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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.305 - L.I.D.'s—Acquisition of property subject to unpaid or delinquent assessments by state or political subdivision—Payment of lien or installments.

RCW 36.69.305
L.I.D.'s—Acquisition of property subject to unpaid or delinquent assessments by state or political subdivision—Payment of lien or installments.
See RCW 79.44.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.310 - Dissolution.

RCW 36.69.310
Dissolution.
(1)(a) Any park and recreation district formed under the provisions of this chapter may be dissolved in its entirety in the manner provided in chapter 53.48 RCW, relating to port districts.
(b) In order to facilitate the dissolution of a park and recreation district, such a district may declare its intent to dissolve and may name a successor taxing district. It may transfer any lands, facilities, equipment, other interests in real or personal property, or interests under contracts, leases, or similar agreements to the successor district, and may take all action necessary to enable the successor district to assume any indebtedness of the park and recreation district relating to the transferred property and interests.
(2) A portion of land may be deannexed and withdrawn from a park and recreation district formed under the provisions of this chapter pursuant to RCW 36.69.315.
[ 2019 c 138 § 1; 2005 c 226 § 3; 1963 c 4 § 36.69.310. Prior: 1957 c 58 § 32.]
NOTES:
Application—Effective date—2005 c 226: See notes following RCW 35.61.290.
Alternative procedure for dissolution of special districts: Chapter 36.96 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.320 - Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years.

RCW 36.69.320
Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years.
See chapter 57.90 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.350 - Board authorized to contract indebtedness and issue revenue bonds.

RCW 36.69.350
Board authorized to contract indebtedness and issue revenue bonds.
The board of parks and recreation commissioners is hereby authorized for the purpose of carrying out the lawful powers granted to park and recreation districts by the laws of the state to contract indebtedness and to issue revenue bonds evidencing such indebtedness in conformity with this chapter.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 94 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.360 - Revenue bonds—Authorized purposes.

RCW 36.69.360
Revenue bonds—Authorized purposes.
All such revenue bonds authorized under the terms of this chapter may be issued and sold by the district from time to time and in such amounts as is deemed necessary by the board of park and recreation commissioners of each district to provide sufficient funds for the carrying out of all district powers, without limiting the generality thereof, including the following: Acquisition; construction; reconstruction; maintenance; repair; additions; operations of recreational facilities; parking facilities as a part of a recreational facility; and any other district purpose from which revenues can be derived. Included in the costs thereof shall be any necessary engineering, inspection, accounting, fiscal, and legal expenses, the cost of issuance of bonds, including printing, engraving and advertising and other similar expenses, and the proceeds of such bond issue are hereby made available for all such purposes.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 94 § 4.]
NOTES:
Alternative authority to issue revenue bonds: RCW 39.46.150, 39.46.160.
Funds for reserve purposes may be included in issue amount: RCW 39.44.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.370 - Revenue bonds—Issuance, form, seal, etc.

RCW 36.69.370
Revenue bonds—Issuance, form, seal, etc.
(1) When revenue bonds are issued for authorized purposes, said bonds shall be either registered as to principal only or principal and interest as provided in RCW 39.46.030 or shall be bearer bonds; shall be in such denominations, shall be numbered, shall bear such date, shall be payable at such time or times up to a maximum period of not to exceed thirty years and payable as determined by the park and recreation commissioners of the district; shall bear interest payable semiannually; shall be executed by the chair of the board of park and recreation commissioners, and attested by the secretary of the board, and the seal of such board shall be affixed to each bond, but not to any coupon; and may have facsimile signatures of the chair and the secretary imprinted on any interest coupons in lieu of original signatures.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4105; 1983 c 167 § 86; 1972 ex.s. c 94 § 5.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.380 - Resolution to authorize bonds—Contents.

RCW 36.69.380
Resolution to authorize bonds—Contents.
Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely out of the operating revenues of the park and recreation district. Such bonds shall be authorized by resolution adopted by the board of park and recreation commissioners, which resolution shall create a special fund or funds into which the board of park and recreation commissioners may obligate and bind the district to set aside and pay any part or parts of, or all of, or a fixed proportion of, or fixed amounts of gross revenue received by the district from moneys for services or activities as stated in the resolution, for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same shall become due, and if deemed necessary to maintain adequate reserves therefor. Such fund or funds shall be drawn upon solely for the purpose of paying the principal and interest upon the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
The bonds shall be negotiable instruments within the provision and intent of the negotiable instruments law of this state, even though they shall be payable solely from such special fund or funds, and the tax revenue of the district may not be used to pay, secure, or guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds. The bonds and any coupons attached thereto shall state upon their face that they are payable solely from such special fund or funds. If the county fails to set aside and pay into such fund or funds, the payments provided for in such resolution, the owner of any such bonds may bring suit to compel compliance with the provisions of the resolution.
[ 1983 c 167 § 87; 1972 ex.s. c 94 § 6.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.390 - Payment of bonds—Covenants—Enforcement.

RCW 36.69.390
Payment of bonds—Covenants—Enforcement.
The board of park and recreation commissioners may provide covenants as it may deem necessary to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds and may, but shall not be required to, include covenants to create a reserve fund or account and to authorize the payment or deposit of certain moneys therein for the purpose of securing the payment of such principal and interest; to establish, maintain, and collect rates, charges, fees, rentals, and the like on the facilities and service the income of which is pledged for the payment of such bonds, sufficient to pay or secure the payment of such principal and interest and to maintain an adequate coverage over annual debt service; and to make any and all other covenants not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter which will increase the marketability of such bonds. The board may also provide that revenue bonds payable out of the same source or sources may later be sold on a parity with any revenue bonds being issued and sold. The provisions of this chapter and any resolution or resolutions providing for the authorization, issuance, and sale of such bonds shall constitute a contract with the owner of such bonds, and the provisions thereof shall be enforceable by any owner of such bonds by mandamus or any appropriate suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction.
[ 1983 c 167 § 88; 1972 ex.s. c 94 § 7.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.400 - Funding, refunding bonds.

RCW 36.69.400
Funding, refunding bonds.
(1) The board of parks and recreation commissioners of any district may by resolution, from time to time, provide for the issuance of funding or refunding revenue bonds to fund or refund any outstanding revenue bonds and any interest and premiums due thereon at or before the maturity of such bonds, and parts or all of various series and issues of outstanding revenue bonds in the amount thereof to be funded or refunded.
The board shall create a special fund for the sole purpose of paying the principal of and interest on such funding or refunding revenue bonds, into which fund the board shall obligate and bind the district to set aside and pay any part or parts of, or all of, or a fixed proportion of, or a fixed amount of the revenue of the recreational facility of the district sufficient to pay such principal and interest as the same shall become due, and if deemed necessary to maintain adequate reserves therefor.
Such funding or refunding bonds shall be negotiable instruments within the provisions and intent of the negotiable instruments law of this state, and the tax revenue of the district may not be used to pay, secure, or guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds. Such bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030.
The district may exchange such funding or refunding bonds for the bonds, and any coupons being funded or refunded, or it may sell such funding or refunding bonds in the manner, at such price and at such rate or rates of interest as the board shall deem to be for the best interest of the district and its inhabitants, either at public or private sale.
The provisions of this chapter relating to the terms, conditions, covenants, issuance, and sale of revenue bonds shall be applicable to such funding or refunding bonds except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this section.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 89; 1972 ex.s. c 94 § 8.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.410 - Authority for issuance of bonds—Construction.

RCW 36.69.410
Authority for issuance of bonds—Construction.
This chapter shall be complete authority for the issuance of the revenue bonds hereby authorized, and shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes. Any restrictions, limitations or regulations relative to the issuance of such revenue bonds contained in any other act shall not apply to the bonds issued under this chapter. Any act inconsistent herewith shall be deemed modified to conform with the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of this chapter only.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 94 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.420 - Joint park and recreation district—Authorization.

RCW 36.69.420
Joint park and recreation district—Authorization.
A park and recreation district may be formed encompassing portions of two or more counties. Such a district shall be known as a joint park and recreation district and shall have all powers and duties of a park and recreation district. The procedures established in this chapter for the formation of a park and recreation district shall be followed in the formation of a joint park and recreation district except as otherwise provided by RCW 36.69.430, 36.69.440, and 36.69.450.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 11 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 11: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1979 ex.s. c 11 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.430 - Joint park and recreation district—Formation—Petition.

RCW 36.69.430
Joint park and recreation district—Formation—Petition.
The formation of a joint park and recreation district shall be initiated by a petition as prescribed in RCW 36.69.020. The petition shall be filed with the county auditor of one of the counties within which a portion of the proposed joint district is located. A copy of the petition shall be filed with the county auditor of the other county or counties within which a portion of the proposed joint district is located. The county auditors shall jointly certify the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition to the legislative authorities of the counties.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 11 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 11: See note following RCW 36.69.420.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.440 - Joint park and recreation district—Formation—Hearing—Boundaries—Election.

RCW 36.69.440
Joint park and recreation district—Formation—Hearing—Boundaries—Election.
(1) If the petition filed under RCW 36.69.430 is found to contain a sufficient number of signatures, the legislative authority of each county shall set a time for a hearing on the petition for the formation of a park and recreation district as prescribed in RCW 36.69.040.
(2) At the public hearing the legislative authority for each county shall fix the boundaries for that portion of the proposed park and recreation district that lies within the county as provided in RCW 36.69.050. Each county shall notify the other county or counties of the determination of the boundaries within ten days.
(3) If the territories created by the county legislative authorities are not contiguous, a joint park and recreation district shall not be formed. If the territories are contiguous, the county containing the portion of the proposed joint district having the larger population shall determine the name of the proposed joint district.
(4) The proposition for the formation of the proposed joint park and recreation district shall be submitted to the voters of the district at the next general election, which election shall be conducted as required by RCW 36.69.070 and 36.69.080.
[ 1994 c 223 § 47; 1979 ex.s. c 11 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 11: See note following RCW 36.69.420.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.450 - Joint park and recreation district—Duties of county officers.

RCW 36.69.450
Joint park and recreation district—Duties of county officers.
For all purposes essential to the maintenance, operation, and administration of a joint park and recreation district, including the apportionment of any funds, the county in which a joint park and recreation district shall be considered as belonging shall be the county containing the largest population of the joint district. Whenever the laws relating to park and recreation districts provide for an action by a county officer, the action, if required to be performed on behalf of a joint park and recreation district, shall be performed by the proper officer of the county to which the joint district belongs, except as otherwise provided by law. This delegation of authority extends but is not limited to:
(1) The declaration by the county legislative authority of the election results, as required by RCW 36.69.080;
(2) The filing of declarations of candidacy with the county auditor under RCW 36.69.090;
(3) The issuance of warrants by the county treasurer under RCW 36.69.150;
(4) The duties of the county treasurer and auditor in the establishment and operation of a local improvement district under RCW 36.69.200, 36.69.220, 36.69.240, and 36.69.300. If the local improvement district is located wholly within any one of the participating counties, then the officers of that county shall perform the duties relating to that local improvement district; and
(5) Receipt by the county treasurer of payments of revenue bonds under RCW 36.69.370.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 11 § 4.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 11: See note following RCW 36.69.420.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.460 - Joint park and recreation district—Population determinations.

RCW 36.69.460
Joint park and recreation district—Population determinations.
Population determinations for the purposes of RCW 36.69.440 and 36.69.450 shall be made by the office of financial management.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 11 § 5.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 11: See note following RCW 36.69.420.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.500 - Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited.

RCW 36.69.500
Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited.
The antidiscrimination provisions of RCW 49.60.500 apply to community athletics programs and facilities operated, conducted, or administered by a park and recreation district.
[ 2009 c 467 § 9.]
NOTES:
Findings—Declarations—2009 c 467: See note following RCW 49.60.500.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.69 - Park and Recreation Districts. › 36.69.900 - Short title.

RCW 36.69.900
Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the "Recreation Districts Act for Counties."
[ 1969 c 26 § 7; 1967 c 63 § 7; 1963 c 4 § 36.69.900. Prior: 1961 c 272 § 7; 1959 c 304 § 9; 1957 c 58 § 33.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.010 - Purpose and intent.

RCW 36.70.010
Purpose and intent.
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to provide the authority for, and the procedures to be followed in, guiding and regulating the physical development of a county or region through correlating both public and private projects and coordinating their execution with respect to all subject matters utilized in developing and servicing land, all to the end of assuring the highest standards of environment for living, and the operation of commerce, industry, agriculture and recreation, and assuring maximum economies and conserving the highest degree of public health, safety, morals and welfare.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.010. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.015 - Expenditure of funds declared public purpose.

RCW 36.70.015
Expenditure of funds declared public purpose.
Regional planning under the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be a proper public purpose for the expenditure of the funds of counties, school districts, public utility districts, housing authorities, port districts, cities or towns or any other public organization interested in regional planning.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.015. Prior: 1961 c 232 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.025 - "Solar energy system" defined.

RCW 36.70.025
"Solar energy system" defined.
As used in this chapter, "solar energy system" means any device or combination of devices or elements which rely upon direct sunlight as an energy source, including but not limited to any substance or device which collects sunlight for use in:
(1) The heating or cooling of a structure or building;
(2) The heating or pumping of water;
(3) Industrial, commercial, or agricultural processes; or
(4) The generation of electricity.
A solar energy system may be used for purposes in addition to the collection of solar energy. These uses include, but are not limited to, serving as a structural member or part of a roof of a building or structure and serving as a window or wall.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 170 § 9.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 170: See note following RCW 64.04.140.
Local governments authorized to encourage and protect solar energy systems: RCW 64.04.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.030 - Commission—Creation.

RCW 36.70.030
Commission—Creation.
By ordinance a board may create a planning commission and provide for the appointment by the commission of a director of planning.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.030. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.040 - Department—Creation—Creation of commission to assist department.

RCW 36.70.040
Department—Creation—Creation of commission to assist department.
By ordinance a board may, as an alternative to and in lieu of the creation of a planning commission as provided in RCW 36.70.030, create a planning department which shall be organized and function as any other department of the county. When such department is created, the board shall also create a planning commission which shall assist the planning department in carrying out its duties, including assistance in the preparation and execution of the comprehensive plan and recommendations to the department for the adoption of official controls and/or amendments thereto. To this end, the planning commission shall conduct such hearings as are required by this chapter and shall make findings and conclusions therefrom which shall be transmitted to the department which shall transmit the same on to the board with such comments and recommendations it deems necessary.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.040. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.050 - Authority for planning.

RCW 36.70.050
Authority for planning.
Upon the creation of a planning agency as authorized in RCW 36.70.030 and 36.70.040, a county may engage in a planning program as defined by this chapter. Two or more counties may jointly engage in a planning program as defined herein for their combined areas.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.050. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.060 - Regional planning commission—Appointment and powers.

RCW 36.70.060
Regional planning commission—Appointment and powers.
A county or a city may join with one or more other counties, cities and towns, and/or with one or more school districts, public utility districts, private utilities, housing authorities, port districts, or any other private or public organizations interested in regional planning to form and organize a regional planning commission and provide for the administration of its affairs. Such regional planning commission may carry on a planning program involving the same subjects and procedures provided by this chapter for planning by counties, provided this authority shall not include enacting official controls other than by the individual participating municipal corporations. The authority to initiate a regional planning program, define the boundaries of the regional planning district, specify the number, method of appointment and terms of office of members of the regional planning commission and provide for allocating the cost of financing the work shall be vested individually in the governing bodies of the participating municipal corporations.
Any regional planning commission or municipal corporation participating in any regional planning district is authorized to receive grants-in-aid from, or enter into reasonable agreement with any department or agency of the government of the United States or of the state of Washington to arrange for the receipt of federal funds and state funds for planning in the interests of furthering the planning program.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.060. Prior: 1961 c 232 § 1; 1959 c 201 § 6.]
NOTES:
Commission as employer for retirement system purposes: RCW 41.40.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.070 - Commission—Composition.

RCW 36.70.070
Commission—Composition.
Whenever a commission is created by a county, it shall consist of five, seven, or nine members as may be provided by ordinance: PROVIDED, That where a commission, on June 10, 1959, is operating with more than nine members, no further appointments shall be made to fill vacancies for whatever cause until the membership of the commission is reduced to five, seven or nine, whichever is the number specified by the county ordinance under this chapter. Departments of a county may be represented on the commission by the head of such departments as are designated in the ordinance creating the commission, who shall serve in an ex officio capacity, but such ex officio members shall not exceed one of a five-member commission, two of a seven-member commission, or three of a nine-member commission. At no time shall there be more than three ex officio members serving on a commission: PROVIDED FURTHER, That in lieu of one ex officio member, only, one employee of the county other than a department head may be appointed to serve as a member of the commission.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.070. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.080 - Commission—Appointment—County.

RCW 36.70.080
Commission—Appointment—County.
The members of a commission shall be appointed by the chair of the board with the approval of a majority of the board: PROVIDED, That each member of the board shall submit to the chair a list of nominees residing in his or her commissioner district, and the chair shall make his or her appointments from such lists so that as nearly as mathematically possible, each commissioner district shall be equally represented on the commission.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4107; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.080. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.090 - Commission—Membership—Terms—Existing commissions.

RCW 36.70.090
Commission—Membership—Terms—Existing commissions.
When a commission is created after June 10, 1959, the first terms of the members of the commission consisting of five, seven, and nine members, respectively, other than ex officio members, shall be as follows:
(1) For a five-member commission—one, shall be appointed for one year; one, for two years; one, for three years; and two, for four years.
(2) For a seven-member commission—one, shall be appointed for one year; two, for two years; two, for three years; and two, for four years.
(3) For a nine-member commission—two, shall be appointed for one year; two, for two years; two, for three years; and three, for four years.
Thereafter, the successors to the first member shall be appointed for four year terms: PROVIDED, That where the commission includes one ex officio member, the number of appointive members first appointed for a four year term shall be reduced by one; if there are to be two ex officio members, the number of appointive members for the three year and four year terms shall each be reduced by one; if there are to be three ex officio members, the number of appointive members for the four year term, the three year term, and the two year term shall each be reduced by one. The term of an ex officio member shall correspond to his or her official tenure: PROVIDED FURTHER, That where a commission, on the effective date of this chapter, is operating with members appointed for longer than four year terms, such members shall serve out the full term for which they were appointed, but their successors, if any, shall be appointed for four year terms.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4108; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.090. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.100 - Commission—Vacancies.

RCW 36.70.100
Commission—Vacancies.
Vacancies occurring for any reason other than the expiration of the term shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term except if, on June 10, 1959, the unexpired portion of a term is for more than four years the vacancy shall be filled for a period of time that will obtain the maximum staggered terms, but shall not exceed four years. Vacancies shall be filled from the same commissioner district as that of the vacating member.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.100. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.110 - Commission—Removal.

RCW 36.70.110
Commission—Removal.
After public hearing, any appointee member of a commission may be removed by the chair of the board, with the approval of the board, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4109; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.110. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.120 - Commission—Officers.

RCW 36.70.120
Commission—Officers.
Each commission shall elect its chair and vice chair from among the appointed members. The commission shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the commission.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4110; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.120. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.130 - Planning agency—Meetings.

RCW 36.70.130
Planning agency—Meetings.
Each planning agency shall hold not less than one regular meeting in each month: PROVIDED, That if no matters over which the planning agency has jurisdiction are pending upon its calendar, a meeting may be canceled.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.130. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.140 - Planning agency—Rules and records.

RCW 36.70.140
Planning agency—Rules and records.
Each planning agency shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business and shall keep a public record of its transactions, findings, and determinations.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.140. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.150 - Planning agency—Joint meetings.

RCW 36.70.150
Planning agency—Joint meetings.
Two or more county planning agencies in any combination may hold joint meetings and by approval of their respective boards may have the same chair.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4111; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.150. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.160 - Director—Appointment.

RCW 36.70.160
Director—Appointment.
If a director of planning is provided for, he or she shall be appointed:
(1) By the commission when a commission is created under RCW 36.70.030;
(2) If a planning department is established as provided in RCW 36.70.040, then he or she shall be appointed by the board.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4112; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.160. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.170 - Director—Employees.

RCW 36.70.170
Director—Employees.
The director of planning shall be authorized to appoint such employees as are necessary to perform the duties assigned to him or her within the budget allowed.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4113; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.170. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.180 - Joint director.

RCW 36.70.180
Joint director.
The boards of two or more counties or the legislative bodies of other political subdivisions or special districts may jointly engage a single director of planning and may authorize him or her to employ such other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the joint planning program.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4114; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.180. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.190 - Special services.

RCW 36.70.190
Special services.
Each planning agency, subject to the approval of the board, may employ or contract with the planning consultants or other specialists for such services as it requires.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.190. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.200 - Board of adjustment—Creation—Zoning adjustor.

RCW 36.70.200
Board of adjustment—Creation—Zoning adjustor.
Whenever a board shall have created a planning agency, it shall also by ordinance, coincident with the enactment of a zoning ordinance, create a board of adjustment, and may establish the office of zoning adjustor: PROVIDED, That any county that has prior to June 10, 1959, enacted a zoning ordinance, shall, within ninety days thereof, create a board of adjustment.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.200. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.210 - Board of adjustment—Membership—Quorum.

RCW 36.70.210
Board of adjustment—Membership—Quorum.
A board of adjustment shall consist of five or seven members as may be provided by ordinance, and a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 24 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.210. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.220 - Board of adjustment—Appointment—Appointment of zoning adjustor.

RCW 36.70.220
Board of adjustment—Appointment—Appointment of zoning adjustor.
The members of a board of adjustment and the zoning adjustor shall be appointed in the same manner as provided for the appointment of commissioners in RCW 36.70.080. One member of the board of adjustment may be an appointee member of the commission.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.220. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.230 - Board of adjustment—Terms.

RCW 36.70.230
Board of adjustment—Terms.
If the board of adjustment is to consist of three members, when it is first appointed after June 10, 1959, the first terms shall be as follows: One shall be appointed for one year; one, for two years; and one, for three years. If it consists of five members, when it is first appointed after June 10, 1959, the first terms shall be as follows: One shall be appointed for one year; one, for two years; one, for three years; one, for four years; and one, for six years. Thereafter the terms shall be for six years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.230. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 23.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.240 - Board of adjustment—Vacancies.

RCW 36.70.240
Board of adjustment—Vacancies.
Vacancies in the board of adjustment shall be filled by appointment in the same manner in which the commissioners are appointed in RCW 36.70.080. Appointment shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.240. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 24.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.250 - Board of adjustment—Removal.

RCW 36.70.250
Board of adjustment—Removal.
Any member of the board of adjustment may be removed by the chair of the board with the approval of the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4115; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.250. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 25.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.260 - Board of adjustment—Organization.

RCW 36.70.260
Board of adjustment—Organization.
The board of adjustment shall elect a chair and vice chair from among its members. The board of adjustment shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the board.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4116; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.260. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 26.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.270 - Board of adjustment—Meetings.

RCW 36.70.270
Board of adjustment—Meetings.
The board of adjustment shall hold not less than one regular meeting in each month of each year: PROVIDED, That if no issues over which the board has jurisdiction are pending upon its calendar, a meeting may be canceled.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.270. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 27.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.280 - Board of adjustment—Rules and records.

RCW 36.70.280
Board of adjustment—Rules and records.
The board of adjustment shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business and shall keep a public record of its transactions, findings and determinations.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.280. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 28.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.290 - Appropriation for planning agency, board of adjustment.

RCW 36.70.290
Appropriation for planning agency, board of adjustment.
The board shall provide the funds, equipment and accommodations necessary for the work of the planning agency. Such appropriations may include funds for joint ventures as set forth in RCW 36.70.180. The expenditures of the planning agency, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the respective purposes. The provisions herein for financing the work of the planning agencies shall also apply to the board of adjustment and the zoning adjustor.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.290. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 29.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.300 - Accept gifts.

RCW 36.70.300
Accept gifts.
The planning agency of a county may accept gifts in behalf of the county to finance any planning work authorized by law.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.300. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 30.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.310 - Conference and travel expenses—Commission members and staff.

RCW 36.70.310
Conference and travel expenses—Commission members and staff.
Members of planning agencies shall inform themselves on matter affecting the functions and duties of planning agencies. For that purpose, and when authorized, such members may attend planning conferences, meetings of planning executives or of technical bodies; hearings on planning legislation or matters relating to the work of the planning agency. The reasonable travel expenses, registration fees and other costs incident to such attendance at such meetings and conferences shall be charges upon the funds allocated to the planning agency. In addition, members of a commission may also receive reasonable travel expenses to and from their usual place of business to the place of a regular meeting of the commission. The planning agency may, when authorized, pay dues for membership in organizations specializing in the subject of planning. The planning agency may, when authorized, subscribe to technical publications pertaining to planning.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.310. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 31.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.315 - Public notice—Identification of affected property.

RCW 36.70.315
Public notice—Identification of affected property.
Any notice made under chapter 36.70 RCW that identifies affected property may identify this affected property without using a legal description of the property including, but not limited to, identification by an address, written description, vicinity sketch, or other reasonable means.
[ 1988 c 168 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.317 - Statement of restrictions applicable to real property.

RCW 36.70.317
Statement of restrictions applicable to real property.
(1) A property owner may make a written request for a statement of restrictions applicable to a single parcel, tract, lot, or block of real property located in an unincorporated portion of a county to the county in which the real property is located.
(2) Within thirty days of the receipt of the request, the county shall provide the owner, by registered mail, with a statement of restrictions as described in subsection (3) of this section.
(3) The statement of restrictions shall include the following:
(a) The zoning currently applicable to the real property;
(b) Pending zoning changes currently advertised for public hearing that would be applicable to the real property;
(c) Any designations made by the county pursuant to chapter 36.70A RCW of any portion of the real property as agricultural land, forestland, mineral resource land, wetland, an area with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water, a fish and wildlife habitat conservation area, a frequently flooded area, and as a geological hazardous area; and
(d) If information regarding the designations listed in (c) of this subsection are not readily available, inform the owner of the procedure by which the owner can obtain that site-specific information from the county.
(4) If a county fails to provide the statement of restrictions within thirty days after receipt of the written request, the owner shall be awarded recovery of all attorneys' fees and costs incurred in any successful application for a writ of mandamus to compel production of a statement.
(5) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Owner" means any vested owner or any person holding the buyer's interest under a recorded real estate contract in which the seller is the vested owner; and
(b) "Real property" means a parcel, tract, lot or block: (i) Containing a single-family residence that is occupied by the owner or a member of his or her family, or rented to another by the owner; or (ii) five acres or less in size.
(6) This section does not affect the vesting of permits or development rights.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to create any liability on the part of a county.
[ 1996 c 206 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1996 c 206 §§ 6-8: See note following RCW 35.21.475.
Findings—1996 c 206: See note following RCW 43.05.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.320 - Comprehensive plan.

RCW 36.70.320
Comprehensive plan.
Each planning agency shall prepare a comprehensive plan for the orderly physical development of the county, or any portion thereof, and may include any land outside its boundaries which, in the judgment of the planning agency, relates to planning for the county. The plan shall be referred to as the comprehensive plan, and, after hearings by the commission and approval by motion of the board, shall be certified as the comprehensive plan. Amendments or additions to the comprehensive plan shall be similarly processed and certified.
Any comprehensive plan adopted for a portion of a county shall not be deemed invalid on the ground that the remainder of the county is not yet covered by a comprehensive plan. *This 1973 amendatory act shall also apply to comprehensive plans adopted for portions of a county prior to April 24, 1973.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 172 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.320. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 32.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: "This 1973 amendatory act" refers to 1973 1st ex.s. c 172 § 1.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.330 - Comprehensive plan—Required elements.

RCW 36.70.330
Comprehensive plan—Required elements.
The comprehensive plan shall consist of a map or maps, and descriptive text covering objectives, principles and standards used to develop it, and shall include each of the following elements:
(1) A land use element which designates the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of land for agriculture, housing, commerce, industry, recreation, education, public buildings and lands, and other categories of public and private use of land, including a statement of the standards of population density and building intensity recommended for the various areas in the jurisdiction and estimates of future population growth in the area covered by the comprehensive plan, all correlated with the land use element of the comprehensive plan. The land use element shall also provide for protection of the quality and quantity of groundwater used for public water supplies and shall review drainage, flooding, and stormwater runoff in the area and nearby jurisdictions and provide guidance for corrective actions to mitigate or cleanse those discharges that pollute Puget Sound or waters entering Puget Sound. Development regulations to implement comprehensive plans under this chapter that are newly developed, updated, or amended after January 1, 2025, must allow for the siting of organic materials management facilities in the areas identified in RCW 70A.205.040(3)(a)(i) to the extent necessary to provide for the establishment of the organic materials management volumetric capacity identified under RCW 70A.205.040(3)(a)(ii);
(2) A circulation element consisting of the general location, alignment and extent of major thoroughfares, major transportation routes, trunk utility lines, and major terminal facilities, all of which shall be correlated with the land use element of the comprehensive plan;
(3) Any supporting maps, diagrams, charts, descriptive material and reports necessary to explain and supplement the above elements.
[ 2022 c 180 § 601; 1985 c 126 § 3; 1984 c 253 § 3; 1963 c 4 § 36.70.330. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 33.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Scope of authority of chapter 180, Laws of 2022—2022 c 180: See notes following RCW 70A.205.007.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.70 - Planning Enabling Act. › 36.70.340 - Comprehensive plan—Amplification of required elements.

RCW 36.70.340
Comprehensive plan—Amplification of required elements.
When the comprehensive plan containing the mandatory subjects as set forth in RCW 36.70.330 shall have been approved by motion by the board and certified, it may thereafter be progressively amplified and augmented in scope by expanding and increasing the general provisions and proposals for all or any one of the required elements set forth in RCW 36.70.330 and by adding provisions and proposals for the optional elements set forth in RCW 36.70.350. The comprehensive plan may also be amplified and augmented in scope by progressively including more completely planned areas consisting of natural homogeneous communities, distinctive geographic areas, or other types of districts having unified interests within the total area of the county. In no case shall the comprehensive plan, whether in its entirety or area by area or subject by subject be considered to be other than in such form as to serve as a guide to the later development and adoption of official controls.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.70.340. Prior: 1959 c 201 § 34.]