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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.087 - Employee checks, drafts, warrants—City, town may cash.

RCW 35.21.087
Employee checks, drafts, warrants—City, town may cash.
Any city or town is hereby authorized, at its option and after the adoption of the appropriate ordinance, to accept in exchange for cash a payroll check, draft, or warrant; expense check, draft, or warrant; or personal check from a city or town employee in accordance with the following conditions:
(1) The check, warrant, or draft must be drawn to the order of cash or bearer and be immediately payable by a drawee financial institution;
(2) The person presenting the check, draft, or warrant to the city or town must produce identification as outlined by the city or town in the authorizing ordinance;
(3) The payroll check, draft, or warrant or expense check, draft, or warrant must have been issued by the city or town; and
(4) Personal checks cashed pursuant to this authorization cannot exceed two hundred dollars.
In the event that any personal check cashed for a city or town employee by the city or town under this section is dishonored by the drawee financial institution when presented for payment, the city or town is authorized, after notice to the drawer or endorser of the dishonor, to withhold from the drawer's or endorser's next payroll check, draft, or warrant the full amount of the dishonored check.
[ 1991 c 185 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.088 - Equipment rental fund.

RCW 35.21.088
Equipment rental fund.
Any city or town may create, by ordinance, an "equipment rental fund," hereinafter referred to as "the fund," in any department of the city or town to be used as a revolving fund to be expended for salaries, wages, and operations required for the repair, replacement, purchase, and operation of equipment, and for the purchase of equipment, materials, and supplies to be used in the administration and operation of the fund.
The legislative authority of a city or town may transfer any equipment, materials or supplies of any office or department to the equipment rental fund either without charge, or may grant a credit to such office or department equivalent to the value of the equipment, materials or supplies transferred. An office or department receiving such a credit may use it any time thereafter for renting or purchasing equipment, materials, supplies or services from the equipment rental fund.
Money may be placed in the fund from time to time by the legislative authority of the city or town. Cities and towns may purchase and sell equipment, materials and supplies by use of such fund, subject to any laws governing the purchase and sale of property. Such equipment, materials and supplies may be rented for the use of various offices and departments of any city or town or may be rented by any such city or town to governmental agencies. The proceeds received by any city or town from the sale or rental of such property shall be placed in the fund, and the purchase price of any such property or rental payments made by a city or town shall be made from moneys available in the fund. The ordinance creating the fund shall designate the official or body that is to administer the fund and the terms and charges for the rental for the use of any such property which has not been purchased for its own use out of its own funds and may from time to time amend such ordinance.
There shall be paid monthly into the fund out of the moneys available to the department using any equipment, materials, and/or supplies, which have not been purchased by that department for its own use and out of its own funds, reasonable rental charges fixed by the legislative authority of the city or town, and moneys in the fund shall be retained there from year to year so long as the legislative authority of the city or town desires to do so.
Every city having a population of more than eight thousand, according to the last official census, shall establish such an equipment rental fund in its street department or any other department of city government. Such fund shall acquire the equipment necessary to serve the needs of the city street department. Such fund may, in addition, be created to service any other departments of city government or other governmental agencies as authorized hereinabove.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.088. Prior: 1963 c 115 § 7; 1953 c 67 § 1.]
NOTES:
Census to be conducted in decennial periods: State Constitution Art. 2 § 3.
Determination of population: Chapter 43.62 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.090 - Dikes, levees, embankments—Authority to construct.

RCW 35.21.090
Dikes, levees, embankments—Authority to construct.
Any city or town shall have power to provide for the protection of such city or town, or any part thereof, from overflow, and to establish, construct and maintain dikes, levees, embankments, or other structures and works, or to open, deepen, straighten or otherwise enlarge natural watercourses, waterways and other channels, including the acquisition or damaging of lands, rights-of-way, rights and property therefor, within or without the corporate limits of such city or town, and to manage, regulate and control the same.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.090. Prior: 1911 c 98 § 4; 1907 c 241 § 68; RRS § 9355.]
NOTES:
Eminent domain: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.100 - Donations—Authority to accept and use.

RCW 35.21.100
Donations—Authority to accept and use.
Every city and town by ordinance may accept any money or property donated, devised, or bequeathed to it and carry out the terms of the donation, devise, or bequest, if within the powers granted by law. If no terms or conditions are attached to the donation, devise, or bequest, the city or town may expend or use it for any municipal purpose.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.100. Prior: 1941 c 80 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9213-8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.110 - Ferries—Authority to acquire and maintain.

RCW 35.21.110
Ferries—Authority to acquire and maintain.
Any incorporated city or town within the state is authorized to construct, or condemn and purchase, or purchase, and to maintain a ferry across any unfordable stream adjoining and within one mile of its limits, together with all necessary grounds, roads, approaches and landings necessary or appertaining thereto located within one mile of the limits of such city or town, with full jurisdiction and authority to manage, regulate and control the same beyond the limits of the corporation and to operate the same free or for toll.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.110. Prior: 1895 c 130 § 1; RRS § 5476.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.120 - Solid waste handling system—Contracts.

RCW 35.21.120
Solid waste handling system—Contracts.
A city or town may by ordinance provide for the establishment of a system or systems of solid waste handling for the entire city or town or for portions thereof. A city or town may provide for solid waste handling by or under the direction of officials and employees of the city or town or may award contracts for any service related to solid waste handling including contracts entered into under RCW 35.21.152. Contracts for solid waste handling may provide that a city or town provide for a minimum periodic fee or other method of compensation in consideration of the operational availability of a solid waste handling system, plant, site, or other facility at a specified minimum level, without regard to the ownership of the system, plant, site, or other facility, or the amount of solid waste actually handled during all or any part of the contract period. When a minimum level of solid waste is specified in a contract for solid waste handling, there shall be a specific allocation of financial responsibility in the event the amount of solid waste handled falls below the minimum level provided in the contract.
As used in this chapter, the terms "solid waste" and "solid waste handling" shall be as defined in RCW 70A.205.015.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1005; 1989 c 399 § 1; 1986 c 282 § 18; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.120. Prior: 1943 c 270 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9504-1, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—Legislative findings—Construction—Liberal construction—Supplemental powers—1986 c 282: See notes following RCW 35.21.156.
Contracts with vendors for solid waste handling: RCW 35.21.156.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.130 - Solid waste or recyclable materials collection—Ordinance.

RCW 35.21.130
Solid waste or recyclable materials collection—Ordinance.
A solid waste or recyclable materials collection ordinance may:
(1) Require property owners and occupants of premises to use the solid waste collection and disposal system or recyclable materials collection and disposal system, and to dispose of their solid waste and recyclable materials as provided in the ordinance: PROVIDED, That a solid waste or recycling ordinance shall not require any retail enterprise engaged in the sale of consumer-packaged products to locate or place a public recycling collection site or buy-back center upon or within a certain distance of the retail establishment as a condition of engaging in the sale of consumer-packaged products; and
(2) Fix charges for solid waste collection and disposal, recyclable materials collection and disposal, or both, and the manner and time of payment therefor including therein a provision that upon failure to pay the charges, the amount thereof shall become a lien against the property for which the solid waste or recyclable materials collection service is rendered. The ordinance may also provide penalties for its violation.
[ 1989 c 431 § 51; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.130. Prior: 1943 c 270 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 9504-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.135 - Solid waste or recyclable materials collection—Curbside recycling—Reduced rate.

RCW 35.21.135
Solid waste or recyclable materials collection—Curbside recycling—Reduced rate.
(1) Each city or town providing by ordinance or resolution a reduced solid waste collection rate to residents participating in a residential curbside recycling program implemented under RCW 70A.205.045, may provide a similar reduced rate to residents participating in any other recycling program, if such program is approved by the jurisdiction. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to reduce the authority of a city to adopt ordinances under RCW 35.21.130(1).
(2) For the purposes of this section, "reduced rate" means a residential solid waste collection rate incorporating a rebate, refund, or discount. Reduced rate shall not include residential solid waste collection rate based on the volume or weight of solid waste set out for collection.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1006; 1991 c 319 § 404.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.230 - Streets over tidelands declared public highways.

RCW 35.21.230
Streets over tidelands declared public highways.
All streets in any incorporated city in this state, extending from high tide into the navigable waters of the state, are hereby declared public highways.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.230. Prior: 1890 p 733 § 1; RRS § 9293.]
NOTES:
Public highways: Title 47 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.240 - Streets over tidelands—Control of.

RCW 35.21.240
Streets over tidelands—Control of.
All streets declared public highways under the provisions of RCW 35.21.230 shall be under the control of the corporate authorities of the respective cities.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.240. Prior: 1890 p 733 § 2; RRS § 9294.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.250 - Streets and alleys over first-class tidelands—Control of.

RCW 35.21.250
Streets and alleys over first-class tidelands—Control of.
All streets and alleys, which have been heretofore or may hereafter be established upon, or across tide and shore lands of the first class shall be under the supervision and control of the cities within whose corporate limits such tide and shore lands are situated, to the same extent as are all other streets and alleys of such cities.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.250. Prior: 1901 c 149 § 1; RRS § 9295.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.260 - Streets—Annual report to secretary of transportation.

RCW 35.21.260
Streets—Annual report to secretary of transportation.
The governing authority of each city and town on or before May 31st of each year shall submit such records and reports regarding street operations in the city or town to the secretary of transportation on forms furnished by him or her as are necessary to enable him or her to compile an annual report thereon.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2042; 1999 c 204 § 1; 1984 c 7 § 19; 1977 c 75 § 29; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.260. Prior: 1943 c 82 § 12; 1937 c 187 § 64; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 6450-64.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.270 - Streets—Records of funds received and used for construction, repair, maintenance.

RCW 35.21.270
Streets—Records of funds received and used for construction, repair, maintenance.
The city engineer or the city clerk of each city or town shall maintain records of the receipt and expenditure of all moneys used for construction, repair, or maintenance of streets and arterial highways.
To assist in maintaining uniformity in such records, the state auditor, with the advice and assistance of the department of transportation, shall prescribe forms and types of records to be so maintained.
[ 1995 c 301 § 35; 1984 c 7 § 20; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.270. Prior: 1949 c 164 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9300-5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.275 - Street improvements—Provision of supplies or materials.

RCW 35.21.275
Street improvements—Provision of supplies or materials.
Any city or town may assist a street abutter in improving the street serving the abutter's premises by providing asphalt, concrete, or other supplies or materials. The furnishing of supplies or materials or paying to the abutter the cost thereof and the providing of municipal inspectors and other incidental personnel shall not render the street improvements a public work or improvement subject to competitive bidding. The legislative authority of such city or town shall approve any such assistance at a public meeting and shall maintain a public register of any such assistance setting forth the value, nature, purpose, date and location of the assistance and the name of the beneficiary.
[ 1983 c 103 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.280 - Tax on admissions—Exceptions.

RCW 35.21.280
Tax on admissions—Exceptions.
(1) Every city and town may levy and fix a tax of not more than one cent on twenty cents or fraction thereof to be paid by the person who pays an admission charge to any place: PROVIDED, No city or town shall impose such tax on persons paying an admission to any activity of any elementary or secondary school or any public facility of a public facility district under chapter 35.57 or 36.100 RCW for which a tax is imposed under RCW 35.57.100 or 36.100.210, except the city or town may impose a tax on persons paying an admission to any activity of such public facility if the city or town uses the admission tax revenue it collects on the admission charges to that public facility for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, or enhancement of that public facility or to develop, support, operate, or enhance programs in that public facility.
(2) Tax authorization under this section includes a tax on persons who are admitted free of charge or at reduced rates to any place for which other persons pay a charge or a regular higher charge for the same privileges or accommodations. A city that is located in a county with a population of one million or more may not levy a tax on events in stadia constructed on or after January 1, 1995, that are owned by a public facilities district under chapter 36.100 RCW and that have seating capacities over forty thousand. The city or town may require anyone who receives payment for an admission charge to collect and remit the tax to the city or town.
(3) The term "admission charge" includes:
(a) A charge made for season tickets or subscriptions;
(b) A cover charge, or a charge made for use of seats and tables reserved or otherwise, and other similar accommodations;
(c) A charge made for food and refreshment in any place where free entertainment, recreation or amusement is provided;
(d) A charge made for rental or use of equipment or facilities for purposes of recreation or amusement; if the rental of the equipment or facilities is necessary to the enjoyment of a privilege for which a general admission is charged, the combined charges shall be considered as the admission charge;
(e) Automobile parking charges if the amount of the charge is determined according to the number of passengers in the automobile.
[ 2002 c 363 § 5; 1999 c 165 § 19; 1995 3rd sp.s. c 1 § 202; 1995 1st sp.s. c 14 § 8; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.280. Prior: 1957 c 126 § 1; 1951 c 35 § 1; 1943 c 80 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 8370-44a.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—Effective date—1995 3rd sp.s. c 1: See notes following RCW 82.14.0485.
Severability—Effective dates—1995 1st sp.s. c 14: See notes following RCW 36.100.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.290 - Utility services—Lien for—Emergency declaration.

RCW 35.21.290
Utility services—Lien for—Emergency declaration.
(1) Except as provided in RCW 35.21.217(4) and in subsection (2) of this section, cities and towns owning their own waterworks, or electric light or power plants shall have a lien against the premises to which water, electric light, or power services were furnished for four months charges therefor due or to become due, but not for any charges more than four months past due.
(2) The lien provided for in subsection (1) of this section may apply to charges more than four months past due, if the city or town has been unable to pursue collection or a lien against the premises to which water, electric light, or power services were furnished due to an emergency declaration by the governor. A lien may be imposed after the expiration of the emergency declaration that prevented collection. The period in which the lien may be imposed is the later of:
(a) Three months from the expiration of the emergency declaration preventing collection or a lien; or
(b) Three months of the ratepayer's failure to abide by the terms of an agreed payment plan, if the payment plan for past due charges would have allowed the ratepayer to repay the past due charges over a period of six months or more.
[ 2021 c 296 § 15; 2010 c 135 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.290. Prior: 1933 c 135 § 1; 1909 c 161 § 1; RRS § 9471.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—Effective date—2021 c 296: See notes following RCW 82.14.310.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.305 - Utility connection charges—Waiver for low-income persons.

RCW 35.21.305
Utility connection charges—Waiver for low-income persons.
A city or town, including a code city, that owns or operates an electric or gas utility may waive connection charges for properties purchased by low-income persons from organizations exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code as amended prior to July 23, 1995. Waivers of connection charges for the same class of electric or gas utility service must be uniformly applied to all qualified property. Nothing in this section authorizes the impairment of a contract.
[ 1995 c 140 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.310 - Removal of overhanging or obstructing vegetation—Removal, destroying debris.

RCW 35.21.310
Removal of overhanging or obstructing vegetation—Removal, destroying debris.
Any city or town may by general ordinance require the owner of any property therein to remove or destroy all trees, plants, shrubs or vegetation, or parts thereof, which overhang any sidewalk or street or which are growing thereon in such manner as to obstruct or impair the free and full use of the sidewalk or street by the public; and may further so require the owner of any property therein to remove or destroy all grass, weeds, shrubs, bushes, trees or vegetation growing or which has grown and died, and to remove or destroy all debris, upon property owned or occupied by them and which are a fire hazard or a menace to public health, safety or welfare. The ordinance shall require the proceedings therefor to be initiated by a resolution of the governing body of the city or town, adopted after not less than five days' notice to the owner, which shall describe the property involved and the hazardous condition, and require the owner to make such removal or destruction after notice given as required by said ordinance. The ordinance may provide that if such removal or destruction is not made by the owner after notice given as required by the ordinance in any of the above cases, that the city or town will cause the removal or destruction thereof and may also provide that the cost to the city or town shall become a charge against the owner of the property and a lien against the property. Notice of the lien herein authorized shall as nearly as practicable be in substantially the same form, filed with the same officer within the same time and manner, and enforced and foreclosed as is provided by law for liens for labor and materials.
The provisions of this section are supplemental and additional to any other powers granted or held by any city or town on the same or a similar subject.
[ 1969 c 20 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.310. Prior: 1949 c 113 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9213-10.]
NOTES:
Weeds, duty of city or town, extermination areas: RCW 17.04.160.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.21 - Miscellaneous Provisions. › 35.21.315 - Amateur radio antennas—Local regulation to conform with federal law.

RCW 35.21.315
Amateur radio antennas—Local regulation to conform with federal law.
No city or town shall enact or enforce an ordinance or regulation that fails to conform to the limited preemption entitled "Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC 2nd 952 (1985)" issued by the federal communications commission. An ordinance or regulation adopted by a city or town with respect to amateur radio antennas shall conform to the limited federal preemption, that states local regulations that involve placement, screening, or height of antennas based on health, safety, or aesthetic considerations must be crafted to reasonably accommodate amateur communications, and to represent the minimal practicable regulation to accomplish the local authority's legitimate purpose.
[ 1994 c 50 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1994 c 50: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [March 23, 1994]." [ 1994 c 50 § 4.]