation, then an improvement district with boundaries…
RCW 57.16.090 Review.
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The decision of the district board of commissioners upon any objections made within the time and in the manner herein prescribed may be reviewed by the superior court upon an appeal thereto taken in the following manner. The appeal shall be made by filing written notice of appeal…
RCW 57.16.100 Conclusiveness of roll—Correction of errors.
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(1) Whenever any assessment roll for local improvements shall have been confirmed by the district board of commissioners, the regularity, validity, and correctness of the proceedings relating to the improvements, and to the assessment therefor, including the action of the distric…
RCW 57.16.110 Segregation of assessment—Procedure.
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Whenever any land against which there has been levied any special assessment by any district shall have been sold in part or divided, the board of commissioners of the district shall have the power to order a segregation of the assessment.Any person desiring to have a special ass…
RCW 57.16.140 Excess sewer capacity or water supply not grounds for zoning decision challenge.
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The construction of or existence of sewer capacity or water supply in excess of the needs of the density allowed by zoning shall not be grounds for any legal challenge to any zoning decision by the county.[ 1996 c 230 s 504; 1982 c 213 s 4.]Notes:Part headings not law—Effective d…
RCW 57.16.150 Foreclosure of assessments—Attorneys' fees.
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Judgments foreclosing special assessments pursuant to RCW 35.50.260 may also allow to districts, in addition to delinquent installments, interest, penalties, and costs, such attorneys' fees as the court may adjudge reasonable.[ 1996 c 230 s 611; 1987 c 449 s 16.]Notes:Part headin…
RCW 57.16.160 Review of sewer general comprehensive plan—Time limitations—Notice of rejection of plan or extension of timeline.
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For any new or revised sewer general comprehensive plan submitted by a water-sewer district for review under this chapter, the appropriate state agency shall review and either approve, conditionally approve, reject, or request amendments within ninety days of the receipt of the s…