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Washington Statutes, Title 35

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Title 35, CITIES AND TOWNS

91 chapters · 1,750 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 351,750 Ch 35.21, Miscellaneous provisions.206 Ch 35.58, Metropolitan municipal corporations.81 Ch 35.23, Second-class cities.75 Ch 35.13, Annexation of unincorporated areas.70 Ch 35.22, First-class cities.68 Ch 35.92, Municipal utilities.62 Ch 35.27, Towns.55 Ch 35.17, Commission form of government.45 Ch 35.44, Local improvements—Assessments and r…45 Ch 35.02, Incorporation proceedings.42 Ch 35.61, Metropolitan park districts.39 Ch 35.82, Housing authorities law.39 Ch 35.63, Planning commissions.36 Ch 35.43, Local improvements—Authority—Initiat…35

1,750 sections·Filtered byTitle 35✕

RCW 35.70.010 Definitions.
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For the purposes of this chapter all property having a frontage on the side or margin of any street shall be deemed abutting property, and such property shall be chargeable, as provided in this chapter, with all costs of construction of any form of sidewalk improvement, between t…
RCW 35.70.020 Owners' responsibility.
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In all cities of the second class and towns the burden and expense of constructing sidewalks along the side of any street or other public place shall devolve upon and be borne by the property directly abutting thereon. The cost of reconstructing or repairing existing sidewalks ma…
RCW 35.70.030 Convenience and necessity reported by superintendent.
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If in the judgment of the officer or department having superintendence of streets and public places, public convenience or safety requires that a sidewalk be constructed along either side of any street, he or she shall report the fact to the city or town council immediately. [ 20…
RCW 35.70.040 Council's resolution and notice—Adoption.
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If upon receiving a report from the proper officer, the city or town council deems the construction of the proposed sidewalk necessary or convenient for the public it shall by an appropriate resolution order the sidewalk constructed and shall cause a written notice to be served u…

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RCW 35.70.050 Council's resolution and notice—Contents.

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The resolution and notice and order to construct a sidewalk shall: (1) Describe each parcel of land abutting upon that portion and side of the street where the sidewalk is ordered to be constructed, (2) Specify the kind of sidewalk required, its size and dimensions, the method an…

RCW 35.70.060 Notice of resolution and order—Service.

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The notice shall be served: (1) By delivering a copy to the owner or reputed owner of each parcel of land affected, or to the authorized agent of the owners, or (2) By leaving a copy thereof at the usual place of abode of the owner in the city or town with a person of suitable ag…

RCW 35.70.070 Superintendent to construct and prepare assessment roll.

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If the notice and order to construct a sidewalk is not complied with within the time therein specified, the officer or department having the superintendence of streets shall proceed to construct said sidewalk forthwith and shall report to the city or town council at its next regu…

RCW 35.70.080 Hearing on assessment roll—Notice.

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Thereupon the city or town council shall set a date for hearing any protests against the proposed assessment roll and shall cause a notice of the time and place of the hearing to be published once a week for two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the city or town, the …

RCW 35.70.090 Lien of assessments and foreclosure.

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The assessments shall become a lien upon the respective parcels of land and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of local improvement assessments and shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the date of the approval of said asse…

RCW 35.70.100 Provisions of chapter not exclusive.

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This chapter shall not be construed as repealing or amending any provision relating to the improvement of streets or public places by special assessments commonly known as local improvement laws, but shall be considered as additional legislation and auxiliary thereto and the city…

RCW 35.71.010 Definitions.

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As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning herein given to each of them: "City" means any city or town. "Chief executive" means the mayor in a mayor-council or commission city and city manager in a council-manager city. "Corporate authority" means the leg…

RCW 35.71.020 Establishment declared public purpose—Authority to establish—General powers.

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The establishment of pedestrian malls is declared to be for a public purpose. Any corporate authority, by ordinance, may establish and regulate any street right-of-way as a mall, may prohibit, in whole or in part, vehicular traffic on a mall, and may provide for the acquisition o…

RCW 35.71.030 Resolution of intention—Traffic limitation—Property owner's right of ingress and egress.

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When the corporate authority determines that the public interest, safety, and convenience is best served by the establishment of a mall and that vehicular traffic will not be unduly inconvenienced thereby, it may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to do so, and announcing…

RCW 35.71.040 Plan—Alternate vehicle routes—Off-street parking—Hearing, notice.

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Before a mall is established, a plan shall be formulated consistent with the city's comprehensive plan, including at least the area of the right-of-way between two intersecting streets and showing alternate routes outside the mall area upon which any vehicles excluded from using …

RCW 35.71.050 Real estate appraisers—Report.

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The corporate authority is authorized to engage duly qualified real estate appraisers, for the purpose of determining the value, or legal damages, if any, to any person, owning or having any legal or equitable interest in any real property who contends that he or she would suffer…

RCW 35.71.060 Financing methods.

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The corporate authority may finance the establishment of a mall, including, but not limited to, right-of-way improvements, traffic control devices, and off-street parking facilities in the vicinity of the mall, by one or more of the following methods or by a combination of any tw…

RCW 35.71.070 Waivers and quitclaim deeds—Rights in right-of-way.

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The corporate authority may formulate, solicit, finance and acquire, purchase, or negotiate the acquisition of waivers and the execution of quitclaim deeds by persons owning or having any legal or equitable interest in the real property affected by the establishment of a mall, co…

RCW 35.71.080 Vacating, replatting right-of-way for mall purposes.

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The corporate authority, as an alternate to the preceding methods, may find that the right-of-way no longer is needed as a right-of-way. When persons owning or having any legal or equitable interest in the real property affected by a proposed mall, present a petition to the corpo…

RCW 35.71.090 "Mall organization"—Powers in general—Directors—Officers.

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The corporate authority may cause an organization of persons to be known as a "Mall organization" interested in creating a mall in a given area to be formed to provide for consultative assistance to the city with respect to the establishment and administration of a mall. This org…

RCW 35.71.100 Special assessment.

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After the establishment of the mall, the corporate authority may levy a special assessment on the real property within the area specially benefited by the improvement. Such special levy, if any, shall be for operation and maintenance of the mall and appurtenances thereto, which m…

RCW 35.71.110 Claims for damages.

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Following the public hearing on the ordinance to establish a mall any person owning or having any legal or equitable interest in property which might be affected by reason of the establishment of the proposed mall or the board of directors of a mall organization shall, within twe…

RCW 35.71.120 Contracts with mall organization for administration—Conflicting charter provisions.

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If the corporate authority desires to have the mall administered by a mall organization rather than by one of its departments, the corporate authority may execute a contract with such an organization for the administration of the mall upon mutually satisfactory terms and conditio…

RCW 35.71.130 Election to discontinue mall—Ordinance—Outstanding obligations—Restoration to former status.

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The board of directors of a mall organization may call for an election, after the mall has been in operation for two years, at which the voting shall be by secret ballot, on the question: "Shall the mall be continued in operation?" If sixty percent of the membership of the organi…

RCW 35.71.910 Chapter controls inconsistent laws.

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Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with a provision of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. [ 1965 c 7 s 35.71.910. Prior: 1961 c 111 s 15.]

RCW 35.72.010 Contracts authorized for street projects.

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The legislative authority of any city, town, or county may contract with owners of real estate for the construction or improvement of street projects which the owners elect to install as a result of ordinances that require the projects as a prerequisite to further property develo…

RCW 35.72.020 Reimbursement by other property owners—Contract requirements.

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the contract may provide for the partial reimbursement to the owner or the owner's assigns for a period not to exceed fifteen years of a portion of the costs of the project by other property owners who: (a) Are d…

RCW 35.72.030 Reimbursement by other property owners—Reimbursement share.

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The reimbursement shall be a pro rata share of construction and reimbursement of contract administration costs of the street project. A city, town, or county shall determine the reimbursement share by using a method of cost apportionment which is based on the benefit to the prope…

RCW 35.72.040 Assessment reimbursement contracts.

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The procedures for assessment reimbursement contracts shall be governed by the following: (1) An assessment reimbursement area shall be formulated by the city, town, or county based upon a determination by the city, town, or county of which parcels adjacent to the improvements wo…

RCW 35.72.050 Alternative financing methods—Participation in or creation of assessment reimbursement area by county, city, town, or department of transportation—Eligibility for reimbursement.

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(1) As an alternative to financing projects under this chapter solely by owners of real estate, a county, city, or town may join in the financing of improvement projects and may be reimbursed in the same manner as the owners of real estate who participate in the projects, if the …

RCW 35.73.010 Authority—First and second-class cities.

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If a city of the first or second class establishes the grade of any street or alley at a higher elevation than any private property abutting thereon, thereby rendering the drainage of such private property or any part thereof impracticable without the raising of the surface of su…

RCW 35.73.020 Estimates—Intention—Property included—Resolution.

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Before establishing a grade for property or providing for the fill of property, the city must adopt a resolution declaring its intention to do so. The resolution shall: (1) Describe the property proposed to be improved by the fill, (2) State the estimated cost of making the impro…

RCW 35.73.030 Hearing—Time of—Publication of resolution.

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Upon the passage of the resolution the city clerk shall cause it to be published in the official newspaper of the city in at least two successive issues before the time fixed in the resolution for filing protests. Proof of publication by affidavit shall be filed as part of the re…

RCW 35.73.040 Ordinance—Assessments.

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If no protest is filed, or if protests are filed but the city council after full hearing determines that it is necessary to fill any portion of the private property it shall proceed to enact an ordinance for such improvement. By the provisions of the ordinance, a local improvemen…

RCW 35.73.050 Lien of assessments.

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Whenever any expense or cost of work has been assessed the amount of such expense and cost shall become a lien upon said lands against which the same are so assessed and shall take precedence of all other liens, except general tax liens and special assessment liens theretofore as…

RCW 35.73.060 Improvement district bonds—Issuance.

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(1) The city may, in its discretion, by general or special ordinance, or both, instead of requiring immediate payment for the said work to be made by the owners of property included in the assessment roll, authorize the issuance of interest bearing bonds or warrants of the local …

RCW 35.73.070 Improvement district bonds—Payment—Remedies.

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The bonds or warrants shall be payable only from the fund created by the special assessments upon the property in the local improvement district, and the owner of any bond or warrant shall look only to this fund for the payment of the principal and interest thereof and shall have…

RCW 35.73.080 Provisions not exclusive.

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The provisions and remedies provided by this chapter for filling lowlands in connection with establishing street grades or for sanitary reasons are cumulative. [ 1965 c 7 s 35.73.080. Prior: 1907 c 243 s 6; RRS s 9431.]

RCW 35.74.010 Authority to construct or grant franchise to construct.

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Every city and town may erect and maintain drawbridges across navigable streams that flow through or penetrate the boundaries thereof, when the public necessity requires it, or it may grant franchises to persons or corporations to erect them and charge toll thereon. [ 1965 c 7 s …

RCW 35.74.020 Initiation of proceedings—Notice to county commissioners.

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If the city or town council desires to erect a drawbridge across any navigable stream on any street, or to grant the privilege so to do to any corporation or individual, it shall notify the board of county commissioners to that effect stating the precise point where such bridge i…

RCW 35.74.030 Determination of width of draw—Appeal.

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The board of county commissioners within ten days from the receipt of the notice, if in session, and if not in session, within five days after the first day of the next regular or special session, shall designate the width of the draw to be made in such bridge, and the length of …

RCW 35.74.040 Required specifications.

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All bridges constructed under the provisions of this chapter must be so constructed as not to obstruct navigation, and must have a draw or swing of sufficient space or span to permit the safe, convenient, and expeditious passage at all times of any steamer or vessel or raft which…

RCW 35.74.050 Authority to operate toll bridges—Toll rate review and approval by tolling authority.

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A city or town may build and maintain toll bridges and charge and collect tolls thereon, and to that end may provide a system and elect or appoint persons to operate the same, or the said bridges may be made free, as it may elect. Consistent with RCW 47.56.850, any toll proposed …

RCW 35.74.060 Prerequisites of grant of franchise—Approval of bridge—Tolls.

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Before any franchise to build any bridge across any such navigable stream is granted by any city or town council it shall fix a license tax, not to exceed ten percent of the tolls collected annually. Upon the completion of the bridge the city or town council shall cause it to be …

RCW 35.74.070 License fees—Renewal of license.

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The owner or keeper of any toll bridges in any city or town shall, before the renewal of any license, report to the city or town council under oath, the actual cost of construction and equipment of the toll bridge, the repairs and cost of maintaining it during the preceding year,…

RCW 35.75.010 Authority to regulate and license bicycles—Penalties.

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Every city and town may by ordinance regulate and license the riding of bicycles and other similar vehicles upon or along the streets, alleys, highways, or other public grounds within its limits and may construct and maintain bicycle paths or roadways within or outside of and bey…

RCW 35.75.020 Use of bicycle paths for other purposes prohibited.

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It shall be unlawful for any person to lead, drive, ride, or propel any team, wagon, animal, or vehicle other than a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, or similar vehicle upon and along any bicycle path constructed within or without the corporate limits of any …

RCW 35.75.030 License fees authorized.

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Every city and town by ordinance may establish and collect reasonable license fees from all persons riding a bicycle or other similar vehicle within its respective corporate limits, and may enforce the payment thereof by reasonable fines and penalties. [ 1965 c 7 s 35.75.030. Pri…

RCW 35.75.040 Rules regulating use of bicycle paths.

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The license fee to be paid and the rules regulating the riding of bicycles or other similar vehicles within any city or town shall be fixed by ordinance, and the rules regulating the use of such bicycle paths or roadways constructed or maintained within its limits and the fines a…

RCW 35.75.050 Bicycle road fund—Sources—Use.

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The city or town council shall by ordinance provide that the whole amount or any amount not less than seventy-five percent of all license fees, penalties or other moneys collected under the authority of this chapter shall be paid into and placed to the credit of a special fund to…

RCW 35.75.060 Use of street and road funds for bicycle paths, lanes, routes and improvements authorized—Standards.

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Any city or town may use any funds available for street or road construction, maintenance, or improvement for building, improving, and maintaining bicycle paths, lanes, roadways, and routes, and for improvements to make existing streets and roads more suitable and safe for bicycl…