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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.77 - Streets—Planning, Establishment, Construction, and Maintenance. › 35.77.030 - Agreements with county for planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance—County may use road fund—Payments by city—Contracts, bids.

RCW 35.77.030
Agreements with county for planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance—County may use road fund—Payments by city—Contracts, bids.
Pursuant to an agreement authorized by RCW 35.77.020, the board of county commissioners may expend funds from the county road fund for the construction, repair, and maintenance of the streets of such city or town and for engineering and administrative services. Payments by a city or town under such an agreement shall be made to the county treasurer and by him or her deposited in the county road fund. Such construction, repair, maintenance, and engineering service shall be ordered by resolution and proceedings conducted in respect thereto in the same manner as provided for the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads by counties, and for the preparation of maps, plans and specifications, advertising and award of contracts therefor: PROVIDED, That except in case of emergency all construction work performed by a county on city streets pursuant to RCW 35.77.020 through 35.77.040, which exceeds ten thousand dollars, shall be done by contract, unless after advertisement and solicitation of competitive bids it appears that bids are unobtainable or that the lowest bid exceeds the amount for which such construction can be done by means other than contract. No street construction project shall be divided into lesser component parts for the purpose of avoiding the requirements for competitive bidding.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2123; 1965 c 7 § 35.77.030. Prior: 1961 c 245 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.77 - Streets—Planning, Establishment, Construction, and Maintenance. › 35.77.040 - Agreements with county for planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance—Act is additional and concurrent method.

RCW 35.77.040
Agreements with county for planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance—Act is additional and concurrent method.
RCW 35.77.020 through 35.77.040 shall not repeal, amend, or modify any law providing for joint or cooperative agreements between cities and counties with respect to city streets, but shall be held to be an additional and concurrent method providing for such purpose.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.77.040. Prior: 1961 c 245 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.78 - Streets—Classification and Design Standards. › 35.78.010 - Classification of streets.

RCW 35.78.010
Classification of streets.
The governing body of each municipal corporation shall classify and designate city streets as follows:
Major arterials, which are defined as transportation arteries which connect the focal points of traffic interest within a city; arteries which provide communications with other communities and the outlying areas; or arteries which have relatively high traffic volume compared with other streets within the city;
Secondary arterials, which are defined as routes which serve lesser points of traffic interest within a city; provide communication with outlying districts in the same degree or serve to collect and distribute traffic from the major arterials to the local streets;
Access streets, which are defined as land service streets and are generally limited to providing access to abutting property. They are tributary to the major and secondary thoroughfares and generally discourage through traffic.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.78.010. Prior: 1949 c 164 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9300-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.78 - Streets—Classification and Design Standards. › 35.78.020 - State design standards—Committee—Membership.

RCW 35.78.020
State design standards—Committee—Membership.
There is created a state design standards committee of seven members, six of whom shall be appointed by the executive committee of the Association of Washington Cities to hold office at its pleasure and the seventh to be the state aid engineer. The members to be appointed by the executive committee of the Association of Washington Cities shall be restricted to the membership of the association or to those holding office and/or performing the function of chief engineer in any of the several municipalities in the state.
[ 1984 c 7 § 24; 1965 c 7 § 35.78.020. Prior: 1949 c 164 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9300-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.78 - Streets—Classification and Design Standards. › 35.78.030 - Committee to adopt uniform design standards.

RCW 35.78.030
Committee to adopt uniform design standards.
(1) The design standards committee shall from time to time adopt uniform design standards for major arterial and secondary arterial streets.
(2) By July 1, 2012, and from time to time thereafter, the design standards committee shall adopt standards for bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
[ 2012 c 67 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.78.030. Prior: 1949 c 164 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9300-3.]
NOTES:
Intent—2012 c 67: See note following RCW 35.75.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.78 - Streets—Classification and Design Standards. › 35.78.040 - Design standards must be followed by municipalities—Approval of deviations.

RCW 35.78.040
Design standards must be followed by municipalities—Approval of deviations.
The governing body of the several municipalities shall apply the uniform design standards adopted under RCW 35.78.030 to all new construction on major arterial and secondary arterial streets and to reconstruction of old such streets as far as practicable. No deviation from the design standards as to such streets may be made without approval of the state aid engineer.
[ 1984 c 7 § 25; 1965 c 7 § 35.78.040. Prior: 1949 c 164 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9300-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.78 - Streets—Classification and Design Standards. › 35.78.050 - Use of street and road funds for pedestrian rights-of-way—Standards.

RCW 35.78.050
Use of street and road funds for pedestrian rights-of-way—Standards.
Any city or town may use any funds available for street or road construction, maintenance, or improvement for building, improving, and maintaining a pedestrian right-of-way and for improvements to make existing streets and roads more suitable and safe for pedestrian travel. Any such paths, lanes, roadways, routes, or streets for which any such street or road funds are expended must be suitable for pedestrian travel purposes and not solely for recreation purposes. A pedestrian right-of-way constructed or modified after December 31, 2012, must meet or exceed the standards adopted by the design standards committee under RCW 35.78.030.
[ 2012 c 67 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—2012 c 67: See note following RCW 35.75.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.79 - Streets—Vacation. › 35.79.010 - Petition by owners—Fixing time for hearing.

RCW 35.79.010
Petition by owners—Fixing time for hearing.
The owners of an interest in any real estate abutting upon any street or alley who may desire to vacate the street or alley, or any part thereof, may petition the legislative authority to make vacation, giving a description of the property to be vacated, or the legislative authority may itself initiate by resolution such vacation procedure. The petition or resolution shall be filed with the city or town clerk, and, if the petition is signed by the owners of more than two-thirds of the property abutting upon the part of such street or alley sought to be vacated, legislative authority by resolution shall fix a time when the petition will be heard and determined by such authority or a committee thereof, which time shall not be more than sixty days nor less than twenty days after the date of the passage of such resolution.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.79.010. Prior: 1957 c 156 § 2; 1901 c 84 § 1, part; RRS § 9297, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.79 - Streets—Vacation. › 35.79.020 - Notice of hearing—Objections prior to hearing.

RCW 35.79.020
Notice of hearing—Objections prior to hearing.
Upon the passage of the resolution the city or town clerk shall give twenty days' notice of the pendency of the petition by a written notice posted in three of the most public places in the city or town and a like notice in a conspicuous place on the street or alley sought to be vacated. The said notice shall contain a statement that a petition has been filed to vacate the street or alley described in the notice, together with a statement of the time and place fixed for the hearing of the petition. In all cases where the proceeding is initiated by resolution of the city or town council or similar legislative authority without a petition having been signed by the owners of more than two-thirds of the property abutting upon the part of the street or alley sought to be vacated, in addition to the notice hereinabove required, there shall be given by mail at least fifteen days before the date fixed for the hearing, a similar notice to the owners or reputed owners of all lots, tracts or parcels of land or other property abutting upon any street or alley or any part thereof sought to be vacated, as shown on the rolls of the county treasurer, directed to the address thereon shown: PROVIDED, That if fifty percent of the abutting property owners file written objection to the proposed vacation with the clerk, prior to the time of hearing, the city shall be prohibited from proceeding with the resolution.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.79.020. Prior: 1957 c 156 § 3; 1901 c 84 § 1, part; RRS § 9297, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.79 - Streets—Vacation. › 35.79.030 - Hearing—Ordinance of vacation.

RCW 35.79.030
Hearing—Ordinance of vacation.
The hearing on such petition may be held before the legislative authority, before a committee thereof, or before a hearing examiner, upon the date fixed by resolution or at the time the hearing may be adjourned to. If the hearing is before a committee the same shall, following the hearing, report its recommendation on the petition to the legislative authority which may adopt or reject the recommendation. If the hearing is held before a committee it shall not be necessary to hold a hearing on the petition before the legislative authority. If the hearing is before a hearing examiner, the hearing examiner shall, following the hearing, report its recommendation on the petition to the legislative authority, which may adopt or reject the recommendation: PROVIDED, That the hearing examiner must include in its report to the legislative authority an explanation of the facts and reasoning underlying a recommendation to deny a petition. If a hearing is held before a hearing examiner, it shall not be necessary to hold a hearing on the petition before the legislative authority. If the legislative authority determines to grant the petition or any part thereof, such city or town shall be authorized and have authority by ordinance to vacate such street, or alley, or any part thereof, and the ordinance may provide that it shall not become effective until the owners of property abutting upon the street or alley, or part thereof so vacated, shall compensate such city or town in an amount which does not exceed one-half the appraised value of the area so vacated. If the street or alley has been part of a dedicated public right-of-way for twenty-five years or more, or if the subject property or portions thereof were acquired at public expense, the city or town may require the owners of the property abutting the street or alley to compensate the city or town in an amount that does not exceed the full appraised value of the area vacated. The ordinance may provide that the city retain an easement or the right to exercise and grant easements in respect to the vacated land for the construction, repair, and maintenance of public utilities and services. A certified copy of such ordinance shall be recorded by the clerk of the legislative authority and in the office of the auditor of the county in which the vacated land is located. One-half of the revenue received by the city or town as compensation for the area vacated must be dedicated to the acquisition, improvement, development, and related maintenance of public open space or transportation capital projects within the city or town.
[ 2011 c 130 § 1; 2002 c 55 § 1; 2001 c 202 § 1; 1987 c 228 § 1; 1985 c 254 § 1; 1969 c 28 § 4. Prior: 1967 ex.s. c 129 § 1; 1967 c 123 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.79.030; prior: 1957 c 156 § 4; 1949 c 14 § 1; 1901 c 84 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9298.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.79 - Streets—Vacation. › 35.79.035 - Limitations on vacations of streets abutting bodies of water—Procedure.

RCW 35.79.035
Limitations on vacations of streets abutting bodies of water—Procedure.
(1) A city or town shall not vacate a street or alley if any portion of the street or alley abuts a body of fresh or salt water unless:
(a) The vacation is sought to enable the city or town to acquire the property for port purposes, beach or water access purposes, boat moorage or launching sites, park, public view, recreation, or educational purposes, or other public uses;
(b) The city or town, by resolution of its legislative authority, declares that the street or alley is not presently being used as a street or alley and that the street or alley is not suitable for any of the following purposes: Port, beach or water access, boat moorage, launching sites, park, public view, recreation, or education; or
(c) The vacation is sought to enable a city or town to implement a plan, adopted by resolution or ordinance, that provides comparable or improved public access to the same shoreline area to which the streets or alleys sought to be vacated abut, had the properties included in the plan not been vacated.
(2) Before adopting a resolution vacating a street or alley under subsection (1)(b) of this section, the city or town shall:
(a) Compile an inventory of all rights-of-way within the city or town that abut the same body of water that is abutted by the street or alley sought to be vacated;
(b) Conduct a study to determine if the street or alley to be vacated is suitable for use by the city or town for any of the following purposes: Port, boat moorage, launching sites, beach or water access, park, public view, recreation, or education;
(c) Hold a public hearing on the proposed vacation in the manner required by this chapter, where in addition to the normal requirements for publishing notice, notice of the public hearing is posted conspicuously on the street or alley sought to be vacated, which posted notice indicates that the area is public access, it is proposed to be vacated, and that anyone objecting to the proposed vacation should attend the public hearing or send a letter to a particular official indicating his or her objection; and
(d) Make a finding that the street or alley sought to be vacated is not suitable for any of the purposes listed under (b) of this subsection, and that the vacation is in the public interest.
(3) No vacation shall be effective until the fair market value has been paid for the street or alley that is vacated. Moneys received from the vacation may be used by the city or town only for acquiring additional beach or water access, acquiring additional public view sites to a body of water, or acquiring additional moorage or launching sites.
[ 1987 c 228 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.79 - Streets—Vacation. › 35.79.040 - Title to vacated street or alley.

RCW 35.79.040
Title to vacated street or alley.
If any street or alley in any city or town is vacated by the city or town council, the property within the limits so vacated shall belong to the abutting property owners, one-half to each.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.79.040. Prior: 1901 c 84 § 3; RRS § 9299.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.79 - Streets—Vacation. › 35.79.050 - Vested rights not affected.

RCW 35.79.050
Vested rights not affected.
No vested rights shall be affected by the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.79.050. Prior: 1901 c 84 § 4; RRS § 9300.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.80 - Unfit Dwellings, Buildings, and Structures. › 35.80.010 - Declaration of purpose.

RCW 35.80.010
Declaration of purpose.
It is hereby found that there exist, in the various municipalities and counties of the state, dwellings which are unfit for human habitation, and buildings, structures, and premises or portions thereof which are unfit for other uses due to dilapidation, disrepair, structural defects, defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents, or other calamities, inadequate ventilation and uncleanliness, inadequate light or sanitary facilities, inadequate drainage, overcrowding, or due to other conditions which are inimical to the health and welfare of the residents of such municipalities and counties.
It is further found and declared that the powers conferred by this chapter are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended, and that the necessity of the public interest for the enactment of this law is hereby declared to be a matter of local legislative determination.
[ 1989 c 133 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 127 § 1; 1967 c 111 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.80.010. Prior: 1959 c 82 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.80 - Unfit Dwellings, Buildings, and Structures. › 35.80.020 - Definitions.

RCW 35.80.020
Definitions.
The following terms, however used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context:
(1) "Board" shall mean the improvement board as provided for in RCW 35.80.030(1)(a);
(2) "Local governing body" shall mean the council, board, commission, or other legislative body charged with governing the municipality or county;
(3) "Municipality" shall mean any city, town or county in the state;
(4) "Public officer" shall mean any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the municipality or county relating to health, fire, building regulation, or other activities concerning dwellings, buildings, structures, or premises in the municipality or county.
[ 1989 c 133 § 2; 1969 ex.s. c 127 § 2; 1967 c 111 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.80.020. Prior: 1959 c 82 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.80 - Unfit Dwellings, Buildings, and Structures. › 35.80.040 - Discrimination prohibited.

RCW 35.80.040
Discrimination prohibited.
For all the purposes of this chapter and the ordinances adopted as provided herein, no person shall, because of race, creed, color, or national origin, be subjected to any discrimination.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.80.040. Prior: 1959 c 82 § 4.]
NOTES:
Discrimination—Human rights commission: Chapter 49.60 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.80A - Condemnation of Blighted Property. › 35.80A.010 - Condemnation of blighted property.

RCW 35.80A.010
Condemnation of blighted property.
Every county, city, and town may acquire by condemnation, in accordance with the notice requirements and other procedures for condemnation provided in Title 8 RCW, any property, dwelling, building, or structure which constitutes a blight on the surrounding neighborhood. A "blight on the surrounding neighborhood" is any property, dwelling, building, or structure that meets any two of the following factors: (1) If a dwelling, building, or structure exists on the property, the dwelling, building, or structure has not been lawfully occupied for a period of one year or more; (2) the property, dwelling, building, or structure constitutes a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare as determined by the executive authority of the county, city, or town, or the designee of the executive authority; or (3) the property, dwelling, building, or structure is or has been associated with illegal drug activity during the previous twelve months. Prior to such condemnation, the local governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary to eliminate neighborhood blight. Condemnation of property, dwellings, buildings, and structures for the purposes described in this chapter is declared to be for a public use.
[ 1994 c 175 § 1; 1989 c 271 § 239.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.80A - Condemnation of Blighted Property. › 35.80A.020 - Transfer of blighted property acquired by condemnation.

RCW 35.80A.020
Transfer of blighted property acquired by condemnation.
Counties, cities, and towns may sell, lease, or otherwise transfer real property acquired pursuant to this chapter for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other uses or for public use, subject to such covenants, conditions, and restrictions, including covenants running with the land, as the county, city, or town deems to be necessary or desirable to rehabilitate and preserve the dwelling, building, or structure in a habitable condition. The purchasers or lessees and their successors and assigns shall be obligated to comply with such other requirements as the county, city, or town may determine to be in the public interest, including the obligation to begin, within a reasonable time, any improvements on such property required to make the dwelling, building, or structure habitable. Such real property or interest shall be sold, leased, or otherwise transferred, at not less than its fair market value. In determining the fair market value of real property for uses in accordance with this section, a municipality shall take into account and give consideration to, the restrictions upon and the covenants, conditions, and obligations assumed by the purchaser or lessee.
[ 1989 c 271 § 240.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.80A - Condemnation of Blighted Property. › 35.80A.030 - Disposition of blighted property—Procedures.

RCW 35.80A.030
Disposition of blighted property—Procedures.
A county, city, or town may dispose of real property acquired pursuant to this section to private persons only under such reasonable, competitive procedures as it shall prescribe. The county, city, or town may accept such proposals as it deems to be in the public interest and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. Thereafter, the county, city, or town may execute and deliver contracts, deeds, leases, and other instruments of transfer.
[ 1989 c 271 § 241.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.80A - Condemnation of Blighted Property. › 35.80A.040 - Authority to enter blighted buildings or property—Acceptance of financial assistance.

RCW 35.80A.040
Authority to enter blighted buildings or property—Acceptance of financial assistance.
Every county, city, or town may, in addition to any other authority granted by this chapter: (1) Enter upon any building or property found to constitute a blight on the surrounding neighborhood in order to make surveys and appraisals, and to obtain an order for this purpose from a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or resisted; and (2) borrow money, apply for, and accept, advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the federal government, the state, a county, or other public body, or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this chapter, and enter into and carry out contracts in connection herewith.
[ 1989 c 271 § 242.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.030 - Encouragement of private enterprise.

RCW 35.81.030
Encouragement of private enterprise.
A municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the needs of the municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community renewal area by private enterprise. A municipality shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its powers under this chapter, including the formulation of a workable program, the approval of community renewal plans (consistent with the comprehensive plan or parts thereof for the municipality), the exercise of its zoning powers, the enforcement of other laws, codes and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, the disposition of any property acquired, and the provision of necessary public improvements.
[ 2002 c 218 § 3; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.030. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.040 - Formulation of workable program.

RCW 35.81.040
Formulation of workable program.
A municipality for the purposes of this chapter may formulate a workable program for using appropriate private and public resources to eliminate, and prevent the development or spread of, blighted areas, to encourage needed community rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of such areas, or to undertake the activities, or other feasible municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of the workable program. The workable program may include, without limitation, provision for: The prevention of the spread of blight into areas of the municipality which are free from blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls and standards; the rehabilitation of blighted areas or portions thereof by replanning, removing congestion, providing parks, playgrounds and other public improvements, by encouraging voluntary rehabilitation and by compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; the replacement of housing that is lost as a result of community renewal activities within a community renewal area; the clearance and redevelopment of blighted areas or portions thereof; and the reduction of unemployment and poverty within the community renewal area by providing financial or technical assistance to a person or public body that is used to create or retain jobs, a substantial portion of which, as determined by the municipality, shall be for persons of low income.
[ 2002 c 218 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.040. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 4.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.050 - Findings by local governing body required—Exercise of community renewal agency powers.

RCW 35.81.050
Findings by local governing body required—Exercise of community renewal agency powers.
(1) No municipality shall exercise any of the powers hereafter conferred upon municipalities by this chapter until after its local governing body shall have adopted an ordinance or resolution finding that: (a) One or more blighted areas exist in such municipality; and (b) the rehabilitation, redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such municipality.
(2) After adoption of the ordinance or resolution making the findings described in subsection (1) of this section, the local governing body of the municipality may elect to have the powers of a community renewal agency under this chapter exercised in one of the following ways:
(a) By appointing a board or commission composed of not less than five members, which board or commission shall include municipal officials and elected officials, selected by the mayor, with approval of the local governing body of the municipality; or
(b) By the local governing body of the municipality directly; or
(c) By the board of a public corporation, commission, or authority under chapter 35.21 RCW, or a public facilities district created under chapter 35.57 or 36.100 RCW, or a public port district created under chapter 53.04 RCW, or a housing authority created under chapter 35.82 RCW, that is authorized to conduct activities as a community renewal agency under this chapter.
[ 2002 c 218 § 5; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.050. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 5.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.080 - Eminent domain.

RCW 35.81.080
Eminent domain.
A municipality shall have the right to acquire by condemnation, in accordance with the procedure provided for condemnation by such municipality for other purposes, any interest in real property, which it may deem necessary for a community renewal project under this chapter after the adoption by the local governing body of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purpose. Condemnation for community renewal of blighted areas is declared to be a public use, and property already devoted to any other public use or acquired by the owner or a predecessor in interest by eminent domain may be condemned for the purposes of this chapter.
The award of compensation for real property taken for such a project shall not be increased by reason of any increase in the value of the real property caused by the assembly, clearance, or reconstruction, or proposed assembly, clearance, or reconstruction in the project area. No allowance shall be made for the improvements begun on real property after notice to the owner of such property of the institution of proceedings to condemn such property. Evidence shall be admissible bearing upon the insanitary, unsafe, or substandard condition of the premises, or the unlawful use thereof.
[ 2002 c 218 § 8; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.080. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 8.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
Eminent domain by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.095 - Selection of person to undertake redevelopment or rehabilitation of real property.

RCW 35.81.095
Selection of person to undertake redevelopment or rehabilitation of real property.
(1) The process authorized under this section may occur (a) prior to the purchase of the real property by the municipality, or (b) after the purchase of the real property by the municipality.
(2) A municipality may, by public notice once each week for three consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper in the municipality, or prior to the execution of any contract or deed to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer real property and prior to the delivery of any instrument of conveyance with respect thereto under the provisions of this section, invite statements of interest and qualifications and, at the municipality's option, proposals from any persons interested in undertaking to redevelop or rehabilitate the real property.
(3) The notice required under this section shall identify the area, or portion thereof, the process the municipality will use to evaluate qualifications and, if applicable, proposals submitted by redevelopers or any persons, and other information relevant to the community renewal project. The notice shall also state that further information, as is available, may be obtained at the offices designated in the notice.
(4)(a) Based on its evaluation of qualifications and, if applicable, proposals, the municipality may select a proposer with whom to negotiate or may select two or more finalists to submit proposals, or to submit more detailed or revised proposals. The municipality may, in its sole discretion, reject all responses or proposals, amend any solicitation to allow modification or supplementation of qualifications or proposals, or waive irregularities in the content or timing of any qualifications or proposals.
(b) The municipality may initiate negotiations with the person selected on the basis of qualifications or proposals. If the municipality does not enter into a contract with that person, it may (i) enter into negotiations with the person that submitted the next highest ranked qualifications or proposal, (ii) solicit additional proposals using a process permitted by RCW 35.81.090, or (iii) otherwise dispose of or retain the real property consistent with the provisions of this chapter. A municipality shall not be required to select or enter into a contract with any proposer or to compensate any proposer for the cost of preparing a proposal or negotiating with the municipality.
(c) A municipality, with approval of its legislative authority, may select and enter into a contract with more than one proposer to carry out different aspects or parts of a community renewal plan.
[ 2002 c 218 § 10.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.110 - Bonds as legal investment, security.

RCW 35.81.110
Bonds as legal investment, security.
All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a municipality under this chapter. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
[ 2002 c 218 § 12; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.110. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 11.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.115 - General obligation bonds authorized.

RCW 35.81.115
General obligation bonds authorized.
For the purposes of this chapter a municipality may (in addition to any authority to issue bonds pursuant to RCW 35.81.100) issue and sell its general obligation bonds. Any bonds issued by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the laws of this state for the issuance and authorization of bonds by such municipality for public purposes generally.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.81.115. Prior: 1959 c 79 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.120 - Property of municipality exempt from process and taxes.

RCW 35.81.120
Property of municipality exempt from process and taxes.
(1) All property of a municipality, including funds, owned or held by it for the purposes of this chapter, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall judgment against a municipality be a charge or lien upon such property: PROVIDED, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to, or limit the right of, obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this chapter by a municipality on its rents, fees, grants, or revenues from community renewal projects.
(2) The property of a municipality, acquired or held for the purposes of this chapter, is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof: PROVIDED, That such tax exemption shall terminate when the municipality sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of such property in a community renewal area to a purchaser or lessee that is not a public body or other organization normally entitled to tax exemption with respect to such property.
[ 2002 c 218 § 15; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.120. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 12.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.130 - Powers of public bodies.

RCW 35.81.130
Powers of public bodies.
For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a community renewal project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body authorized by law or by this chapter, may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements, licenses, or other rights or privileges therein to a municipality or other public body; (2) incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by a public body, in exercising the powers granted in this section; (3) do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in the planning or carrying out of a community renewal plan; (4) lend, grant, or contribute funds, including without limitation any funds derived from bonds issued or other borrowings authorized in this chapter, to a municipality or other public body and, subject only to any applicable constitutional limits, to any other person; (5) enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with a municipality or other public body respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this chapter, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with a community renewal project; (6) cause public building and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works that it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished; furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places; (7) abate environmental problems; (8) plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the community renewal area; and (9) provide such administrative and other services as may be deemed requisite to the efficient exercise of the powers herein granted.
[ 2002 c 218 § 16; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.130. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 13.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act—Authority to contract with federal government: RCW 35.21.660.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.140 - Conveyance to purchaser, etc., presumed to be in compliance with chapter.

RCW 35.81.140
Conveyance to purchaser, etc., presumed to be in compliance with chapter.
Any instrument executed by a municipality and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under this chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this chapter insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of such property is concerned.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.81.140. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.170 - Discrimination prohibited.

RCW 35.81.170
Discrimination prohibited.
For all of the purposes of this chapter, no person shall, because of race, creed, color, sex, or national origin, be subjected to any discrimination.
[ 2002 c 218 § 19; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.170. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 17.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
Discrimination—Human rights commission: Chapter 49.60 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.180 - Restrictions against public officials or employees acquiring or owning an interest in project, contract, etc.

RCW 35.81.180
Restrictions against public officials or employees acquiring or owning an interest in project, contract, etc.
No official or department or division head of a municipality or community renewal agency or department or officers with responsibility for making or supervising any decisions in the exercise of community renewal project powers and responsibilities under RCW 35.81.150 shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any community renewal project, or in any property included or planned to be included in any community renewal project of such municipality, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with such community renewal project. Whether or not such an acquisition is voluntary, the person acquiring it shall immediately disclose the interest acquired in writing to the local governing body and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body. If any such official or department or division head owns or controls, or owned or controlled within two years prior to the date of the first public hearing on the community renewal project, any interest, direct or indirect, in any property that he or she knows is included in a community renewal project, he or she shall immediately disclose this fact in writing to the local governing body, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body, and any such official or department or division head shall not participate in any action on that particular project by the municipality or community renewal agency. Any willful violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.
[ 2002 c 218 § 20; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.180. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 18.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.190 - Local improvement districts—Establishment—Special assessments—Bonds.

RCW 35.81.190
Local improvement districts—Establishment—Special assessments—Bonds.
(1) A community renewal agency may establish local improvement districts within the community renewal area, and levy special assessments, in annual installments extending over a period not exceeding twenty years on all property specially benefited by the local improvement, on the basis of special benefits, to pay in whole or in part the damages or costs of the local improvement, and issue local improvement bonds to be paid from local improvement assessments. The formation of the local improvement districts, the determination, levy, and collection of such assessments, and the issuance of such bonds shall be as provided for the formation of local improvement districts, the determination, levy, and collection of local improvement assessments, and the issuance of local improvement bonds by cities and towns, insofar as consistent with this chapter. These bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the bonds authorized under subsection (1) of this section may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 2002 c 218 § 13.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.200 - Local improvement districts—Content of notice.

RCW 35.81.200
Local improvement districts—Content of notice.
Any notice given to the public or to the owners of specific lots, tracts, or parcels of land relating to the formation of a local improvement district created under RCW 35.81.190 shall contain a statement that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the increased benefit the improvement adds to the property.
[ 2002 c 218 § 14.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law. › 35.81.910 - Short title.

RCW 35.81.910
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "community renewal law."
[ 2002 c 218 § 21; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.910. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 20.]
NOTES:
Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law. › 35.82.010 - Finding and declaration of necessity.

RCW 35.82.010
Finding and declaration of necessity.
It is hereby declared: (1) That there exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford and that such persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that the aforesaid conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and impair economic values; that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities; (2) that these areas in the state cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and that the construction of housing projects for persons of low income (as herein defined) would therefore not be competitive with private enterprise; (3) that the clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern; (4) that it is in the public interest that work on projects for such purposes be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now (1939) constitutes an emergency; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.82.010. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 2; RRS § 6889-2. Formerly RCW 74.24.010.]