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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.84 - Utility and Other Services Beyond City Limits. › 35.84.010 - Electric energy—Sale of—Purchase.

RCW 35.84.010
Electric energy—Sale of—Purchase.
Every city or town owning its own electric power and light plant, shall have the right to sell and dispose of electric energy to any other city or town, public utility district, governmental agency, or municipal corporation, mutual association, or to any person, firm, or corporation, inside or outside its corporate limits, and to purchase electric energy therefrom.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.84.010. Prior: 1933 c 51 § 1; RRS § 9209-1.]
NOTES:
Reduced utility rates for low-income senior citizens and other low-income citizens: RCW 74.38.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.84 - Utility and Other Services Beyond City Limits. › 35.84.020 - Electric energy facilities—Right to acquire.

RCW 35.84.020
Electric energy facilities—Right to acquire.
Every city or town owning its own electric power and light plant may acquire, construct, purchase, condemn and purchase, own, operate, control, add to and maintain lands, easements, rights-of-way, franchises, distribution systems, substations, inter-tie or transmission lines, to enable it to use, purchase, sell, and dispose of electric energy inside or outside its corporate limits, or to connect its electric plant with any other electric plant or system, or to connect parts of its own electric system.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.84.020. Prior: 1933 c 51 § 2; RRS § 9209-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.84 - Utility and Other Services Beyond City Limits. › 35.84.030 - Limitation on right of eminent domain.

RCW 35.84.030
Limitation on right of eminent domain.
Every city or town owning its own electric power and light plant may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by law for the condemnation of private property for any of the corporate uses or purposes of the city or town: PROVIDED, That no city or town shall acquire, by purchase or condemnation, any publicly or privately owned electric power and light plant or electric system located in any other city or town except with the approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the city or town in which the property to be acquired is situated; nor shall any city or town acquire by condemnation the electric power and light plant or electric system, or any part thereof, belonging to or owned or operated by any municipal corporation, mutual, nonprofit, or cooperative association or organization, or by a public utility district.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.84.030. Prior: 1933 c 51 § 3; RRS § 9209-3.]
NOTES:
Eminent domain by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.84 - Utility and Other Services Beyond City Limits. › 35.84.040 - Fire apparatus—Use beyond city limits.

RCW 35.84.040
Fire apparatus—Use beyond city limits.
Every municipal corporation which owns, operates, or maintains fire apparatus and equipment may permit, under conditions prescribed by the governing body of such corporation, such equipment and the personnel operating the same to go outside of the corporate limits of such municipality for the purpose of extinguishing or aiding in the extinguishing or control of fires. Any use made of such equipment or personnel under the authority of this section shall be deemed an exercise of a governmental function of such municipal corporation.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.84.040. Prior: 1941 c 96 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9213-9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.84 - Utility and Other Services Beyond City Limits. › 35.84.050 - Firefighter injured outside corporate limits.

RCW 35.84.050
Firefighter injured outside corporate limits.
Whenever a firefighter engages in any duty outside the limits of such municipality, such duty shall be considered as part of his or her duty as firefighter for the municipality, and a firefighter who is injured while engaged in such duties outside the limits of the municipality shall be entitled to the same benefits that he or she or his or her family would be entitled to receive had he or she been injured within the municipality.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2127; 1965 c 7 § 35.84.050. Prior: 1941 c 96 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9563-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.84 - Utility and Other Services Beyond City Limits. › 35.84.060 - Street railway extensions.

RCW 35.84.060
Street railway extensions.
Every municipal corporation which owns or operates an urban public transportation system as defined in RCW 47.04.082 within its corporate limits may acquire, construct, extend, own, or operate such urban public transportation system to any point or points not to exceed fifteen miles outside of its corporate limits: PROVIDED, That no municipal corporation shall extend its urban public transportation system beyond its corporate limits to operate in any territory already served by a privately operated auto transportation company holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the utilities and transportation commission.
As a condition of receiving state funding, the municipal corporation shall submit a maintenance management plan for certification by the transportation commission or its successor entity. The plan must inventory all transportation system assets within the direction and control of the municipality, and provide a preservation plan based on lowest life-cycle cost methodologies.
[ 2003 c 363 § 302; 1969 ex.s. c 281 § 26; 1965 c 7 § 35.84.060. Prior: 1919 c 138 § 1; 1917 c 59 § 1; RRS § 9213.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2003 c 363: "The legislature finds that roads, streets, bridges, and highways in the state represent public assets worth over one hundred billion dollars. These investments require regular maintenance and preservation, or rehabilitation, to provide cost-effective transportation services. Many of these facilities are in poor condition. Given the magnitude of public investment and the importance of safe, reliable roadways to the motoring public, the legislature intends to create stronger accountability to ensure that cost-effective maintenance and preservation is provided for these transportation facilities." [ 2003 c 363 § 301.]
Part headings not law—Severability—2003 c 363: See notes following RCW 47.28.241.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.85 - Viaducts, Elevated Roadways, Tunnels and Subways. › 35.85.010 - Authority to construct viaducts, bridges, elevated roadways, etc.

RCW 35.85.010
Authority to construct viaducts, bridges, elevated roadways, etc.
Any city of the first class shall have power to provide for the construction, maintenance and operation upon public streets and upon the extensions and connections thereof over intervening tidelands to and across any harbor reserves, waterways, canals, rivers, natural watercourses and other channels, any bridges, drawbridges, viaducts, elevated roadways and tunnels or any combination thereof together with all necessary approaches thereto, with or without street railway tracks thereon or therein, and to make any and all necessary cuts, fills, or other construction, upon, in, or along such streets and approaches as a part of any such improvement, and to order any and all work to be done which shall be necessary to complete any such improvement. The word "approaches" as used in this section shall include any arterial highway or highways or streets connecting with any such bridge, drawbridge, viaduct, elevated roadway or tunnel, or combination thereof, which are necessary to give convenient access thereto or therefrom from any portion of the improvement district which may be specially benefited by such improvement and which is liable to assessment for such improvement.
Whenever it is desired to pay the whole or any portion of the cost and expense of any such improvement by special assessments, the council or other legislative body of such city shall in the ordinance ordering such improvement fix and establish the boundaries of the improvement district, the property within which is to bear such assessment, which district shall include as near as may be, all the property specially benefited by such improvement.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.85.010. Prior: 1911 c 103 § 1; 1909 ex.s. c 14 § 1; RRS § 9001.]
NOTES:
First-class cities, generally: Chapter 35.22 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.85 - Viaducts, Elevated Roadways, Tunnels and Subways. › 35.85.030 - Limit of assessment—Lien—Priority.

RCW 35.85.030
Limit of assessment—Lien—Priority.
The city council may prescribe by general ordinance, the mode and manner in which the charge upon property in such local improvement district shall be assessed and determined for the purpose of paying the cost and expense of establishing and constructing such improvement: PROVIDED, That no assessment shall be levied on any such district, the aggregate of which is a greater sum than twenty-five percent of the assessed value of all the real property in such district according to the last equalized assessment thereof for general taxation: PROVIDED FURTHER, That there shall be, in all cases, an opportunity for a hearing upon objections to the assessment roll by the parties affected thereby, before the council as a board of equalization, which hearing shall be after publication of a reasonable notice thereof, such notice to be published in such manner and for such time as may be prescribed by ordinance. At such hearing, or at legal adjournments thereof, such changes may be made in the assessment roll as the city council may find necessary to make the same just and equitable. Railroad rights-of-way shall be assessed for such benefits as shall inure or accrue to the owners, lessees, or operators of the same, resulting or to result from the construction and maintenance of any such improvement, whether such rights-of-way lie within the limits of any street or highway or not; such assessment to lie against the franchise rights when such right-of-way is within such street or highway.
When the assessment roll has been finally confirmed by the city council, the charges therein made shall be and become a lien against the property or franchise therein described, paramount to all other liens (except liens for assessments and taxes) upon the property assessed from the time the assessment roll shall be placed in the hands of the collector.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.85.030. Prior: 1909 ex.s. c 14 § 3; RRS § 9003.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.85 - Viaducts, Elevated Roadways, Tunnels and Subways. › 35.85.040 - Operation by city—Leases—Use of income.

RCW 35.85.040
Operation by city—Leases—Use of income.
As a part of the original construction of any improvement herein authorized, or afterward as an alteration or renewal thereof, any such city, notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, may, at its own cost, construct, maintain and operate street railway tracks in the roadway thereof, and may provide electric power for the propulsion of cars, and may lease the use of such tracks and power for the operation of streetcars or interurban railways; or such city may authorize any operator of the street or interurban railways to construct and furnish such street railway tracks and electric power and use the same for street or interurban purposes, under lease or franchise ordinance: PROVIDED, That no such lease or franchise shall be exclusive, but shall at all times reserve the right to the city to permit other lines of street or interurban railway to use such street railway tracks in common with any preceding lessee or grantee, upon equal terms. The rate of lease or use of such street railway tracks for streets or interurban cars shall be as fixed by the legislative authority of the city, but shall not be less than one mill for each passenger carried, or ten cents for each freight car moved over such improvement. The income from such charges, rental and leasing shall be used wholly for the maintenance, repair and betterment of said improvement and the extinguishment of any debt incurred by the city in constructing it.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.85.040. Prior: 1909 ex.s. c 14 § 4; RRS § 9004.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.85 - Viaducts, Elevated Roadways, Tunnels and Subways. › 35.85.050 - Authority to construct tunnels and subways.

RCW 35.85.050
Authority to construct tunnels and subways.
Any city of the first class shall have power to provide for the construction, maintenance and operation within such city of tunnels, subways, or both, with or without roadways, sidewalks, street railway tracks or any combination thereof therein, together with all necessary approaches thereto; and to order any and all work to be done which shall be necessary to complete any such improvement. The word "approaches," as used in this section, shall include any arterial highway or highways or streets connecting with any such tunnel or subway which may be necessary to give convenient access thereto or therefrom from any portion of the improvement district which may be specially benefited by such improvement, and which is liable to assessment for such improvement.
Whenever it is desired to pay the whole or any portion of the cost and expense of any such improvement by special assessments, the council or other legislative body of such city shall, in the ordinance ordering such improvement, fix and establish the boundaries of the improvement district, the property in which is to bear such assessment, which district shall include as near as may be all the property specially benefited by such improvement.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.85.050. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 168 § 1; RRS § 9005-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.85 - Viaducts, Elevated Roadways, Tunnels and Subways. › 35.85.060 - Procedure.

RCW 35.85.060
Procedure.
Any such improvement may be initiated and assessments therefor determined and levied as prescribed in RCW 35.85.020 to 35.85.040, inclusive.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.85.060. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 168 § 2; RRS § 9005-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.85 - Viaducts, Elevated Roadways, Tunnels and Subways. › 35.85.070 - Assessments—Bonds.

RCW 35.85.070
Assessments—Bonds.
Any assessments so levied shall be collected, and bonds may be issued for the payment of the whole or any part of the cost of such improvement, in the manner now or hereafter provided for the collection of assessments and the issuance of bonds for other local improvements.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.85.070. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 168 § 3; RRS § 9005-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.85 - Viaducts, Elevated Roadways, Tunnels and Subways. › 35.85.080 - Construction of chapter.

RCW 35.85.080
Construction of chapter.
The provisions and remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative of existing provisions and remedies, and nothing herein contained shall be held to repeal any provision of the existing law or of any charter of any city upon the subject matter thereof, but such existing law or charter provision shall continue in full force and effect, and it shall be optional with the city authorities to proceed under either such existing law, charter provision or this chapter.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.85.080. Prior: (i) 1909 ex.s. c 14 § 5; RRS § 9005. (ii) 1925 ex.s. c 168 § 4; RRS § 9005-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86 - Off-Street Parking Facilities. › 35.86.010 - Space and facilities authorized.

RCW 35.86.010
Space and facilities authorized.
Cities of the first and second classes are authorized to provide off-street parking space and facilities located on land dedicated for park or civic center purposes, or on other municipally-owned land where the primary purpose of such off-street parking facility is to provide parking for persons who use such park or civic center facilities. In addition a city may own other off-street parking facilities and operate them in accordance with RCW 35.86A.120.
[ 1997 c 361 § 16; 1975 1st ex.s. c 221 § 1; 1967 ex.s. c 144 § 13; 1965 c 7 § 35.86.010. Prior: 1961 c 186 § 1; 1959 c 302 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1975 1st ex.s. c 221: "If any provision of this 1975 amendatory 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." [ 1975 1st ex.s. c 221 § 5.]
Severability—1967 ex.s. c 144: See note following RCW 36.900.030.
Off-street parking space and facilities in towns: RCW 35.27.550 through 35.27.600.
Public parks in or beneath off-street parking space or facilities—Revenue bond financing—Special funds—Use of off-street and on-street parking revenues: RCW 35.41.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86 - Off-Street Parking Facilities. › 35.86.020 - Financing.

RCW 35.86.020
Financing.
In order to provide for off-street parking space and/or facilities, such cities are authorized, in addition to the powers already possessed by them for financing public improvements, to finance their acquisition and construction through the issuance and sale of revenue bonds or general obligation bonds or both. Any bonds issued by such cities pursuant to this section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the Constitution and the laws of this state.
In addition local improvement districts may be created and their financing procedures used for this purpose in accordance with the provisions of Title 35 RCW as now or hereafter amended.
Such cities may authorize and finance the economic and physical surveys and plans, acquisition and construction, for off-street parking spaces and facilities, and the maintenance and management of such off-street parking spaces and facilities either within their general budget or by issuing revenue bonds or general obligation bonds or both.
General obligation bonds issued hereunder may additionally be made payable from any otherwise unpledged revenue, fees or charges which may be derived from the ownership, operation, lease or license of off-street parking space or facilities or which may be derived from the license of on-street parking space.
Such cities may, in addition to utilizing the pledging revenues from off-street parking spaces and facilities, utilize and pledge revenues from on-street parking meters in exercising any of the powers provided by this chapter, including the financing of economic and physical surveys and plans, acquisition, and construction, for off-street parking facilities, the maintenance and management thereof, and for the payment of debt service of revenue bonds issued therefor.
In the event revenue bonds are issued, such cities are authorized to make such covenants pertaining to the continued maintenance of on-street and/or off-street parking spaces and facilities and the fixing of rates and charges for the use thereof as are deemed necessary to effectuate the sale of such revenue bonds.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 14; 1967 ex.s. c 144 § 14; 1965 c 7 § 35.86.020. Prior: 1961 c 186 § 2; 1959 c 302 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 204: See note following RCW 35.86A.010.
Severability—1967 ex.s. c 144: See note following RCW 36.900.030.
Public parks in or beneath off-street parking space or facilities—Revenue bond financing—Special funds—Use of off-street and on-street parking revenues: RCW 35.41.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86 - Off-Street Parking Facilities. › 35.86.030 - Acquisition and disposition of real property.

RCW 35.86.030
Acquisition and disposition of real property.
(1) Such cities are authorized to obtain by lease, purchase, donation and/or gift, or by eminent domain in the manner provided by law for the exercise of this power by cities, such real property for off-street parking as the legislative bodies thereof determine to be necessary by ordinance.
(2) Such property or any fraction or fractions thereof may be sold, transferred, exchanged, leased, or otherwise disposed of by the city when one or more of the following conditions have been satisfied:
(a) When its legislative body has determined by ordinance such property or fraction or fractions thereof is no longer necessary for off-street parking purposes;
(b) When all bonds or financing contracts issued for the acquisition or construction have been paid in full. The proceeds from the sale, transfer, exchange, or lease of the property may be applied to the remaining balance of the bonds or financing contract in order to satisfy the requirement that the property bonds or financing contract be paid in full; or
(c) When the properties within any local improvement district created for the acquisition or construction of the off-street parking facilities are no longer subject to any assessment for such purpose.
(3) If the legislative body determines that all or a portion of the property that is being disposed of in accordance with subsection (2) of this section was acquired through condemnation or eminent domain, the former owner has the right to repurchase as described in this subsection. For the purposes of this subsection, "former owner" means the person or entity from whom the legislative body acquired title. At least ninety days prior to the date on which the property is intended to be sold by the legislative body, the legislative body must mail notice of the planned sale to the former owner of the property at the former owner's last known address or to a forwarding address if that owner has provided the legislative body with a forwarding address. If the former owner of the property's last known address, or forwarding address if the forwarding address has been provided, is no longer the former owner of the property's address, the right of repurchase is extinguished. If the former owner notifies the legislative body within thirty days of the date of the notice that the former owner intends to repurchase the property, the legislative body shall proceed with the sale of the property to the former owner for fair market value and shall not list the property for sale to other owners. If the former owner does not provide timely written notice to the legislative body of the intent to exercise a repurchase right, or if the sale to the former owner is not completed within six months of the date of notice that the former owner intends to repurchase the property, the right of repurchase is extinguished.
[ 2019 c 254 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.86.030. Prior: 1961 c 186 § 3; 1959 c 302 § 3.]
NOTES:
Eminent domain by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86 - Off-Street Parking Facilities. › 35.86.040 - Operation—Leasing.

RCW 35.86.040
Operation—Leasing.
Such cities are authorized to establish the method of operation of off-street parking space and/or facilities by ordinance, which may include leasing or municipal operation.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 221 § 2; 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 13; 1965 c 7 § 35.86.040. Prior: 1959 c 302 § 4.]
NOTES:
Severability—1975 1st ex.s. c 221: See note following RCW 35.86.010.
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 204: See note following RCW 35.86A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86 - Off-Street Parking Facilities. › 35.86.050 - Procedure to establish—Plan, surveys, hearings.

RCW 35.86.050
Procedure to establish—Plan, surveys, hearings.
In the establishment of off-street parking space and/or facilities, cities shall proceed with the development of the plan therefor by making such economic and physical surveys as are necessary, shall prepare comprehensive plans therefor, and shall hold a public hearing thereon prior to the adoption of any ordinances relating to the leasing or acquisition of property and providing for the financing thereof for this purpose.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.86.050. Prior: 1959 c 302 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86 - Off-Street Parking Facilities. › 35.86.060 - Maximum parking fee schedule.

RCW 35.86.060
Maximum parking fee schedule.
The lease referred to in RCW 35.86.040 shall specify a schedule of maximum parking fees which the operator may charge. This maximum parking fee schedule may be modified from time to time by agreement of the city and the operator.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.86.060. Prior: 1959 c 302 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86 - Off-Street Parking Facilities. › 35.86.080 - Leasing for store space in lieu of undesirable off-street parking facility.

RCW 35.86.080
Leasing for store space in lieu of undesirable off-street parking facility.
Cities are expressly authorized to lease space which would otherwise be wasted in an off-street parking facility for store space, both for the enhancement of civic beauty and aesthetic values and for revenue which such leasing can provide.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.86.080. Prior: 1961 c 186 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86 - Off-Street Parking Facilities. › 35.86.910 - Chapter prevails over inconsistent laws.

RCW 35.86.910
Chapter prevails over inconsistent laws.
Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.86.910. Prior: 1959 c 302 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86A - Off-Street Parking—Parking Commissions. › 35.86A.020 - Authority of cities of first and second class to establish parking facilities through parking commissions.

RCW 35.86A.020
Authority of cities of first and second class to establish parking facilities through parking commissions.
Cities of the first and second class are authorized and empowered to establish and maintain public off-street parking facilities through a parking commission; the use of property and property rights for such purpose is declared to be a public use; and parking facilities under the control of such parking commission shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1994 c 81 § 64; 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86A - Off-Street Parking—Parking Commissions. › 35.86A.030 - Definitions.

RCW 35.86A.030
Definitions.
(1) "Parking facilities" means lots, garages, parking terminals, buildings and structures and accommodations for parking of motor vehicles off the street or highway, open to public use, with or without charge.
(2) "Parking commission" shall mean the department or agency created by the legislative authority of the municipality as hereinafter provided.
(3) "City council" shall mean the city council or legislative authority of the municipality.
(4) "Mayor" shall mean the chief executive officer of the municipality.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86A - Off-Street Parking—Parking Commissions. › 35.86A.040 - Ownership, control, and use of parking facilities.

RCW 35.86A.040
Ownership, control, and use of parking facilities.
Parking facilities established pursuant to this chapter shall be owned by the city, under the control of the parking commission (unless relinquished), and for the use of the public. The provisions of chapter 35.86 RCW as now or hereafter amended shall not apply to such parking facilities or other facilities under parking commission control.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86A - Off-Street Parking—Parking Commissions. › 35.86A.050 - Parking commission—Creation authorized—Purpose—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Expenses.

RCW 35.86A.050
Parking commission—Creation authorized—Purpose—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Expenses.
Any city of the first or second class may by ordinance create a parking commission for the purpose of establishing and operating off-street parking facilities.
Such parking commission shall consist of five members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council, who shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses. One member of the parking commission shall be selected from among persons actively engaged in the private parking industry, if available.
Three of those first appointed shall be designated to serve for one, two, and three years respectively, and two shall be designated to serve four years. The terms for all subsequently appointed members shall be four years. In event of any vacancy, the mayor, subject to confirmation of the city council, shall make appointments to fill the unexpired portion of the term.
A member may be reappointed, and shall hold office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. Members may be removed by the mayor upon consent of the city council.
[ 1994 c 81 § 65; 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86A - Off-Street Parking—Parking Commissions. › 35.86A.060 - Parking commission—Chair—Rules—Resolutions.

RCW 35.86A.060
Parking commission—Chair—Rules—Resolutions.
The parking commission shall select from its members a chair, and may establish its own rules, regulations and procedures not inconsistent with this chapter. No resolution shall be adopted by the parking commission except upon the concurrence of at least three members.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2128; 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86A - Off-Street Parking—Parking Commissions. › 35.86A.090 - Powers of cities.

RCW 35.86A.090
Powers of cities.
The city may:
(1) Transfer control of off-street parking facilities under other departments to the parking commission under such conditions as deemed appropriate;
(2) Issue revenue bonds pursuant to chapter 35.41 RCW, and RCW * 35.24.305, and 35.81.100 as now or hereafter amended, and such other statutes as may authorize such bonds for parking facilities authorized herein;
(3) Issue general obligation bonds pursuant to chapters 39.44, 39.52 RCW, and RCW 35.81.115 as now or hereafter amended, and such other statutes and applicable provisions of the state Constitution that may authorize such bonds for parking facilities authorized herein;
(4) Appropriate funds for the parking commission; and
(5) Enact such ordinances as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, notwithstanding any charter provisions to the contrary.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 9.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 35.24.305 was recodified as RCW 35.23.454 pursuant to 1994 c 81 § 90.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86A - Off-Street Parking—Parking Commissions. › 35.86A.100 - Disposition of revenues—Expenditure procedure.

RCW 35.86A.100
Disposition of revenues—Expenditure procedure.
All revenues received shall be paid to the municipal treasurer for the credit of the general fund, or such other funds as may be provided by ordinance.
Expenditures of the parking commission shall be made in accordance with the budget adopted by the municipality pursuant to chapter 35.32A RCW.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86A - Off-Street Parking—Parking Commissions. › 35.86A.110 - Excise tax to reimburse taxing authorities for loss of property tax revenue.

RCW 35.86A.110
Excise tax to reimburse taxing authorities for loss of property tax revenue.
Such cities shall pay to the county treasurer an annual excise tax equal to the amount which would be paid upon real property devoted to the purpose of off-street parking, were it in private ownership. This section shall apply to parking facilities acquired and/or operated under this chapter. The proceeds of such excise tax shall be allocated by the county treasurer to the various taxing authorities in which such property is situated, in the same manner as though the property were in private ownership.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.86A - Off-Street Parking—Parking Commissions. › 35.86A.120 - Operation of parking facilities—Bid requirements and procedure.

RCW 35.86A.120
Operation of parking facilities—Bid requirements and procedure.
Except for off-street parking facilities situated on real property leased or rented to a city and not used for park and civic center parking, cities may operate off-street parking facilities with city forces. Leased or rented off-street parking facilities shall be operated by responsible, experienced private operators of such facilities. The call for bids shall specify the terms and conditions under which the facility will be leased for private operation. The call for bids shall specify the time and place at which the bids will be received and the time and when the same will be opened, and such call shall be advertised once a week for two successive weeks before the time fixed for the filing of bids in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. If no bid is received for the operation of such an off-street parking facility, or if the bids received are not satisfactory, the legislative body of the city may reject such bids and shall readvertise the facility for lease. In the event that no bids or no satisfactory bids shall have been received following the second advertising, the city may negotiate with a private operator for the operation of the facility without competitive bidding. In the event the city shall be unable to negotiate for satisfactory private operation within a reasonable time, the city may operate the facility for a period not to exceed three years, at which time it shall readvertise as provided above in this section.
[ 1980 c 127 § 2; 1975 1st ex.s. c 221 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 204 § 12.]
NOTES:
Severability—1975 1st ex.s. c 221: See note following RCW 35.86.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.020 - Definitions.

RCW 35.87A.020
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Business" means all types of business, including professions.
(2) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority of any city or town including unclassified cities or towns operating under special charters or the legislative authority of any county.
(3) "Lodging business" means a person that furnishes lodging taxable by the state under chapter 82.08 RCW.
(4) "Multifamily residential or mixed-use project" means any building or buildings containing four or more residential units or a combination of residential and commercial units, whether title to the entire property is held in single or undivided ownership or title to individual units is held by owners who also, directly or indirectly through an association, own real property in common with the other unit owners.
(5) "Residential operator" means the owner or operator of a multifamily residential or mixed-use project if title is held in single or undivided ownership, or, if title is held in a form of common interest ownership, the association of unit owners, condominium association, homeowners' association, property owners' association, or residential cooperative corporation.
[ 2021 c 225 § 2; 1993 c 429 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 2.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application—Effective date—2021 c 225: See notes following RCW 35.87A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.030 - Initiation petition or resolution—Contents.

RCW 35.87A.030
Initiation petition or resolution—Contents.
For the purpose of establishing a parking and business improvement area, an initiation petition may be presented to the legislative authority having jurisdiction of the area in which the proposed parking and business improvement area is to be located or the legislative authority may by resolution initiate a parking and business improvement area. The initiation petition or resolution shall contain the following:
(1) A description of the boundaries of the proposed area;
(2) The proposed uses and projects to which the proposed special assessment revenues shall be put and the total estimated cost thereof;
(3) The estimated rate of levy of special assessment with a proposed breakdown by class of business and multifamily residential or mixed-use project if such classification is to be used.
The initiating petition shall also contain the signatures of the persons who operate businesses and residential operators in the proposed area which would pay fifty percent of the proposed special assessments.
[ 1993 c 429 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.040 - Resolution of intention to establish—Contents—Hearing.

RCW 35.87A.040
Resolution of intention to establish—Contents—Hearing.
The legislative authority, after receiving a valid initiation petition or after passage of an initiation resolution, shall adopt a resolution of intention to establish an area. The resolution shall state the time and place of a hearing to be held by the legislative authority to consider establishment of an area and shall restate all the information contained in the initiation petition or initiation resolution regarding boundaries, projects and uses, and estimated rates of assessment.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.050 - Notice of hearing.

RCW 35.87A.050
Notice of hearing.
Notice of a hearing held under the provisions of this chapter shall be given by:
(1) One publication of the resolution of intention in a newspaper of general circulation in the city; and
(2) Mailing a complete copy of the resolution of intention to each business and multifamily residential or mixed-use project in the proposed, or established, area. Publication and mailing shall be completed at least ten days prior to the time of the hearing.
[ 1993 c 429 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.060 - Hearings.

RCW 35.87A.060
Hearings.
Whenever a hearing is held under this chapter, the legislative authority shall hear all protests and receive evidence for or against the proposed action. The legislative authority may continue the hearing from time to time. Proceedings shall terminate if protest is made by businesses and residential operators in the proposed area which would pay a majority of the proposed special assessments.
[ 1993 c 429 § 5; 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.070 - Change of boundaries.

RCW 35.87A.070
Change of boundaries.
If the legislative authority decides to change the boundaries of the proposed area, the hearing shall be continued to a time at least fifteen days after such decision and notice shall be given as prescribed in RCW 35.87A.050, showing the boundary amendments, but no resolution of intention is required.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.075 - Modification of boundaries.

RCW 35.87A.075
Modification of boundaries.
(1) The legislative authority may modify the boundaries of a parking and business improvement area by ordinance, adopted after a hearing before the legislative authority. The legislative authority may modify an area either by expanding or reducing the existing boundaries. If the modification to the boundaries is to expand existing boundaries, the expansion area must be adjacent to an existing boundary. A modification to an existing boundary may occur no more than once per year and may not affect an area with a projected assessment fee greater than ten percent of the current assessment role for the existing area. If the modification of an area results in the boundary being expanded, the assessments for the new area shall be established pursuant to RCW 35.87A.080 and 35.87A.090 and any other applicable provision of this chapter.
(2) The legislative authority shall adopt a resolution of intention to modify the boundaries of an area at least fifteen days prior to the hearing required in subsection (1) of this section. The resolution shall specify the proposed modification and shall give the time and place of the hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be made in accordance with RCW 35.87A.050.
[ 2002 c 69 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.080 - Special assessments—Legislative authority may make reasonable classifications—Assessments for separate purposes.

RCW 35.87A.080
Special assessments—Legislative authority may make reasonable classifications—Assessments for separate purposes.
For purposes of the special assessments to be imposed pursuant to this chapter, the legislative authority may make a reasonable classification of businesses and multifamily residential or mixed-use projects, giving consideration to various factors such as business and occupation taxes imposed, square footage of the business, number of employees, gross sales, or any other reasonable factor relating to the benefit received, including the degree of benefit received from parking. Whenever it is proposed that a parking and business improvement area provide more than one of the purposes listed in RCW 35.87A.010, special assessments may be imposed in a manner that measures benefit from each of the separate purposes, or any combination of the separate purposes. Special assessments shall be imposed and collected annually, or on another basis specified in the ordinance establishing the parking and business improvement area.
[ 1993 c 429 § 6; 1985 c 128 § 2; 1981 c 279 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.090 - Special assessments—Same basis or rate for classes not required—Factors as to parking facilities.

RCW 35.87A.090
Special assessments—Same basis or rate for classes not required—Factors as to parking facilities.
The special assessments need not be imposed on different classes of business and multifamily residential or mixed-use projects, as determined pursuant to RCW 35.87A.080, on the same basis or the same rate. The special assessments imposed for the purpose of the acquisition, construction or maintenance of parking facilities for the benefit of the area shall be imposed on the basis of benefit determined by the legislative authority after giving consideration to the total cost to be recovered from the businesses and multifamily residential or mixed-use projects upon which the special assessment is to be imposed, the total area within the boundaries of the parking and business improvement area, the assessed value of the land and improvements within the area, the total business volume generated within the area and within each business, and such other factors as the legislative authority may find and determine to be a reasonable measure of such benefit.
[ 1993 c 429 § 7; 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.100 - Ordinance to establish—Adoption—Contents.

RCW 35.87A.100
Ordinance to establish—Adoption—Contents.
If the legislative authority, following the hearing, decides to establish the proposed area, it shall adopt an ordinance to that effect. This ordinance shall contain the following information:
(1) The number, date and title of the resolution of intention pursuant to which it was adopted;
(2) The time and place the hearing was held concerning the formation of such area;
(3) The description of the boundaries of such area;
(4) A statement that the businesses and multifamily residential or mixed-use projects in the area established by the ordinance shall be subject to the provisions of the special assessments authorized by RCW 35.87A.010;
(5) The initial or additional rate or levy of special assessment to be imposed with a breakdown by classification of business and multifamily residential or mixed-use project, if such classification is used; and
(6) A statement that a parking and business improvement area has been established.
(7) The uses to which the special assessment revenue shall be put. Uses shall conform to the uses as declared in the initiation petition presented pursuant to RCW 35.87A.030.
[ 1993 c 429 § 8; 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.110 - Use of revenue—Contracts to administer operation of area.

RCW 35.87A.110
Use of revenue—Contracts to administer operation of area.
The legislative authority of each city or town or county shall have sole discretion as to how the revenue derived from the special assessments is to be used within the scope of the purposes; however, the legislative authority may appoint existing advisory boards or commissions to make recommendations as to its use, or the legislative authority may create a new advisory board or commission for the purpose.
The legislative authority may contract with a chamber of commerce or other similar business association operating primarily within the boundaries of the legislative authority to administer the operation of a parking and business improvement area, including any funds derived pursuant thereto: PROVIDED, That such administration must comply with all applicable provisions of law including this chapter, with all county, city, or town resolutions and ordinances, and with all regulations lawfully imposed by the state auditor or other state agencies.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.120 - Use of assessment proceeds restricted.

RCW 35.87A.120
Use of assessment proceeds restricted.
The special assessments levied hereunder must be for the purposes specified in the ordinances and the proceeds shall not be used for any other purpose.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.130 - Collection of assessments.

RCW 35.87A.130
Collection of assessments.
Collections of assessments imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be made at the same time and in the same manner as otherwise prescribed by Title 35 RCW or in such other manner as the legislative authority shall determine.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.140 - Changes in assessment rates.

RCW 35.87A.140
Changes in assessment rates.
Changes may be made in the rate or additional rate of special assessment as specified in the ordinance establishing the area, by ordinance adopted after a hearing before the legislative authority.
The legislative authority shall adopt a resolution of intention to change the rate or additional rate of special assessment at least fifteen days prior to the hearing required by this section. This resolution shall specify the proposed change and shall give the time and place of the hearing. Proceedings to change the rate or impose an additional rate of special assessments shall terminate if protest is made by businesses or multifamily residential or mixed-use projects in the proposed area which would pay a majority of the proposed increase or additional special assessments.
[ 1993 c 429 § 9; 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.150 - Benefit zones—Authorized—Rates.

RCW 35.87A.150
Benefit zones—Authorized—Rates.
The legislative authority may, for each of the purposes set out in RCW 35.87A.010, establish and modify one or more separate benefit zones based upon the degree of benefit derived from the purpose and may impose a different rate of special assessment within each such benefit zone.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 15.]