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WA Rev Code § 35A.60.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.60 - Liens.|35A.60.010 - General law applicable.

RCW 35A.60.010 General law applicable.The general law relating to liens including but not limited to the provisions of Title 60 RCW, as the same relates to cities of any class shall apply to code cities. Every code city may exercise the authority to perform services to property within the city and to claim and foreclose liens allowed therefor by general laws for any class of city including but not limited to the following provisions: (1) Chapter 35.80 RCW, relating to unfit dwellings, buildings and structures; (2) RCW 35.22.320, relating to the cost of filling cesspools; (3) RCW 35.85.030, relating to assessment liens for viaducts, elevated roadways, tunnels, and subways; (4) RCW 35.21.130, 35.21.140, 35.21.150, and 35.22.320 for garbage collection; (5) chapters 35.50, 35.55 and 35.56 RCW relating to enforcement of local improvement liens; (6) RCW 35.73.050 relating to the expense of sanitary fills; (7) RCW 35.67.200 through 35.67.290, relating to sewerage systems and service; (8) RCW 35.68.070, 35.69.030, 35.70.090, relating to sidewalks; (9) RCW * 35.49.120 through 35.49.160, relating to priority of tax liens; (10) RCW 35.21.290 and 35.21.300, providing for liens for utility services; (11) chapter 84.60 RCW relating to lien of taxes upon property; (12) RCW 4.16.030, relating to foreclosure of local improvement liens; (13) chapter 60.76 RCW, relating to lien of employees for contribution to benefit plans; and (14) chapter 60.28 RCW, relating to lien for labor and materials on public works.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.60.010.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 35.49.120 was repealed by 1994 c 301 § 57.
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.010 - Definitions.

RCW 35A.63.010 Definitions.The following words or terms as used in this chapter shall have the meanings set forth below unless different meanings are clearly indicated by the context:(1) "Chief administrative officer" means the mayor in code cities operating under the mayor-council and commission forms, the city manager in code cities operating under the council-manager forms, or such other officer as the charter of a charter code city designates as the chief administrative officer.(2) "City" means an incorporated city or town.(3) "Code city" is used where the application of this chapter is limited to a code city; where joint, regional, or cooperative action is intended, a code city may be included in the unrestricted terms "city" or "municipality".(4) "Comprehensive plan" means the policies and proposals approved by the legislative body as set forth in RCW 35A.63.060 through 35A.63.072 of this chapter and containing, at least, the elements set forth in RCW 35A.63.061.(5) "Legislative body" means a code city council, a code city commission, and, in cases involving regional or cooperative planning or action, the governing body of a municipality.(6) "Municipality" includes any code city and, in cases of regional or cooperative planning or action, any city, town, township, county, or special district.(7) "Ordinance" means a legislative enactment by the legislative body of a municipality; in this chapter "ordinance" is synonymous with the term "resolution" when "resolution" is used as representing a legislative enactment.(8) "Planning agency" means any person, body, or organization designated by the legislative body to perform a planning function or portion thereof for a municipality, and includes, without limitation, any commission, committee, department, or board together with its staff members, employees, agents, and consultants.(9) "Special district" means that portion of the state, county, or other political subdivision created under general law for rendering of one or more local public services or for administrative, educational, judicial, or political purposes.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.010.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.015 - "Solar energy system" defined.

RCW 35A.63.015 "Solar energy system" defined.As used in this chapter, "solar energy system" means any device or combination of devices or elements which rely upon direct sunlight as an energy source, including but not limited to any substance or device which collects sunlight for use in:(1) The heating or cooling of a structure or building;(2) The heating or pumping of water;(3) Industrial, commercial, or agricultural processes; or(4) The generation of electricity.A solar energy system may be used for purposes in addition to the collection of solar energy. These uses include, but are not limited to, serving as a structural member or part of a roof of a building or structure and serving as a window or wall.[ 1979 ex.s. c 170 § 6.]NOTES:Severability—1979 ex.s. c 170: See note following RCW 64.04.140.Local governments authorized to encourage and protect solar energy systems: RCW 64.04.140.
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.020 - Planning agency—Creation—Powers and duties—Conflicts of interest.

RCW 35A.63.020 Planning agency—Creation—Powers and duties—Conflicts of interest.By ordinance a code city may create a planning agency and provide for its membership, organization, and expenses. The planning agency shall serve in an advisory capacity to the chief administrative officer or the legislative body, or both, as may be provided by ordinance and shall have such other powers and duties as shall be provided by ordinance. If any person or persons on a planning agency concludes that he or she has a conflict of interest or an appearance of fairness problem with respect to a matter pending before the agency so that he or she cannot discharge his or her duties on such an agency, he or she shall disqualify himself or herself from participating in the deliberations and the decision-making process with respect to the matter. If this occurs, the appointing authority that appoints such a person may appoint a person to serve as an alternate on the agency to serve in his or her stead in regard to such a matter.[ 2009 c 549 § 3041; 1979 ex.s. c 18 § 33; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.020.]NOTES:Severability—1979 ex.s. c 18: See note following RCW 35A.01.070.
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.030 - Joint meetings and cooperative action.

RCW 35A.63.030 Joint meetings and cooperative action.Pursuant to the authorization of the legislative body, a code city planning agency may hold joint meetings with one or more city or county planning agencies (including city or county planning agencies in adjoining states) in any combination and may contract with another municipality for planning services. A code city may enter into cooperative arrangements with one or more municipalities and with any regional planning council organized under this chapter for jointly engaging a planning director and such other employees as may be required to operate a joint planning staff.[ 1969 ex.s. c 81 § 5; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.030.]NOTES:Effective date—1969 ex.s. c 81: See note following RCW 35A.13.035.
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.040 - Regional planning.

RCW 35A.63.040 Regional planning.A code city with one or more municipalities within a region, otherwise authorized by law to plan, including municipalities of adjoining states, when empowered by ordinances of their respective legislative bodies, may cooperate to form, organize, and administer a regional planning commission to prepare a comprehensive plan and perform other planning functions for the region defined by agreement of the respective municipalities. The various agencies may cooperate in all phases of planning, and professional staff may be engaged to assist in such planning. All costs shall be shared on a pro rata basis as agreed among the various entities. A code city may also cooperate with any department or agency of a state government having planning functions.[ 1969 ex.s. c 81 § 6; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.040.]NOTES:Effective date—1969 ex.s. c 81: See note following RCW 35A.13.035.
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.050 - Receipt and expenditure of funds.

RCW 35A.63.050 Receipt and expenditure of funds.Any code city or any regional planning commission that includes a code city, when authorized by the legislative bodies of the municipalities represented by the regional planning commission, may enter into an agreement with any department or agency of the government of the United States or the state of Washington, or its agencies or political subdivisions, or any other public or private agency, to arrange for the receipt and expenditure of funds for planning in the interest of furthering the planning program.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.050.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.060 - Comprehensive plan—General.

RCW 35A.63.060 Comprehensive plan—General.Every code city, by ordinance, shall direct the planning agency to prepare a comprehensive plan for anticipating and influencing the orderly and coordinated development of land and building uses of the code city and its environs. The comprehensive plan may be prepared as a whole or in successive parts. The plan should integrate transportation and land use planning.[ 2002 c 189 § 2; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.060.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.061 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.061 - Comprehensive plan—Required elements.

RCW 35A.63.061 Comprehensive plan—Required elements.The comprehensive plan shall be in such form and of such scope as the code city's ordinance or charter may require. It may consist of a map or maps, diagrams, charts, reports and descriptive and explanatory text or other devices and materials to express, explain, or depict the elements of the plan; and it shall include a recommended plan, scheme, or design for each of the following elements:(1) A land-use element that designates the proposed general distribution, general location, and extent of the uses of land. These uses may include, but are not limited to, agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, educational, public, and other categories of public and private uses of land. The land-use element shall also include estimates of future population growth in, and statements of recommended standards of population density and building intensity for, the area covered by the comprehensive plan. The land use element shall also provide for protection of the quality and quantity of groundwater used for public water supplies and shall review drainage, flooding, and stormwater runoff in the area and nearby jurisdictions and provide guidance for corrective actions to mitigate or cleanse those discharges that pollute Puget Sound or waters entering Puget Sound.(2) A circulation element consisting of the general location, alignment, and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, major transportation routes, and major terminal facilities, all of which shall be correlated with the land-use element of the comprehensive plan.[ 1985 c 126 § 2; 1984 c 253 § 2; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.061.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.062 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.062 - Comprehensive plan—Optional elements.

RCW 35A.63.062 Comprehensive plan—Optional elements.The comprehensive plan may include also any or all of the following optional elements:(1) A conservation element for the conservation, development, and utilization of natural resources.(2) An open space, park, and recreation element.(3) A transportation element showing a comprehensive system of surface, air, and water transportation routes and facilities.(4) A public-use element showing general locations, designs, and arrangements of public buildings and uses.(5) A public utilities element showing general plans for public and franchised services and facilities.(6) A redevelopment or renewal element showing plans for the redevelopment or renewal of slum and blighted areas.(7) An urban design element for general organization of the physical parts of the urban landscape.(8) Other elements dealing with subjects that, in the opinion of the legislative body, relate to the development of the municipality, or are essential or desirable to coordinate public services and programs with such development.(9) A solar energy element for encouragement and protection of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems.[ 1979 ex.s. c 170 § 7; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.062.]NOTES:Severability—1979 ex.s. c 170: See note following RCW 64.04.140.
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.070 - Comprehensive plan—Notice and hearing.

RCW 35A.63.070 Comprehensive plan—Notice and hearing.After preparing the comprehensive plan, or successive parts thereof, as the case may be, the planning agency shall hold at least one public hearing on the comprehensive plan or successive part. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of such public hearing shall be given as provided by ordinance and including at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation delivered in the code city and in the official gazette, if any, of the code city, at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing. Continued hearings may be held at the discretion of the planning agency but no additional notices need be published.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.070.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.071 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.071 - Comprehensive plan—Forwarding to legislative body.

RCW 35A.63.071 Comprehensive plan—Forwarding to legislative body.Upon completion of the hearing or hearings on the comprehensive plan or successive parts thereof, the planning agency, after making such changes as it deems necessary following such hearing, shall transmit a copy of its recommendations for the comprehensive plan, or successive parts thereof, to the legislative body through the chief administrative officer, who shall acknowledge receipt thereof and direct the clerk to certify thereon the date of receipt.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.071.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.072 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.072 - Comprehensive plan—Approval by legislative body.

RCW 35A.63.072 Comprehensive plan—Approval by legislative body.Within sixty days from its receipt of the recommendation for the comprehensive plan, as above set forth, the legislative body at a public meeting shall consider the same. The legislative body within such period as it may by ordinance provide, shall vote to approve or disapprove or to modify and approve, as modified, the comprehensive plan or to refer it back to the planning agency for further proceedings, in which case the legislative body shall specify the time within which the planning agency shall report back to the legislative body its findings and recommendations on the matters referred to it. The final form and content of the comprehensive plan shall be determined by the legislative body. An affirmative vote of not less than a majority of total members of the legislative body shall be required for adoption of a resolution to approve the plan or its parts. The comprehensive plan, or its successive parts, as approved by the legislative body, shall be filed with an appropriate official of the code city and shall be available for public inspection.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.072.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.073 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.073 - Comprehensive plan—Amendments and modifications.

RCW 35A.63.073 Comprehensive plan—Amendments and modifications.All amendments, modifications, or alterations in the comprehensive plan or any part thereof shall be processed in the same manner as set forth in RCW 35A.63.070 through 35A.63.072.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.073.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.080 - Comprehensive plan—Effect.

RCW 35A.63.080 Comprehensive plan—Effect.From the date of approval by the legislative body the comprehensive plan, its parts and modifications thereof, shall serve as a basic source of reference for future legislative and administrative action: PROVIDED, That the comprehensive plan shall not be construed as a regulation of property rights or land uses: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That no procedural irregularity or informality in the consideration, hearing, and development of the comprehensive plan or a part thereof, or any of its elements, shall affect the validity of any zoning ordinance or amendment thereto enacted by the code city after the approval of the comprehensive plan.The comprehensive plan shall be consulted as a preliminary to the establishment, improvement, abandonment, or vacation of any street, park, public way, public building, or public structure, and no dedication of any street or other area for public use shall be accepted by the legislative body until the location, character, extent, and effect thereof shall have been considered by the planning agency with reference to the comprehensive plan. The legislative body shall specify the time within which the planning agency shall report and make a recommendation with respect thereto. Recommendations of the planning agency shall be advisory only.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.080.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.100 - Municipal authority.

RCW 35A.63.100 Municipal authority.After approval of the comprehensive plan in accordance with provisions of this chapter, the legislative body, in developing the municipality and in regulating the use of land, may implement or give effect to the comprehensive plan or parts thereof by ordinance or other action to such extent as the legislative body deems necessary or appropriate. Such ordinances or other action may provide for:(1) Adoption of an official map and regulations relating thereto designating locations and requirements for one or more of the following: Streets, parks, public buildings, and other public facilities, and protecting such sites against encroachment by buildings and other physical structures.(2)(a)(i) Dividing the municipality, or portions thereof, into appropriate zones within which specific standards, requirements, and conditions may be provided for regulating: The use of public and private land, buildings, and structures; the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and structures; size of yards, courts, and open spaces; density of population; ratio of land area to the area of buildings and structures; setbacks; area required for off-street parking; protection of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems; and such other standards, requirements, regulations, and procedures as are appropriately related thereto.(ii) Eliminating the minimum gross floor area requirements for single-family detached dwellings or reducing the requirements below the minimum performance standards and objectives contained in the state building code.(b) The ordinance encompassing the matters of this subsection (2) is hereinafter called the "zoning ordinance." No zoning ordinance, or amendment thereto, shall be enacted by the legislative body without at least one public hearing, notice of which shall be given as set forth in RCW 35A.63.070. Such hearing may be held before the planning agency or the board of adjustment or such other body as the legislative body shall designate.(3) Adoption of design standards, requirements, regulations, and procedures for the subdivision of land into two or more parcels, including, but not limited to, the approval of plats, dedications, acquisitions, improvements, and reservation of sites for public use.(4) Scheduling public improvements on the basis of recommended priorities over a period of years, subject to periodic review.(5) Such other matters as may be otherwise authorized by law or as the legislative body deems necessary or appropriate to effectuate the goals and objectives of the comprehensive plan or parts thereof and the purposes of this chapter.[ 2018 c 302 § 4; 1979 ex.s. c 170 § 8; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.100.]NOTES:Severability—1979 ex.s. c 170: See note following RCW 64.04.140.
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.105 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.105 - Development regulations—Consistency with comprehensive plan.

RCW 35A.63.105 Development regulations—Consistency with comprehensive plan.Beginning July 1, 1992, the development regulations of each code city that does not plan under RCW 36.70A.040 shall not be inconsistent with the city's comprehensive plan. For the purposes of this section, "development regulations" has the same meaning as set forth in RCW 36.70A.030.[ 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 § 23.]NOTES:Severability—Part, section headings not law—1990 1st ex.s. c 17: See RCW 36.70A.900 and 36.70A.901.
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.120 - Administration and enforcement.

RCW 35A.63.120 Administration and enforcement.In order to carry into effect the purposes of this chapter, administrative and enforcement responsibilities, other than those set forth in RCW 35A.63.110, may be assigned by ordinance to such departments, boards, officials, employees, or agents as the legislative body deems appropriate.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.120.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.130 - Provisions inconsistent with charters.

RCW 35A.63.130 Provisions inconsistent with charters.Insofar as the provisions of an existing charter of a municipality are inconsistent with this chapter, a municipality may exercise the authority, or any part thereof, granted by this chapter notwithstanding the inconsistent provision of an existing charter.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.130.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.63.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.63 - Planning and Zoning in Code Cities.|35A.63.140 - Duties and responsibilities imposed by other acts.

RCW 35A.63.140 Duties and responsibilities imposed by other acts.Any duties and responsibilities which by other statutes are imposed upon a planning commission may, in a code city, be performed by a planning agency, as provided in this chapter.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.63.140.]