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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.060 - Consolidated cities—Procedure.

RCW 35.43.060
Consolidated cities—Procedure.
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 city or town prior to consolidation.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.43.060. Prior: 1911 c 98 § 64; RRS § 9417.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.070 - Ordinance—Action on petition or resolution.

RCW 35.43.070
Ordinance—Action on petition or resolution.
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 may prescribe further limitations. In cities and towns other than cities of the first class, the ordinance must receive the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the council if, prior to its passage, written objections to its enactment are filed with the city clerk by or on behalf of the owners of a majority of the lineal frontage of the improvement and of the area within the limits of the proposed improvement district.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.43.070. Prior: (i) 1911 c 98 § 8; RRS § 9359. (ii) 1911 c 98 § 66; RRS § 9419.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.075 - Petition for district outside city may be denied.

RCW 35.43.075
Petition for district outside city may be denied.
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 and refuse to form the local improvement district or utility local improvement district.
[ 1967 c 52 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.075. Prior: 1963 c 56 § 3.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.080 - Ordinance—Creation of district.

RCW 35.43.080
Ordinance—Creation of district.
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 local improvement district to be known as "utility local improvement district No. . . . ." which shall embrace as nearly as practicable all the property specially benefited by the improvement.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 258 § 3; 1967 c 52 § 5; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.080. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 15; prior: (i) 1947 c 155 § 1, part; 1941 c 90 § 1, part; 1915 c 168 § 2, part; 1911 c 98 § 13, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9365, part. (ii) 1929 c 97 § 2; 1911 c 98 § 14; RRS § 9366.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.100 - Ordinance—Finality—Limitation upon challenging jurisdiction or authority to proceed.

RCW 35.43.100
Ordinance—Finality—Limitation upon challenging jurisdiction or authority to proceed.
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 resolution shall be final and conclusive. No lawsuit whatsoever may be maintained challenging the jurisdiction or authority of the council to proceed with the improvement and creating the local improvement district or in any way challenging the validity thereof or any proceedings relating thereto unless that lawsuit is served and filed no later than thirty days after the date of passage of the ordinance ordering the improvement and creating the district or, when applicable, no later than thirty days after the expiration of the thirty-day protest period provided in RCW 35.43.180.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 258 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.100. Prior: 1911 c 98 § 19; RRS § 9371.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.110 - Petition—Mandatory, when.

RCW 35.43.110
Petition—Mandatory, when.
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 moving sidewalks shall be initiated only upon a petition signed by the owners of two-thirds of the lineal frontage upon the improvement to be made and two-thirds of the area within the limits of the proposed improvement district;
(2) If the management of park drives, parkways, and boulevards of a city has been vested in a board of park commissioners or similar authority: PROVIDED, That the proceedings may be initiated by a resolution, if the ordinance is passed at the request of the park board or similar authority therefor specifying the particular drives, parkways, or boulevards, or portions thereof to be improved and the nature of the improvement.
[ 1981 c 313 § 10; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.110. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 3; prior: (i) 1911 c 98 § 58, part; RRS § 9411, part. (ii) 1945 c 190 § 1, part; 1915 c 168 § 6, part; 1913 c 131 § 1, part; 1911 c 98 § 6, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9357, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 313: See note following RCW 36.94.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.120 - Petition—Requirements.

RCW 35.43.120
Petition—Requirements.
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 improvement, (3) what proportion of the area within the proposed district is owned by the petitioners as shown by the records in the office of the county auditor, and (4) the fact that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the increased true and fair value the improvement, or street lighting, adds to the property.
If any of the property within the area of the proposed district stands in the name of a deceased person, or of any person for whom a guardian has been appointed and not discharged, the signature of the executor, administrator, or guardian, as the case may be, shall be equivalent to the signature of the owner of the property on the petition. The petition must be filed with the clerk or with such other officer as the city or town by charter or ordinance may require.
[ 1989 c 243 § 1; 1981 c 323 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 258 § 5; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.120. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 6; prior: 1911 c 98 § 9, part; RRS § 9360, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.125 - Petition—Notice and public hearing required.

RCW 35.43.125
Petition—Notice and public hearing required.
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 improvement district or utility local improvement district that is initiated by resolution.
[ 1987 c 315 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.130 - Preliminary estimates and assessment roll.

RCW 35.43.130
Preliminary estimates and assessment roll.
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 make the preliminary estimates and assessment roll shall cause an estimate to be made of the cost and expense of the proposed improvement and certify it to the legislative authority of the city or town together with all papers and information in its possession touching the proposed improvement, a description of the boundaries of the district, and a statement of what portion of the cost and expense of the improvement should be borne by the property within the proposed district.
If the proceedings were initiated by petition the designated board, officer or authority shall also determine the sufficiency of the petition and whether the facts set forth therein are true. If the petition is found to be sufficient and in all proceedings initiated by resolution of the legislative authority of the city or town, the estimates must be accompanied by a diagram showing thereon the lots, tracts, and parcels of land and other property which will be specially benefited by the proposed improvement and the estimated amount of the cost and expense thereof to be borne by each lot, tract, or parcel of land or other property: PROVIDED, That no such diagram shall be required where such estimates are on file in the office of the city engineer, or other designated city office, together with a detailed copy of the preliminary assessment roll and the plans and assessment maps of the proposed improvement.
For the purpose of estimating and levying local improvement assessments, the value of property of the United States, of the state, or of any county, city, town, school district, or other public corporation whose property is not assessed for general taxes shall be computed according to the standards afforded by similarly situated property which is assessed for general taxes.
[ 1983 c 303 § 1; 1967 c 52 § 6; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.130. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 7; prior: 1953 c 26 § 1. (i) 1911 c 98 § 9, part; RRS § 9360, part. (ii) 1929 c 97 § 1, part; 1911 c 98 § 10, part; RRS § 9361, part. (iii) 1949 c 28 § 1, part; 1931 c 85 § 1, part; 1927 c 109 § 1, part; 1923 c 135 § 1, part; 1921 c 128 § 1, part; 1915 c 168 § 1, part; 1911 c 98 § 12, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9363, part. (iv) 1927 c 209 § 4, part; 1923 c 141 § 4, part; RRS § 9351-4, part.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.140 - Resolutions—Contents, publication—Hearing, by whom held.

RCW 35.43.140
Resolutions—Contents, publication—Hearing, by whom held.
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 its intention to order the improvement, setting forth the nature and territorial extent of the improvement, containing a statement that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the increased true and fair value the improvement, or street lighting, adds to the property, and notifying all persons who may desire to object thereto to appear and present their objections at a time to be fixed therein.
In the case of trunk sewers and trunk water mains the resolution must describe the routes along which the trunk sewer, subsewer and branches of trunk water main and laterals are to be constructed.
In case of dikes or other structures to protect the city or town or any part thereof from overflow or to open, deepen, straighten, or enlarge watercourses, waterways and other channels the resolution must set forth the place of commencement and ending thereof and the route to be used.
In the case of auxiliary water systems, or extensions thereof or additions thereto for protection of the city or town or any part thereof from fire, the resolution must set forth the routes along which the auxiliary water system or extensions thereof or additions thereto are to be constructed and specifications of the structures or works necessary thereto or forming a part thereof.
The resolution shall be published in at least two consecutive issues of the official newspaper of the city or town, the first publication to be at least fifteen days before the day fixed for the hearing.
The hearing herein required may be held before the city or town council, or other legislative authority, or before a committee thereof. The legislative authority of a city or town may designate an officer to conduct the hearings. The committee or hearing officer shall report recommendations on the resolution to the legislative authority for final action.
[ 1994 c 71 § 2; 1989 c 243 § 2; 1985 c 469 § 29; 1984 c 203 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.140. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 8; prior: 1953 c 177 § 1. (i) 1929 c 97 § 1, part; 1911 c 98 § 10, part; RRS § 9361, part. (ii) 1911 c 98 § 16, part; RRS § 9368, part. (iii) 1911 c 98 § 17, part; RRS § 9369, part. (iv) 1911 c 98 § 18, part; RRS § 9370, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1984 c 203: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1984 c 203 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.150 - Resolutions—Hearing upon—Notice.

RCW 35.43.150
Resolutions—Hearing upon—Notice.
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 land or other property to be specially benefited by the proposed improvement, as shown on the rolls of the county assessor, directed to the address thereon shown.
The notice shall set forth the nature of the proposed improvement, the estimated cost, a statement that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the increased true and fair value the improvement, or street lighting, adds to the property, and the estimated benefits of the particular lot, tract, or parcel.
[ 1989 c 243 § 3; 1983 c 303 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.150. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 9; prior: 1929 c 97 § 1, part; 1911 c 98 § 10, part; RRS § 9361, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.180 - Restraint by protest.

RCW 35.43.180
Restraint by protest.
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, signed by the owners of the property within the proposed local improvement district or utility local improvement district subject to sixty percent or more of the total cost of the improvement including federally-owned or other nonassessable property as shown and determined by the preliminary estimates and assessment roll of the proposed improvement district or, if all or part of the local improvement district or utility local improvement district lies outside of the city or town, such jurisdiction shall be divested by a protest filed in the same manner and signed by the owners of property which is within the proposed local improvement district or utility local improvement district but outside the boundaries of the city or town, and which is subject to sixty percent or more of that part of the total cost of the improvement allocable to property within the proposed local improvement district or utility local improvement district but outside the boundaries of the city or town, including federally-owned or other nonassessable property: PROVIDED, That such restraint by protest shall not apply to any of the following local improvements, if the legislative body finds and recites in the ordinance or resolution authorizing the improvement that such improvement is necessary for the protection of the public health and safety and such ordinance or resolution is passed by unanimous vote of all members present: (1) Sanitary sewers or watermains where the health officer of the city or town, or department of ecology, files with the legislative authority a report showing the necessity for such improvement; and (2) fire hydrants where the chief of the fire department files a report showing the necessity for such improvement.
[ 1983 c 303 § 3; 1967 c 52 § 8; 1965 c 58 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.180. Prior: 1963 c 56 § 2; 1957 c 144 § 12; prior: 1949 c 28 § 1, part; 1931 c 85 § 1, part; 1927 c 109 § 1, part; 1923 c 135 § 1, part; 1921 c 128 § 1, part; 1915 c 168 § 1, part; 1911 c 98 § 12, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9363, part.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.182 - Waivers of protest—Recording—Limits on enforceability.

RCW 35.43.182
Waivers of protest—Recording—Limits on enforceability.
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 effective term of the agreement, which shall not exceed ten years. The agreement must be recorded with the auditor of the county in which the property is located. It is against public policy and void for an owner, by agreement, as a condition imposed in connection with proposed property development, or otherwise, to waive rights to object to the property owner's individual assessment (including the determination of special benefits allocable to the property), or to appeal to the superior court the decision of the city or town council affirming the final assessment roll.
[ 1988 c 179 § 8.]
NOTES:
Severability—Prospective application—Section captions—1988 c 179: See RCW 39.92.900 and 39.92.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.184 - Preformation expenditures.

RCW 35.43.184
Preformation expenditures.
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 to be financed in whole or in part by a local improvement district (not including the cost of actual construction of such improvements), that the owners elect to undertake. The contract may provide for reimbursement to the owner of such costs from the proceeds of bonds issued by the district after formation of a district under this chapter, from assessments paid to the district as appropriate, or by a credit in the amount of such costs against future assessments assessed against such property under the district. Such reimbursement shall be made to the owner of the property at the time of reimbursement. The contract shall also provide that such costs shall not be reimbursed to the owner if a district to construct the specified improvements (as the project may be amended) is not formed within six years of the date of the contract. The contract shall provide that any preformation work shall be conducted only under the direction of the city or town engineer or other appropriate city or town authority.
[ 1988 c 179 § 9.]
NOTES:
Severability—Prospective application—Section captions—1988 c 179: See RCW 39.92.900 and 39.92.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.186 - Credits for other assessments.

RCW 35.43.186
Credits for other assessments.
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 constructed by a property owner in the district in satisfaction of obligations under chapter 39.92 RCW, shall be credited against assessments due from the owner of such property at the time the credit is made, if those moneys paid or facilities constructed directly defray the cost of the specified improvements under the district and if credit for such amounts is reflected in the final assessment roll confirmed for the district.
[ 1988 c 179 § 10.]
NOTES:
Severability—Prospective application—Section captions—1988 c 179: See RCW 39.92.900 and 39.92.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.188 - Assessment reimbursement accounts.

RCW 35.43.188
Assessment reimbursement accounts.
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 district on underdeveloped properties may be made by owners of other properties within the district, if they so elect, subject to terms of reimbursement set forth in the ordinance. The terms for reimbursement shall require the owners of underdeveloped properties on whose behalf payments of assessments have been made to reimburse all such assessment payments to the party who made them when those properties are developed or redeveloped, together with interest at a rate specified in the ordinance. The ordinance may provide that reimbursement shall be made on a one-time, lump sum basis, or may provide that reimbursement shall be made over a period not to exceed five years. The ordinance may provide that reimbursement shall be made no later than the time of dissolution of the district, or may provide that no reimbursement is due if the underdeveloped properties are not developed or redeveloped before the dissolution of the district. Reimbursement amounts due from underdeveloped properties under this section are liens upon the underdeveloped properties in the same manner and with like effect as assessments made under this chapter. For the purposes of this section, "underdeveloped properties" may include those properties that, in the discretion of the legislative body of the city or town, (1) are undeveloped or are not developed to their highest and best use, and (2) are likely to be developed or redeveloped before the dissolution of the district.
[ 1988 c 179 § 11.]
NOTES:
Severability—Prospective application—Section captions—1988 c 179: See RCW 39.92.900 and 39.92.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.190 - Work—By contract or by city or public corporation.

RCW 35.43.190
Work—By contract or by city or public corporation.
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, labor, and equipment will exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. The city, town, or public corporation may reject any and all bids. The city, town, or public corporation itself may make the local improvements if all the bids received exceed by ten percent preliminary cost estimates prepared by an independent consulting engineer or registered professional engineer retained for that purpose by the city, town, or public corporation.
[ 1987 c 242 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 116 § 6; 1965 c 7 § 35.43.190. Prior: 1911 c 98 § 59; RRS § 9412.]
NOTES:
Policy—1987 c 242: See note following RCW 35.43.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.200 - Street railways at expense of property benefited.

RCW 35.43.200
Street railways at expense of property benefited.
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, and to levy and collect special assessments on property specially benefited thereby, for paying the cost and expense of the same or any portion thereof, as hereinafter provided.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.43.200. Prior: 1923 c 176 § 1; RRS § 9425-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.210 - Street railways at expense of property benefited—Petition—Assessment district.

RCW 35.43.210
Street railways at expense of property benefited—Petition—Assessment district.
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 therefor, specifying and describing the boundaries of such district and specifying the plan or system of proposed improvement, signed by the owners of at least sixty percent of the lineal frontage upon the proposed improvement and of at least fifty percent of the area within the limits of the proposed improvement district: PROVIDED, That the city council may in its discretion reject any such petition.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.43.210. Prior: 1923 c 176 § 2; RRS § 9425-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.220 - Street railways at expense of property benefited—Assessment of cost.

RCW 35.43.220
Street railways at expense of property benefited—Assessment of cost.
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 § 35.43.220. Prior: 1923 c 176 § 3; RRS § 9425-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.230 - Street railways at expense of property benefited—Procedure.

RCW 35.43.230
Street railways at expense of property benefited—Procedure.
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 shall be governed by the laws relating to local improvements; and all matters and proceedings relating to the purchase, acquisition, or construction and equipment of the improvement and the operation of the same hereunder and the issuance and redemption of utility bonds and warrants, if any, and the use of general or utility funds, if any, in connection with the purchase, acquisition, construction, equipping, or operation of the improvement shall be governed by the laws relating to municipal public utilities.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.43.230. Prior: 1923 c 176 § 4; RRS § 9425-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.250 - Deferral of collection of assessments for economically disadvantaged persons—Authorized.

RCW 35.43.250
Deferral of collection of assessments for economically disadvantaged persons—Authorized.
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 assessment levied therefor may be deferred until a time previous to the dissolution of the district for those economically disadvantaged property owners or other persons who, under the terms of a recorded contract of purchase, recorded mortgage, recorded deed of trust transaction or recorded lease are responsible under penalty of forfeiture, foreclosure or default as between vendor/vendee, mortgagor/mortgagee, grantor and trustor/trustee and grantee, and beneficiary and lendor, or lessor and lessee for the payment of local improvement district assessments, and in the manner specified in the ordinance qualify for such deferment, upon assurance of property security for the payment thereof.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 137 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1972 ex.s. c 137: See note following RCW 35.49.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.260 - Service fees for sewers not constructed within ten years after voter approval—Credit against future assessments, service charges.

RCW 35.43.260
Service fees for sewers not constructed within ten years after voter approval—Credit against future assessments, service charges.
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 voters and have not been constructed for a period of ten or more years since the voter approval, is hereby authorized and directed to grant a credit against the future assessment to be assessed at the time of actual completion of construction of the sewers for each parcel of real property in an amount equal in dollars to the total amount of service fees charged and collected since voter approval for each such parcel, plus interest at six percent compounded annually: PROVIDED, That if such service fees and interest exceed the future assessment for construction of the sewers, such excess funds shall be used to defray future sewer service charge fees.
It is the intent of the legislature that the provisions of this section are procedural and remedial and shall have retroactive effect.
[ 1977 c 72 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.270 - Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners.

RCW 35.43.270
Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners.
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 outside of the proposed improvement district that would be required as a condition of federal housing administration loan qualification, at the time of notice, to be connected to the specific sewer or water facilities installed by the local improvement district. The notice shall include information about this restriction.
[ 1987 c 315 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.43 - Local Improvements—Authority—Initiation of Proceedings. › 35.43.280 - Settlement of Indian claims.

RCW 35.43.280
Settlement of Indian claims.
(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, and to specifically benefit the properties released from those claims.
It is the purpose of chapter 4, Laws of 1989 1st ex. sess. to encourage the settlement of such Indian land and other claims lawsuits by permitting the establishment and use of local improvement districts to finance all or a portion of the settlement costs of such lawsuits.
(2) A local improvement district may be established by a local government legislative authority to finance all or part of the settlement costs in an Indian land and other claims settlement related to public and private property located within the local government. The settlement of an Indian land claim lawsuit shall be deemed to be an improvement that may be financed in whole or in part through use of a local improvement district.
Except as expressly provided in this section, all matters relating to the establishment and operation of such a local improvement district, the levying and collection of special assessments, the issuance of local improvement district bonds and other obligations, and all related matters, shall be subject to the provisions of chapters 35.43 through 35.54 RCW. The resolution or petition initiating the creation of a local improvement district used to finance all or a portion of an Indian land and other claims settlement shall describe the general nature of the Indian land and other claims and the proposed settlement. The value of a contribution by any person, municipal corporation, political subdivision, or the state of money, real property, or personal property to the settlement of Indian land and other claims shall be credited to any assessment for a local improvement district under this section.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 4 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 4: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1989 1st ex.s. c 4 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.44 - Local Improvements—Assessments and Reassessments. › 35.44.010 - Assessment district—All property to be assessed—Basis.

RCW 35.44.010
Assessment district—All property to be assessed—Basis.
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 part thereof as may be chargeable against the property specially benefited. The cost and expense shall be assessed upon all the property in accordance with the special benefits conferred thereon.
[ 1985 c 397 § 3; 1967 c 52 § 9; 1965 c 7 § 35.44.010. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 16; prior: 1947 c 155 § 1, part; 1941 c 90 § 1, part; 1915 c 168 § 2, part; 1911 c 98 § 13, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9365, part.]
NOTES:
Authority supplemental—1985 c 397: See RCW 35.51.900.
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.44 - Local Improvements—Assessments and Reassessments. › 35.44.015 - Special benefit assessments for farm and agricultural land—Exemption from assessments, etc.

RCW 35.44.015
Special benefit assessments for farm and agricultural land—Exemption from assessments, etc.
See RCW 84.34.300 through 84.34.380 and 84.34.922.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.44 - Local Improvements—Assessments and Reassessments. › 35.44.020 - Assessment district—Cost items to be included.

RCW 35.44.020
Assessment district—Cost items to be included.
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 limited to, that portion of the improvement within the street intersections;
(2) The estimated cost and expense of all engineering and surveying necessary for the improvement done under the supervision of the city or town engineer;
(3) The estimated cost and expense of ascertaining the ownership of the lots or parcels of land included in the assessment district;
(4) The estimated cost and expense of advertising, mailing, and publishing all necessary notices;
(5) The estimated cost and expense of accounting, clerical labor, and of books and blanks extended or used on the part of the city or town clerk and city or town treasurer in connection with the improvement;
(6) All cost of the acquisition of rights-of-way, property, easements, or other facilities or rights, including without limitation rights to use property, facilities, or other improvements appurtenant, related to, and/or useful in connection with the local improvement, whether by eminent domain, purchase, gift, payment of connection charges, capacity charges, or other similar charges or in any other manner;
(7) The cost for legal, financial, and appraisal services and any other expenses incurred by the city, town, or public corporation for the district or in the formation thereof, or by the city, town, or public corporation in connection with such construction or improvement and in the financing thereof, including the issuance of any bonds and the cost of providing for increases in the local improvement guaranty fund, or providing for a separate reserve fund or other security for the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds.
Any of the costs set forth in this section may be excluded from the cost and expense to be assessed against the property in such local improvement district and may be paid from any other moneys available therefor if the legislative body of the city or town so designates by ordinance at any time.
[ 1995 c 382 § 1; 1987 c 242 § 4; 1985 c 397 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 116 § 8; 1969 ex.s. c 258 § 6; 1965 c 7 § 35.44.020. Prior: 1955 c 364 § 1; 1911 c 98 § 55; RRS § 9408.]
NOTES:
Policy—1987 c 242: See note following RCW 35.43.005.
Authority supplemental—1985 c 397: See RCW 35.51.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.44 - Local Improvements—Assessments and Reassessments. › 35.44.030 - Assessment district—Zones.

RCW 35.44.030
Assessment district—Zones.
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 street, avenue, lane, alley, boulevard, park drive, parkway, public place or public square to be improved, numbered respectively first, second, third, fourth, and fifth.
The first subdivision shall include all lands within the district lying between the street margins and lines drawn parallel therewith and thirty feet therefrom.
The second subdivision shall include all lands within the district lying between lines drawn parallel with and thirty and sixty feet respectively from the street margins.
The third subdivision shall include all lands within the district lying between lines drawn parallel with and sixty and ninety feet respectively from the street margins.
The fourth subdivision shall include all lands, if any, within the district lying between lines drawn parallel with and ninety and one hundred twenty feet respectively from the street margins.
The fifth subdivision shall include all lands, if any, within the district lying between a line drawn parallel with and one hundred twenty feet from the street margin and the outer limit of the improvement district.
[ 1967 c 52 § 10; 1965 c 7 § 35.44.030. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 17; prior: 1947 c 155 § 1, part; 1941 c 90 § 1, part; 1915 c 168 § 2, part; 1911 c 98 § 13, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9365, part.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
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RCW 35.44.040
Assessment rate per square foot.
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 the numbers, forty-five, twenty-five, twenty, ten, and five, respectively, and shall be ascertained in the following manner:
(1) The products of the number of square feet in subdivisions first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, respectively, and the numbers forty-five, twenty-five, twenty, ten, and five, respectively, shall be ascertained;
(2) The aggregate sum thereof shall be divided into the total cost and expense of the improvement;
(3) The resultant quotient multiplied by forty-five, twenty-five, twenty, ten, and five, respectively, shall be the respective rate of assessment per square foot for subdivisions first, second, third, fourth and fifth: PROVIDED, That in lieu of the above formula the rate of assessment per square foot in each subdivision of an improvement district may 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 the numbers 0.015000, 0.008333, 0.006666, 0.003333, and 0.001666, respectively; and the method of determining the assessment on each lot, tract, or parcel of land in the improvement district may be ascertained in the following manner:
(1) The products of the number of square feet in subdivisions first, second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively, for each lot, tract or parcel of land in the improvement district and the numbers 0.015000, 0.008333, 0.006666, 0.003333 and 0.001666, respectively, shall be ascertained. The sum of all such products for each such lot, tract or parcel of land shall be the number of "assessable units of frontage" therein;
(2) The rate for each assessable unit of frontage shall be determined by dividing that portion of the total cost of the improvement representing special benefits by the aggregate sum of all assessable units of frontage;
(3) The assessment for each lot, tract or parcel of land in the improvement district shall be the product of the assessable units of frontage therefor, multiplied by the rate per assessable unit of frontage.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.44.040. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 18; prior: 1947 c 155 § 1, part; 1941 c 90 § 1, part; 1915 c 168 § 2, part; 1911 c 98 § 13, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9365, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.44 - Local Improvements—Assessments and Reassessments. › 35.44.045 - Open canals or ditches—Safeguards—Ascertaining assessments.

RCW 35.44.045
Open canals or ditches—Safeguards—Ascertaining assessments.
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 respectively, first, second, third and fourth. Each subdivision shall be equal to one-quarter of the width of the district as measured back from the margin of the canal right-of-way. The rate of assessment per square foot in each subdivision so formed shall be fixed on the basis that the special benefits conferred on a square foot of land in subdivisions first, second, third, and fourth, respectively, are related to each other as are the numbers, forty, thirty, twenty, and ten, respectively, and shall be ascertained in the following manner:
(1) The products of the number of square feet in subdivisions first, second, third, and fourth, respectively, and the numbers forty, thirty, twenty, and ten, respectively, shall be ascertained;
(2) The aggregate sum thereof shall be divided into the total cost and expense of the local improvement;
(3) The resultant quotient multiplied by forty, thirty, twenty, and ten, respectively, shall be the respective rate of assessment per square foot for each subdivision.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.44.045. Prior: 1959 c 75 § 3.]
NOTES:
Safeguarding open canals or ditches, assessments: RCW 35.43.040, 35.43.045, 36.88.015, 36.88.350, 36.88.380 through 36.88.400, 87.03.480, 87.03.526.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.44 - Local Improvements—Assessments and Reassessments. › 35.44.047 - Other methods of computing assessments may be used.

RCW 35.44.047
Other methods of computing assessments may be used.
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 assessed. The failure of the council to specifically recite in its ordinance ordering the improvement and creating the local improvement district that it will not use the zone and termini method of assessment shall not invalidate the use of any other method or methods of assessment.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 258 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.44 - Local Improvements—Assessments and Reassessments. › 35.44.050 - Assessment roll—Entry of assessments against property.

RCW 35.44.050
Assessment roll—Entry of assessments against property.
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 7 § 35.44.050. Prior: 1957 c 144 § 19; prior: 1947 c 155 § 1, part; 1941 c 90 § 1, part; 1915 c 168 § 2, part; 1911 c 98 § 13, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9365, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.44 - Local Improvements—Assessments and Reassessments. › 35.44.060 - Assessment roll—Diagram on preliminary survey not conclusive.

RCW 35.44.060
Assessment roll—Diagram on preliminary survey not conclusive.
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 benefited by the improvement and shall not be binding or conclusive in any way upon the board, officer, or authority in the preparation of the assessment roll for the improvement or upon the council in any hearing affecting the assessment roll.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.44.060. Prior: 1911 c 98 § 11; RRS § 9362.]