Title 35 — Title 35 CITIES AND TOWNS
49 chapters · 1,261 sections in this title.
RCW 35.43.040 Authority generally.
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Whenever the public interest or convenience may require, the legislative authority of any city or town may order the whole or any part of any local improvement including but not restricted to those, or any combination thereof, listed below to be constructed, reconstructed, repair…
RCW 35.43.042 Authority to establish utility local improvement districts—Procedure.
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Whenever the legislative authority of any city or town has provided pursuant to law for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, purchase, condemnation and purchase, addition to, repair, or renewal of the whole or any portion of a:(1) System for providing the city or town a…
RCW 35.43.043 Conversion of local improvement district into utility local improvement district.
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The legislative authority of any city or town may by ordinance convert any then existing local improvement district into a utility local improvement district at any time prior to the adoption of an ordinance approving and confirming the final assessment roll of such local improve…
RCW 35.43.045 Open canals or ditches—Safeguards.
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Every city or town shall have the right of entry upon all irrigation, drainage, or flood control canal or ditch rights-of-way within its limits for all purposes necessary to safeguard the public from the hazards of such open canals or ditches, and the right to cause to be constru…
RCW 35.43.050 Authority—Noncontinuous improvements.
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When the legislative body of any city or town finds that all of the property within a local improvement district or utility local improvement district will be benefited by the improvements as a whole, a local improvement district or utility local improvement district may include …
RCW 35.43.060 Consolidated cities—Procedure.
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The city council of any city which is composed of two or more cities or towns which have been or may hereafter be consolidated may make and pass all resolutions, orders and ordinances necessary for any assessment where the improvement was made or was being made by a component cit…
RCW 35.43.070 Ordinance—Action on petition or resolution.
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A local improvement may be ordered only by an ordinance of the city or town council, pursuant to either a resolution or petition therefor. The ordinance must receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the council.Charters of cities of the first class ma…
RCW 35.43.075 Petition for district outside city may be denied.
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Whenever the formation of a local improvement district or utility local improvement district which lies entirely or in part outside of a city or town's corporate limits is initiated by petition the legislative authority of the city or town may by a majority vote deny the petition…
RCW 35.43.080 Ordinance—Creation of district.
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Every ordinance ordering a local improvement to be paid in whole or in part by assessments against the property specially benefited shall describe the improvement and establish a local improvement district to be known as "local improvement district No. . . . .," or a utility loca…
RCW 35.43.100 Ordinance—Finality—Limitation upon challenging jurisdiction or authority to proceed.
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The council may continue the hearing upon any petition or resolution provided for in this chapter and shall retain jurisdiction thereof until it is finally disposed of. The action and decision of the council as to all matters passed upon by it in relation to any petition or resol…
RCW 35.43.110 Petition—Mandatory, when.
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Proceedings to establish local improvement districts must be initiated by petition in the following cases:(1) Any local improvement payable in whole or in part by special assessments which includes a charge for the cost and expense of operation and maintenance of escalators or mo…
RCW 35.43.120 Petition—Requirements.
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Any local improvement may be initiated upon a petition signed by the owners of property aggregating a majority of the area within the proposed district. The petition must briefly describe: (1) The nature of the proposed improvement, (2) the territorial extent of the proposed impr…
RCW 35.43.125 Petition—Notice and public hearing required.
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A public hearing shall be held on the creation of a proposed local improvement district or utility local improvement district that is initiated by petition. Notice requirements for this public hearing shall be the same as for the public hearing on the creation of a proposed local…
RCW 35.43.130 Preliminary estimates and assessment roll.
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Upon the filing of a petition or upon the adoption of a resolution, as the case may be, initiating a proceeding for the formation of a local improvement district or utility local improvement district, the proper board, officer, or authority designated by charter or ordinance to m…
RCW 35.43.140 Resolutions—Contents, publication—Hearing, by whom held.
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Any local improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by the levy and collection of assessments upon the property within the proposed improvement district may be initiated by a resolution of the city or town council or other legislative authority of the city or town, declaring…
RCW 35.43.150 Resolutions—Hearing upon—Notice.
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Notice of the hearing upon a resolution declaring the intention of the legislative authority of a city or town to order an improvement shall be given by mail at least fifteen days before the day fixed for hearing to the owners or reputed owners of all lots, tracts, and parcels of…
RCW 35.43.180 Restraint by protest.
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The jurisdiction of the legislative authority of a city or town to proceed with any local improvement initiated by resolution shall be divested by a protest filed with the city or town council within thirty days from the date of passage of the ordinance ordering the improvement, …
RCW 35.43.182 Waivers of protest—Recording—Limits on enforceability.
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If an owner of property enters into an agreement with a city or town waiving the property owner's right under RCW 35.43.180 to protest formation of a local improvement district, the agreement must specify the improvements to be financed by the district and shall set forth the eff…
RCW 35.43.184 Preformation expenditures.
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The city or town engineer or other designated official may contract with owners of real property to provide for payment by the owners of the cost of the preparation of engineering plans, surveys, studies, appraisals, legal services, and other expenses associated with improvements…
RCW 35.43.186 Credits for other assessments.
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A city or town ordering a local improvement upon which special assessments on property specifically benefited by the improvement are levied and collected, may provide as part of the ordinance creating the local improvement district that moneys paid or the cost of facilities const…
RCW 35.43.188 Assessment reimbursement accounts.
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A city or town ordering a local improvement upon which special assessments on property specifically benefited by the improvement are levied and collected, may provide as part of the ordinance creating the local improvement district that the payment of an assessment levied for the…
RCW 35.43.190 Work—By contract or by city or public corporation.
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All local improvements, the funds for the making of which are derived in whole or in part from assessments upon property specially benefited shall be made by contract on competitive bids whenever the estimated cost of such improvement including the cost of materials, supplies, la…
RCW 35.43.200 Street railways at expense of property benefited.
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Any city or town in this state owning and operating a municipal street railway over one hundred miles of track shall have power to provide for purchasing, or otherwise acquiring, or constructing and equipping surface, subway and elevated street railways and extensions thereof, an…
RCW 35.43.210 Street railways at expense of property benefited—Petition—Assessment district.
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Any improvement district created under RCW 35.43.200- 35.43.230 shall be created only by ordinance defining its boundaries as specified and described in the petition therefor and specifying the plan or system therein provided for; and shall be initiated only upon a petition there…
RCW 35.43.220 Street railways at expense of property benefited—Assessment of cost.
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The cost and expense of any such improvement shall be distributed and assessed against all the property included in such local improvement district, in accordance with the special benefits conferred thereon.[ 1965 c 7 s 35.43.220. Prior: 1923 c 176 s 3; RRS s 9425-3.]
RCW 35.43.230 Street railways at expense of property benefited—Procedure.
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Except as herein otherwise provided all matters and proceedings relating to such local improvement district, the levying and collecting of assessments, the issuance and redemption of local improvement warrants and bonds, and the enforcement of local assessment liens hereunder sha…
RCW 35.43.250 Deferral of collection of assessments for economically disadvantaged persons—Authorized.
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Any city of the first class in this state ordering any local improvement upon which shall be levied and collected special assessments on property specifically benefited thereby may provide as part of the ordinance creating any local improvement district that the collection of any…
RCW 35.43.260 Service fees for sewers not constructed within ten years after voter approval—Credit against future assessments, service charges.
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Any municipal corporation, quasi municipal corporation, or political subdivision which has the authority to install sewers by establishing local improvement districts, which has charged and collected monthly service fees for sewers, that have been authorized and approved by the v…
RCW 35.43.270 Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners.
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Whenever it is proposed that a local improvement district or utility local improvement district finance sanitary sewers 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 …
RCW 35.43.280 Settlement of Indian claims.
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(1) The settlement of Indian land and other claims against public and private property owners is declared to be in the interest of public health and safety, orderly government, environmental protection, economic development, and the social well-being of the citizens of this state…
RCW 35.44.010 Assessment district—All property to be assessed—Basis.
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All property included within the limits of a local improvement district or utility local improvement district shall be considered to be the property specially benefited by the local improvement and shall be the property to be assessed to pay the cost and expense thereof or such p…
RCW 35.44.015 Special benefit assessments for farm and agricultural land—Exemption from assessments, etc.
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See RCW 84.34.300 through 84.34.380 and 84.34.922.
RCW 35.44.020 Assessment district—Cost items to be included.
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There shall be included in the cost and expense of every local improvement for assessment against the property in the district created to pay the same, or any part thereof:(1) The cost of all of the construction or improvement authorized for the district including, but not limite…
RCW 35.44.030 Assessment district—Zones.
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For the purpose of ascertaining the amount to be assessed against each separate lot, tract, parcel of land or other property therein, the local improvement district or utility local improvement district shall be divided into subdivisions or zones paralleling the margin of the str…
RCW 35.44.040 Assessment rate per square foot.
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The rate of assessment per square foot in each subdivision of an improvement district shall be fixed on the basis that the special benefits conferred on a square foot of land in subdivisions first, second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively, are related to each other as are th…
RCW 35.44.045 Open canals or ditches—Safeguards—Ascertaining assessments.
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As an alternative to other methods of ascertaining assessments for local improvements, in a local improvement district established for safeguarding open canals or ditches, the district may be sectioned into subdivisions or zones paralleling the canal or ditch, numbered respective…
RCW 35.44.047 Other methods of computing assessments may be used.
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Notwithstanding the methods of assessment provided in RCW 35.44.030, 35.44.040 and 35.44.045, the city or town may use any other method or combination of methods to compute assessments which may be deemed to more fairly reflect the special benefits to the properties being assesse…
RCW 35.44.050 Assessment roll—Entry of assessments against property.
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The total assessment thus ascertained against each separate lot, tract, parcel of land, or other property in the district shall be entered upon the assessment roll as the amount to be levied and assessed against each separate lot, tract, parcel of land, or other property.[ 1965 c…
RCW 35.44.060 Assessment roll—Diagram on preliminary survey not conclusive.
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The diagram or print directed to be submitted to the council shall be in the nature of a preliminary determination by the designated administrative board, officer, or authority upon the method and relative estimated amounts of assessments to be levied upon the property specially …
RCW 35.44.070 Assessment roll—Filing—Hearing, date, by whom held.
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The assessment roll for local improvements when prepared as provided by law shall be filed with the city or town clerk. The council or other legislative authority shall thereupon fix a date for a hearing thereon before such legislative authority or may direct that the hearing sha…
RCW 35.44.080 Assessment roll—Notice of hearing.
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The notice of hearing upon the assessment roll shall specify the time and place of hearing and shall notify all persons who may desire to object thereto:(1) To make their objections in writing and to file them with the city or town clerk at or prior to the date fixed for the hear…
RCW 35.44.090 Assessment roll—Notice—Mailing—Publication.
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At least fifteen days before the date fixed for hearing, notice thereof shall be mailed to the owner or reputed owner of the property whose name appears on the assessment roll, at the address shown on the tax rolls of the county treasurer for each item of property described on th…
RCW 35.44.100 Assessment roll—Hearing—Objections—Authority of council.
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At the time fixed for hearing objections to the confirmation of the assessment roll, and at the times to which the hearing may be adjourned, the council may correct, revise, raise, lower, change, or modify the roll or any part thereof, or set aside the roll and order the assessme…
RCW 35.44.110 Assessment roll—Objections—Timeliness.
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All objections to the confirmation of the assessment roll shall state clearly the grounds of objections. Objections not made within the time and in the manner prescribed in this chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have been waived.[ 1965 c 7 s 35.44.110. Prior: 1929 c 97 s …
RCW 35.44.120 Assessment roll—Amendment—Procedure.
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If an assessment roll is amended so as to raise any assessment appearing thereon or to include omitted property, a new time and place for hearing shall be fixed and a new notice of hearing on the roll given as in the case of an original hearing: PROVIDED, That as to any property …
RCW 35.44.130 City property—Assessment.
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Every city and town shall include in its annual tax levy an amount sufficient to pay all unpaid assessments with all interest, penalties, and charges thereon levied against all lands belonging to the city or town. The proceeds of such a portion of the tax levy shall be placed in …
RCW 35.44.140 County property assessment.
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All lands held or owned by any county in fee simple, in trust, or otherwise within the limits of a local improvement district or utility local improvement district of a city or town shall be assessed and charged for their proportion of the cost of the local improvement in the sam…
RCW 35.44.150 Harbor area leaseholds—Assessment.
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All leasehold rights and interests of private individuals, firms or corporations in or to harbor areas located within the limits of a city or town are declared to be real property for the purpose of assessment for the payment of the cost of local improvements. They may be assesse…
RCW 35.44.160 Leases on tidelands—Assessment.
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All leases of tidelands owned in fee by the state are declared to be real property for the purpose of assessment for the payment of the cost of local improvements.[ 1965 c 7 s 35.44.160. Prior: 1911 c 98 s 56; RRS s 9409.]
RCW 35.44.170 Metropolitan park district property—Assessment.
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All lands held by a metropolitan park district in fee simple, in trust, or otherwise within the limits of a local improvement district in a city or town shall be assessed and charged for their proportion of the cost of all local improvements in the same manner as other property i…