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WA Rev Code § 35.21.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.140 - Garbage—Notice of lien—Foreclosure.

RCW 35.21.140 Garbage—Notice of lien—Foreclosure.A notice of the city's or town's lien for garbage collection and disposal service specifying the charges, the period covered by the charges and giving the legal description of the premises sought to be charged, shall be filed with the county auditor within the time required and shall be foreclosed in the manner and within the time prescribed for liens for labor and material.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.140. Prior: 1943 c 270 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9504-1, part.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.150 - Garbage—Lien—Priority.

RCW 35.21.150 Garbage—Lien—Priority.The garbage collection and disposal service lien shall be prior to all liens and encumbrances filed subsequent to the filing of the notice of it with the county auditor, except the lien of general taxes and local improvement assessments whether levied prior or subsequent thereto.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.150. Prior: 1943 c 270 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9504-1, part.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.152 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.152 - Solid waste handling—Agreements—Purposes—Terms and conditions.

RCW 35.21.152 Solid waste handling—Agreements—Purposes—Terms and conditions.A city or town may construct, lease, condemn, purchase, acquire, add to, alter, and extend systems, plants, sites, or other facilities for solid waste handling, and shall have full jurisdiction and authority to manage, regulate, maintain, utilize, operate, control, and establish the rates and charges for those solid waste handling systems, plants, sites, or other facilities owned or operated by the city or town. A city or town may enter into agreements with public or private parties to: (1) Construct, lease, purchase, acquire, manage, maintain, utilize, or operate publicly or privately owned or operated solid waste handling systems, plants, sites, or other facilities; (2) establish rates and charges for those systems, plants, sites, or other facilities; (3) designate particular publicly or privately owned or operated systems, plants, sites, or other facilities as disposal sites; and (4) sell the materials or products of those systems, plants, or other facilities. Any agreement entered into shall be for such term and under such conditions as may be determined by the legislative authority of the city or town.[ 1989 c 399 § 2; 1977 ex.s. c 164 § 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 208 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.154 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.154 - Solid waste—Compliance with chapter 70A.205 RCW required.

RCW 35.21.154 Solid waste—Compliance with chapter 70A.205 RCW required.Nothing in RCW 35.21.152 will relieve a city or town of its obligations to comply with the requirements of chapter 70A.205 RCW.[ 2020 c 20 § 1007; 1989 c 399 § 3; 1975 1st ex.s. c 208 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.157 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.157 - Solid waste collection—Rate increase notice.

RCW 35.21.157 Solid waste collection—Rate increase notice.(1) A city that contracts for the collection of solid waste, or provides for the collection of solid waste directly, shall notify the public of each proposed rate increase for a solid waste handling service. The notice may be mailed to each affected ratepayer or published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the collection area. The notice shall be available to affected ratepayers at least forty-five days prior to the proposed effective date of the rate increase.(2) For purposes of this section, "solid waste handling" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 70A.205.015.[ 2020 c 20 § 1009; 1994 c 161 § 2.]NOTES:Findings—Declaration—1994 c 161: "The legislature finds that local governments and private waste management companies have significantly changed solid waste management services in an effort to preserve landfill space and to avoid costly environmental cleanups of municipal landfills. The legislature recognizes that these new services have enabled the state to achieve one of the nation's highest recycling rates.The legislature also finds that the need to pay for the cleanup of past disposal practices and to provide new recycling services has caused solid waste rates to increase substantially. The legislature further finds that private solid waste collection companies regulated by the utilities and transportation commission are required to provide public notice but that city-managed solid waste collection systems are not. The legislature declares it to be in the public interest for city-managed systems to provide public notice of solid waste rate increases." [ 1994 c 161 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.158 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.158 - Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities—Reuse or reclamation—Application of chapter.

RCW 35.21.158 Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities—Reuse or reclamation—Application of chapter.Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a recycling company or nonprofit entity from collecting and transporting recyclable materials from a buy-back center, drop-box, or from a commercial or industrial generator of recyclable materials, or upon agreement with a solid waste collection company.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting a commercial or industrial generator of commercial recyclable materials from selling, conveying, or arranging for transportation of such material to a recycler for reuse or reclamation.[ 1989 c 431 § 33.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.160 - Jurisdiction over adjacent waters.

RCW 35.21.160 Jurisdiction over adjacent waters.The powers and jurisdiction of all incorporated cities and towns of the state having their boundaries or any part thereof adjacent to or fronting on any bay or bays, lake or lakes, sound or sounds, river or rivers, or other navigable waters are hereby extended into and over such waters and over any tidelands intervening between any such boundary and any such waters to the middle of such bays, sounds, lakes, rivers, or other waters in every manner and for every purpose that such powers and jurisdiction could be exercised if the waters were within the city or town limits. In calculating the area of any town for the purpose of determining compliance with the limitation on the area of a town prescribed by RCW 35.21.010, the area over which jurisdiction is conferred by this section shall not be included.[ 1969 c 124 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.160. Prior: 1961 c 277 § 4; 1909 c 111 § 1; RRS § 8892.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.163 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.163 - Penalty for act constituting a crime under state law—Limitation.

RCW 35.21.163 Penalty for act constituting a crime under state law—Limitation.Except as limited by the maximum penalty authorized by law, no city, code city, or town, may establish a penalty for an act that constitutes a crime under state law that is different from the penalty prescribed for that crime by state statute.[ 1993 c 83 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—1993 c 83: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1994." [ 1993 c 83 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.165 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.165 - Driving while under the influence of liquor or drug—Minimum penalties.

RCW 35.21.165 Driving while under the influence of liquor or drug—Minimum penalties.Except as limited by the maximum penalties authorized by law, no city or town may establish a penalty for an act that constitutes the crime of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, as provided in RCW 46.61.502, or the crime of being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, as provided in RCW 46.61.504, that is less than the penalties prescribed for those crimes in RCW 46.61.5055.[ 1995 c 332 § 8; 1994 c 275 § 36; 1983 c 165 § 40.]NOTES:Severability—Effective dates—1995 c 332: See notes following RCW 46.20.308.Short title—Effective date—1994 c 275: See notes following RCW 46.04.015.Legislative finding, intent—Effective dates—Severability—1983 c 165: See notes following RCW 46.20.308.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.175 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.175 - Offices to be open certain days and hours.

RCW 35.21.175 Offices to be open certain days and hours.All city and town offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business during such days and hours as the municipal legislative authority shall by ordinance prescribe.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.175. Prior: 1955 ex.s. c 9 § 4; prior: 1951 c 100 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.180 - Ordinances—Adoption of codes by reference.

RCW 35.21.180 Ordinances—Adoption of codes by reference.Ordinances passed by cities or towns must be posted or published in a newspaper as required by their respective charters or the general laws: PROVIDED, That ordinances may by reference adopt Washington state statutes and codes, including fire codes and ordinances relating to the construction of buildings, the installation of plumbing, the installation of electric wiring, health and sanitation, the slaughtering, processing and selling of meats and meat products for human consumption, the production, pasteurizing and sale of milk and milk products, or other subjects, may adopt by reference, any printed code or compilation, or portions thereof, together with amendments thereof or additions thereto, on the subject of the ordinance; and where publications of ordinances in a newspaper is required, such Washington state statutes or codes or other codes or compilations so adopted need not be published therein: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That not less than one copy of such statute, code or compilation and amendments and additions thereto adopted by reference shall be filed for use and examination by the public, in the office of the city or town clerk of said city, or town prior to adoption thereof. Any city or town ordinance heretofore adopting any state law or any such codes or compilations by reference are hereby ratified and validated.[ 1982 c 226 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.180. Prior: 1963 c 184 § 1; 1943 c 213 § 1; 1935 c 32 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9199-1.]NOTES:Effective date—1982 c 226: "This act shall take effect on July 1, 1982." [ 1982 c 226 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.185 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.185 - Ordinances—Information pooling.

RCW 35.21.185 Ordinances—Information pooling.(1) It is the purpose of this section to provide a means whereby all cities and towns may obtain, through a single source, information regarding ordinances of other cities and towns that may be of assistance to them in enacting appropriate local legislation.(2) For the purposes of this section, (a) "clerk" means the city or town clerk or other person who is lawfully designated to perform the recordkeeping function of that office, and (b) "department" means the department of commerce.(3) The clerk of every city and town is directed to provide to the department or its designee, promptly after adoption, a copy of each of its regulatory ordinances and such other ordinances or kinds of ordinances as may be described in a list or lists promulgated by the department or its designee from time to time, and may provide such copies without charge. The department may provide that information to the entity with which it contracts for the provision of municipal research and services, in order to provide a pool of information for all cities and towns in the state of Washington.(4) This section is intended to be directory and not mandatory.[ 2010 c 271 § 705; 1995 c 21 § 1.]NOTES:Purpose—Effective date—2010 c 271: See notes following RCW 43.330.005.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.190 - Parkways, park drives, and boulevards.

RCW 35.21.190 Parkways, park drives, and boulevards.Any city or town council upon request of the board of park commissioners, shall have authority to designate such streets as they may see fit as parkways, park drives, and boulevards, and to transfer all care, maintenance and improvement of the surface thereof to the board of park commissioners, or to such authority of such city or town as may have the care and management of the parks, parkways, boulevards and park drives of the city.Any city or town may acquire, either by gift, purchase or the right of eminent domain, the right to limit the class, character and extent of traffic that may be carried on such parkways, park drives and boulevards, and to prescribe that the improvement of the surface thereof shall be made wholly in accordance with plans of such board of park commissioners, but that the setting over of all such streets for such purposes shall not in any wise limit the right and authority of the city council to construct underneath the surface thereof any and all public utilities nor to deprive the council of the right to levy assessments for special benefits. In the construction of any such utilities, any damages done to the surface of such parkways, park drives or boulevards shall not be borne by any park funds of such city or town.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.190. Prior: 1911 c 98 § 57; RRS § 9410.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.192 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.192 - Urban agriculture zone.

RCW 35.21.192 Urban agriculture zone.(1) A city or town may, by ordinance, establish an urban agriculture zone within the boundaries of the city or town.(2) To establish an urban agriculture zone, the city or town must conduct at least one public hearing on the question of whether to establish the urban agriculture zone.(3) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section must not prohibit the use of structures that support agricultural activity including, without limitation, apiaries, toolsheds, greenhouses, produce stands, and instructional spaces.[ 2019 c 353 § 14.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2019 c 353: See note following RCW 43.23.300.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.194 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.194 - Community gardens.

RCW 35.21.194 Community gardens.A city or town may authorize, by ordinance, the use of vacant or blighted city land for the purpose of community gardening under the terms and conditions established for the use of the city land set forth by the ordinance. The ordinance may establish fees for the use of the city land, provide requirements for liability insurance, and provide requirements for a deposit to use the city land, which may be refunded. The ordinance must require that a portion of the community garden include habitat beneficial for the feeding, nesting, and reproduction of all pollinators, including honey bees.[ 2019 c 353 § 15.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2019 c 353: See note following RCW 43.23.300.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.195 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.195 - Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system—Participation by local law enforcement agencies.

RCW 35.21.195 Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system—Participation by local law enforcement agencies.Local law enforcement agencies shall participate in the statewide sexual assault kit tracking system established in RCW 43.43.545 for the purpose of tracking the status of all sexual assault kits in the custody of local law enforcement agencies and other entities contracting with local law enforcement agencies. Local law enforcement agencies shall begin full participation in the system according to the implementation schedule established by the Washington state patrol.[ 2016 c 173 § 3.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—2016 c 173: See note following RCW 43.43.545.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.200 - Residence qualifications of appointive officials and employees.

RCW 35.21.200 Residence qualifications of appointive officials and employees.Any city or town may by ordinance of its legislative authority determine whether there shall be any residential qualifications for any or all of its appointive officials or for preference in employment of its employees, but residence of an employee outside the limits of such city or town shall not be grounds for discharge of any regularly appointed civil service employee otherwise qualified: PROVIDED, That this section shall not authorize a city or town to change any residential qualifications prescribed in any city charter for any appointive official or employee: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That all employees appointed prior to the enactment of any ordinance establishing such residence qualifications as provided herein or who shall have been appointed or employed by such cities or towns having waived such residential requirements shall not be discharged by reason of such appointive officials or employees having established their residence outside the limits of such city or town: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That this section shall not authorize a city or town to change the residential requirements with respect to employees of private public utilities acquired by public utility districts or by the city or town.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.200. Prior: 1951 c 162 § 1; 1941 c 25 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9213-3.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.203 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.203 - Recall sufficiency hearing—Payment of defense expenses.

RCW 35.21.203 Recall sufficiency hearing—Payment of defense expenses.The necessary expenses of defending an elective city or town official in a judicial hearing to determine the sufficiency of a recall charge as provided in RCW 29A.56.140 shall be paid by the city or town if the official requests such defense and approval is granted by the city or town council. The expenses paid by the city or town may include costs associated with an appeal of the decision rendered by the superior court concerning the sufficiency of the recall charge.[ 2015 c 53 § 34; 1989 c 250 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.205 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.205 - Liability insurance for officials and employees.

RCW 35.21.205 Liability insurance for officials and employees.Each city or town may purchase liability insurance with such limits as it may deem reasonable for the purpose of protecting its officials and employees against liability for personal or bodily injuries and property damage arising from their acts or omissions while performing or in good faith purporting to perform their official duties.[ 1973 c 125 § 2.]NOTES:Dog handler using dog in line of duty—Immunity: RCW 4.24.410.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.207 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.207 - Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized.

RCW 35.21.207 Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized.See RCW 36.16.138.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.209 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.209 - Insurance and workers' compensation for offenders performing community restitution.

RCW 35.21.209 Insurance and workers' compensation for offenders performing community restitution.The legislative authority of a city or town may purchase liability insurance in an amount it deems reasonable to protect the city or town, its officers, and employees against liability for the wrongful acts of offenders or injury or damage incurred by offenders in the course of court-ordered community restitution, and may elect to treat offenders as employees and/or workers under Title 51 RCW.[ 2002 c 175 § 30; 1984 c 24 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2002 c 175: See note following RCW 7.80.130.Workers' compensation coverage of offenders performing community restitution: RCW 51.12.045.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.210 - Sewerage, drainage, and water supply.

RCW 35.21.210 Sewerage, drainage, and water supply.Any city or town shall have power to provide for the sewerage, drainage, and water supply thereof, and to establish, construct, and maintain a system or systems of sewers and drains and a system or systems of water supply, within or without the corporate limits of such city or town, and to control, regulate, and manage the same. In addition, any city or town may, as part of maintaining a system of sewers and drains or a system of water supply, or independently of such a system or systems, participate in and expend revenue on cooperative watershed management actions, including watershed management partnerships under RCW 39.34.210 and other intergovernmental agreements, for purposes of water supply, water quality, and water resource and habitat protection and management.[ 2003 c 327 § 11; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.210. Prior: 1911 c 98 § 3; RRS § 9354.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—2003 c 327: See note following RCW 39.34.190.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.215 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.215 - Powers relative to systems of sewerage.

RCW 35.21.215 Powers relative to systems of sewerage.The legislative authority of any city or town may exercise all the powers relating to systems of sewerage authorized by RCW 35.67.010 and 35.67.020.[ 1997 c 447 § 14.]NOTES:Finding—Purpose—1997 c 447: See note following RCW 70.05.074.
WA Rev Code § 35.21.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.220 - Sidewalks—Regulation of use of.

RCW 35.21.220 Sidewalks—Regulation of use of.Cities of several classes in this state shall be empowered to regulate the use of sidewalks within their limits, and may in their discretion and under such terms and conditions as they may determine permit a use of the same by abutting owners, provided such use does not in their judgment unduly and unreasonably impair passage thereon, to and fro, by the public. Such permission shall not be considered as establishing a prescriptive right, and the right may be revoked at any time by the authorities of such cities.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.220. Prior: 1927 c 261 § 1; RRS § 9213-1.]
WA Rev Code § 35.21.225 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|35.21.225 - Transportation benefit districts.

RCW 35.21.225 Transportation benefit districts.The legislative authority of a city may establish a transportation benefit district subject to the provisions of chapter 36.73 RCW.[ 2005 c 336 § 22; 1989 c 53 § 2; 1987 c 327 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2005 c 336: See note following RCW 36.73.015.Severability—1989 c 53: See note following RCW 36.73.020.Transportation benefit districts: Chapter 36.73 RCW.