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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.120 - City manager—Interference by councilmembers.

RCW 35A.13.120
City manager—Interference by councilmembers.
Neither the council, nor any of its committees or members, shall direct the appointment of any person to, or his or her removal from, office by the city manager or any of his or her subordinates. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the manager and neither the council nor any committee or member thereof shall give orders to any subordinate of the city manager, either publicly or privately. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the council, while in open session, from fully and freely discussing with the city manager anything pertaining to appointments and removals of city officers and employees and city affairs.
[ 2009 c 549 § 3027; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.120.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.130 - City manager—Removal—Resolution and notice.

RCW 35A.13.130
City manager—Removal—Resolution and notice.
The city manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term and may be removed by a majority vote of the council. At least thirty days before the effective date of his or her removal, the city manager must be furnished with a formal statement in the form of a resolution passed by a majority vote of the city council stating the council's intention to remove him or her and the reasons therefor. Upon passage of the resolution stating the council's intention to remove the manager, the council by a similar vote may suspend him or her from duty, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal becomes effective.
[ 2009 c 549 § 3028; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.130.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.140 - City manager—Removal—Reply and hearing.

RCW 35A.13.140
City manager—Removal—Reply and hearing.
The city manager may, within thirty days from the date of service upon him or her of a copy thereof, reply in writing to the resolution stating the council's intention to remove him or her. In the event no reply is timely filed, the resolution shall upon the thirty-first day from the date of such service, constitute the final resolution removing the manager and his or her services shall terminate upon that day. If a reply shall be timely filed with the city clerk, the council shall fix a time for a public hearing upon the question of the manager's removal and a final resolution removing the manager shall not be adopted until a public hearing has been had. The action of the council in removing the manager shall be final.
[ 2009 c 549 § 3029; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.140.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.150 - City manager—Substitute.

RCW 35A.13.150
City manager—Substitute.
The council may designate a qualified administrative officer of the city or town to perform the duties of manager:
(1) Upon the adoption of the council-manager plan, pending the selection and appointment of a manager; or
(2) Upon the termination of the services of a manager, pending the selection and appointment of a new manager; or
(3) During the absence, disability, or suspension of the manager.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.150.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.160 - Oath and bond of officers.

RCW 35A.13.160
Oath and bond of officers.
All provisions of RCW 35A.12.080 relating to oaths and bonds of officers, shall be applicable to code cities organized under this council-manager plan.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.160.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.170 - Council meetings—Quorum—Rules—Voting.

RCW 35A.13.170
Council meetings—Quorum—Rules—Voting.
All provisions of RCW 35A.12.110, as now or hereafter amended, and 35A.12.120, relating to council meetings, a quorum for transaction of business, rules and voting at council meetings, shall be applicable to code cities organized under this council-manager plan.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 18 § 26; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.170.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 18: See note following RCW 35A.01.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.180 - Adoption of codes by reference.

RCW 35A.13.180
Adoption of codes by reference.
Ordinances of cities organized under this chapter may adopt codes by reference as provided in RCW 35A.12.140.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.180.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.190 - Ordinances—Style—Requisites—Veto.

RCW 35A.13.190
Ordinances—Style—Requisites—Veto.
The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: "The city council of the city of . . . . . . do ordain as follows:" No ordinance shall contain more than one subject and that must be clearly expressed in its title.
No ordinance or any section or subsection thereof shall be revised or amended unless the new ordinance sets forth the revised ordinance or the amended section or subsection at full length.
No ordinance shall take effect until five days after the date of its publication unless otherwise provided by statute or charter, except that an ordinance passed by a majority plus one of the whole membership of the council, designated therein as a public emergency ordinance necessary for the protection of public health, public safety, public property or the public peace, may be made effective upon adoption, but such ordinance may not levy taxes, grant, renew, or extend a franchise, or authorize the borrowing of money.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.190.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.200 - Authentication, recording and publication of ordinances.

RCW 35A.13.200
Authentication, recording and publication of ordinances.
Ordinances of code cities organized under this chapter shall be authenticated, recorded and published as provided in RCW 35A.12.150 and 35A.12.160.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.200.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.210 - Audit and allowance of demands against city.

RCW 35A.13.210
Audit and allowance of demands against city.
RCW 35A.12.170 shall apply to the audit and allowance of demands against the city.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.210.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.220 - Optional division of city into wards.

RCW 35A.13.220
Optional division of city into wards.
A code city organized under this chapter may be divided into wards as provided in RCW 35A.12.180.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.220.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government. › 35A.13.230 - Powers of council.

RCW 35A.13.230
Powers of council.
The council of any code city organized under the council-manager plan provided in this chapter shall have the powers and authority granted to legislative bodies of cities governed by this title as more particularly described in chapter 35A.11 RCW, except insofar as such power and authority is vested in the city manager.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.230.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 35A.14.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
Actions taken under chapter 35A.14 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 § 38.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.005 - Annexations beyond urban growth areas prohibited.

RCW 35A.14.005
Annexations beyond urban growth areas prohibited.
No code city located in a county in which urban growth areas have been designated under RCW 36.70A.110 may annex territory beyond an urban growth area.
[ 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 § 31.]
NOTES:
Severability—Part, section headings not law—1990 1st ex.s. c 17: See RCW 36.70A.900 and 36.70A.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.010 - Authority for annexation.

RCW 35A.14.010
Authority for annexation.
Any portion of a county not incorporated as part of a city or town but lying contiguous to a code city may become a part of the charter code city or noncharter code city by annexation. An area proposed to be annexed to a charter code city or noncharter code city shall be deemed contiguous thereto even though separated by water or tide or shore lands and, upon annexation of such area, any such intervening water and/or tide or shore lands shall become a part of such annexing city.
[ 2009 c 402 § 4; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.010.]
NOTES:
Intent—2009 c 402: See note following RCW 35.13.490.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.015 - Election method—Resolution for election—Contents of resolution.

RCW 35A.14.015
Election method—Resolution for election—Contents of resolution.
When the legislative body of a charter code city or noncharter code city shall determine that the best interests and general welfare of such city would be served by the annexation of unincorporated territory contiguous to such city, such legislative body may, by resolution, call for an election to be held to submit to the voters of such territory the proposal for annexation. The resolution shall, subject to RCW 35.02.170, describe the boundaries of the area to be annexed, state the number of voters residing therein as nearly as may be, and shall provide that said city will pay the cost of the annexation election. The resolution may require that there also be submitted to the electorate of the territory sought to be annexed a proposition that all property within the area annexed shall, upon annexation, be assessed and taxed at the same rate and on the same basis as the property of such annexing city is assessed and taxed to pay for all or any portion of the then-outstanding indebtedness of the city to which said area is annexed, which indebtedness has been approved by the voters, contracted for, or incurred prior to, or existing at, the date of annexation. Whenever such city has prepared and filed a proposed zoning regulation for the area to be annexed as provided for in RCW 35A.14.330 and 35A.14.340, the resolution initiating the election may also provide for the simultaneous adoption of the proposed zoning regulation upon approval of annexation by the electorate of the area to be annexed. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the legislative authority of the county in which said territory is located. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the boundary review board as provided for in chapter 36.93 RCW or the county annexation review board established by RCW 35A.14.200, unless such annexation proposal is within the provisions of RCW 35A.14.220.
[ 1986 c 234 § 29; 1979 ex.s. c 124 § 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 220 § 14; 1971 ex.s. c 251 § 10; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.015.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 124: "If any provision of this 1979 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 124 § 11.]
Legislative finding, intent—1975 1st ex.s. c 220: See note following RCW 35.02.170.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.030 - Filing of petition as approved by city.

RCW 35A.14.030
Filing of petition as approved by city.
Upon approval of the petition for election by the legislative body of the code city to which such territory is proposed to be annexed, the petition shall be filed with the legislative authority of the county in which such territory is located, along with a statement, in the form required by the city, of the provisions, if any there be, relating to assumption of the portion of the debt that the city requires to be assumed by the owners of property of the area proposed to be annexed, and/or the simultaneous adoption of a proposed zoning regulation for the area. A copy of the petition and the statement, if any, shall also be filed with the boundary review board as provided for in chapter 36.93 RCW or the county annexation review board established by RCW 35A.14.160, unless such proposed annexation is within the provisions of RCW 35A.14.220.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 124 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 251 § 6; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.030.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 124: See note following RCW 35A.14.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.040 - Election method—Hearing by review board—Notice.

RCW 35A.14.040
Election method—Hearing by review board—Notice.
Within ten days after receipt of a petition or resolution calling for an election on the question of annexation, the county annexation review board shall meet and, if the proposed annexation complies with the requirements of law, shall fix a date for a hearing thereon, to be held not less than fifteen days nor more than thirty days thereafter, of which hearing the city must give notice by publication at least once a week for two weeks prior thereto in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the city and in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the area proposed to be annexed. The hearing shall be held within the city to which the territory is proposed to be annexed, at a time and place to be designated by the board. Upon the day fixed, the board shall conduct a hearing upon the petition or resolution, at which hearing a representative of the city shall make a brief presentation to the board in explanation of the annexation and the benefits to be derived therefrom, and the petitioners and any resident of the city or the area proposed to be annexed shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time in the board's discretion, not to exceed thirty days in all from the commencement of the hearing.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.050 - Decision of the county annexation review board—Filing—Date for election.

RCW 35A.14.050
Decision of the county annexation review board—Filing—Date for election.
After consideration of the proposed annexation as provided in RCW 35A.14.200, the county annexation review board, within thirty days after the final day of hearing, shall take one of the following actions:
(1) Approval of the proposal as submitted.
(2) Subject to RCW 35.02.170, modification of the proposal by adjusting boundaries to include or exclude territory; except that any such inclusion of territory shall not increase the total area of territory proposed for annexation by an amount exceeding the original proposal by more than five percent: PROVIDED, That the county annexation review board shall not adjust boundaries to include territory not included in the original proposal without first affording to residents and property owners of the area affected by such adjustment of boundaries an opportunity to be heard as to the proposal.
(3) Disapproval of the proposal.
The written decision of the county annexation review board shall be filed with the board of county commissioners and with the legislative body of the city concerned. If the annexation proposal is modified by the county annexation review board, such modification shall be fully set forth in the written decision. If the decision of the boundary review board or the county annexation review board is favorable to the annexation proposal, or the proposal as modified by the review board, the legislative body of the city at its next regular meeting if to be held within thirty days after receipt of the decision of the boundary review board or the county annexation review board, or at a special meeting to be held within that period, shall indicate to the county auditor its preference for a special election date for submission of such annexation proposal, with any modifications made by the review board, to the voters of the territory proposed to be annexed. The special election date that is so indicated shall be one of the dates for special elections provided under RCW 29A.04.330 that is sixty or more days after the date the preference is indicated. The county legislative authority shall call the special election at the special election date so indicated by the city. If the boundary review board or the county annexation review board disapproves the annexation proposal, no further action shall be taken thereon, and no proposal for annexation of the same territory, or substantially the same as determined by the board, shall be initiated or considered for twelve months thereafter.
[ 2015 c 53 § 54; 1989 c 351 § 5; 1986 c 234 § 30; 1975 1st ex.s. c 220 § 15; 1971 ex.s. c 251 § 7; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.050.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding, intent—1975 1st ex.s. c 220: See note following RCW 35.02.170.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.070 - Election method—Notice of election.

RCW 35A.14.070
Election method—Notice of election.
Notice of an annexation election shall particularly describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed, as the same may have been modified by the boundary review board or the county annexation review board, state the objects of the election as prayed in the petition or as stated in the resolution, and require the voters to cast ballots which shall contain the words "For Annexation" or "Against Annexation" or words equivalent thereto, or contain the words "For Annexation and Adoption of Proposed Zoning Regulation", and "Against Annexation and Adoption of Proposed Zoning Regulation", or words equivalent thereto in case the simultaneous adoption of a proposed zoning regulation is proposed, and in case the assumption of all or a portion of indebtedness is proposed, shall contain an appropriate, separate proposition for or against the portion of indebtedness that the city requires to be assumed. The notice shall be posted for at least two weeks prior to the date of election in four public places within the area proposed to be annexed and published at least once a week for two weeks prior to the date of election in a newspaper of general circulation within the limits of the territory proposed to be annexed. Such notice shall be in addition to the notice required by general election law.
[ 1994 c 223 § 38; 1979 ex.s. c 124 § 4; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.070.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 124: See note following RCW 35A.14.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.080 - Election method—Vote required for annexation—Proposition for assumption of indebtedness—Certification.

RCW 35A.14.080
Election method—Vote required for annexation—Proposition for assumption of indebtedness—Certification.
On the Monday next succeeding the annexation election, the county canvassing board shall proceed to canvass the returns thereof and shall submit the statement of canvass to the county legislative authority.
The proposition for or against annexation or for or against annexation and adoption of the proposed zoning regulation, as the case may be, shall be deemed approved if a majority of the votes cast on that proposition are cast in favor of annexation or in favor of annexation and adoption of the proposed zoning regulation, as the case may be. If a proposition for or against assumption of all or any portion of indebtedness was submitted to the electorate, it shall be deemed approved if a majority of at least three-fifths of the electors of the territory proposed to be annexed voting on such proposition vote in favor thereof, and the number of persons voting on such proposition constitutes not less than forty percent of the total number of votes cast in such territory at the last preceding general election. If either or both propositions were approved by the electors, the county legislative authority shall enter a finding to that effect on its minutes, a certified copy of which shall be forthwith transmitted to and filed with the clerk of the city to which annexation is proposed, together with a certified abstract of the vote showing the whole number who voted at the election, the number of votes cast for annexation and the number cast against annexation or for annexation and adoption of the proposed zoning regulation and the number cast against annexation and adoption of the proposed zoning regulation, as the case may be, and if a proposition for assumption of all or any portion of indebtedness was submitted to the electorate, the abstract shall include the number of votes cast for assumption of indebtedness and the number of votes cast against assumption of indebtedness, together with a statement of the total number of votes cast in such territory at the last preceding general election.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 124 § 5; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.080.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 124: See note following RCW 35A.14.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.085 - Election method—Vote required for annexation with assumption of indebtedness—Without assumption of indebtedness.

RCW 35A.14.085
Election method—Vote required for annexation with assumption of indebtedness—Without assumption of indebtedness.
A code city may cause a proposition authorizing an area to be annexed to the city to be submitted to the qualified voters of the area proposed to be annexed in the same ballot proposition as the question to authorize an assumption of indebtedness. If the measures are combined, the annexation and the assumption of indebtedness shall be authorized only if the proposition is approved by at least three-fifths of the voters of the area proposed to be annexed voting on the proposition, and the number of persons voting on the proposition constitutes not less than forty percent of the total number of votes cast in the area at the last preceding general election.
However, the code city council may adopt a resolution accepting the annexation, without the assumption of indebtedness, where the combined ballot proposition is approved by a simple majority vote of the voters voting on the proposition.
[ 1989 c 84 § 23.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.090 - Election method—Ordinance providing for annexation, assumption of indebtedness.

RCW 35A.14.090
Election method—Ordinance providing for annexation, assumption of indebtedness.
Upon filing of the certified copy of the finding of the county legislative authority, the clerk shall transmit it to the legislative body of the city at the next regular meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable. If only a proposition relating to annexation or to annexation and adoption of a proposed zoning regulation was submitted to the voters and such proposition was approved, the legislative body shall adopt an ordinance providing for the annexation or adopt ordinances providing for the annexation and adoption of a proposed zoning regulation, as the case may be. If a proposition for annexation or for annexation and adoption of a proposed zoning regulation, and a proposition for assumption of all or any portion of indebtedness were both submitted, and both were approved, the legislative body shall adopt an ordinance providing for the annexation or for annexation and adoption of the proposed zoning regulation, including the assumption of the portion of indebtedness that was approved by the voters. If both propositions were submitted and only the annexation or the annexation and adoption of the proposed zoning regulation was approved, the legislative body may adopt an ordinance providing for the annexation or adopt ordinances providing for the annexation and adoption of the proposed zoning regulation, as the case may be, or the legislative body may refuse to annex when a proposal for assumption of the portion of indebtedness has been disapproved by the voters.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 124 § 6; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.090.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 124: See note following RCW 35A.14.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.100 - Election method—Effective date of annexation.

RCW 35A.14.100
Election method—Effective date of annexation.
Upon the date fixed in the ordinance of annexation, the area annexed shall become a part of the city. Upon the date fixed in the ordinances of annexation and adoption of the proposed zoning regulation, the area annexed shall become a part of the city, and property in the annexed area shall be subject to the proposed zoning regulation, as prepared and filed as provided for in RCW 35A.14.330 and 35A.14.340. All property within the territory hereafter annexed shall, if the proposition approved by the people so provides, be assessed and taxed at the same rate and on the same basis as the property of such annexing city is assessed and taxed to pay for the portion of indebtedness of the city that was approved by the voters.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 124 § 7; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.100.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 124: See note following RCW 35A.14.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.110 - Election method is alternative.

RCW 35A.14.110
Election method is alternative.
The method of annexation provided for in RCW 35A.14.015 through 35A.14.100 is an alternative method and is additional to the other methods provided for in this chapter.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.110.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.130 - Direct petition method—Notice of hearing.

RCW 35A.14.130
Direct petition method—Notice of hearing.
Whenever such a petition for annexation is filed with the legislative body of a code city, which petition meets the requirements herein specified and is sufficient according to the rules set forth in RCW 35A.01.040, the legislative body may entertain the same, fix a date for a public hearing thereon and cause notice of the hearing to be published in one or more issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The notice shall also be posted in three public places within the territory proposed for annexation, and shall specify the time and place of hearing and invite interested persons to appear and voice approval or disapproval of the annexation.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.130.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.140 - Direct petition method—Ordinance providing for annexation.

RCW 35A.14.140
Direct petition method—Ordinance providing for annexation.
Following the hearing, if the legislative body determines to effect the annexation, they shall do so by ordinance. Subject to RCW 35.02.170, the ordinance may annex all or any portion of the proposed area but may not include in the annexation any property not described in the petition. Upon passage of the annexation ordinance a certified copy shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the annexed property is located.
[ 1986 c 234 § 31; 1975 1st ex.s. c 220 § 16; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.140.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding, intent—1975 1st ex.s. c 220: See note following RCW 35.02.170.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.150 - Direct petition method—Effective date of annexation.

RCW 35A.14.150
Direct petition method—Effective date of annexation.
Upon the date fixed in the ordinance of annexation the area annexed shall become part of the city. All property within the territory hereafter annexed shall, if the annexation petition so provided, be assessed and taxed at the same rate and on the same basis as the property of such annexing code city is assessed and taxed to pay for the portion of any then-outstanding indebtedness of the city to which said area is annexed, which indebtedness has been approved by the voters, contracted for, or incurred prior to, or existing at, the date of annexation and that the city has required to be assumed. If the annexation petition so provided, all property in the annexed area shall be subject to and a part of the proposed zoning regulation as prepared and filed as provided for in RCW 35A.14.330 and 35A.14.340.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 124 § 9; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.150.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 124: See note following RCW 35A.14.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.160 - Annexation review board—Composition.

RCW 35A.14.160
Annexation review board—Composition.
There is hereby established in each county of the state, other than counties having a boundary review board as provided for in chapter 189, Laws of 1967 [chapter 36.93 RCW], a board to be known as the "annexation review board for the county of . . . . . . (naming the county)", which shall be charged with the duty of reviewing proposals for annexation of unincorporated territory to charter code cities and noncharter code cities within its respective county; except that proposals within the provisions of RCW 35A.14.220 shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of such board.
In all counties in which a boundary review board is established pursuant to chapter 189, Laws of 1967 [chapter 36.93 RCW] review of proposals for annexation of unincorporated territory to charter code cities and noncharter code cities within such counties shall be subject to chapter 189, Laws of 1967 [chapter 36.93 RCW]. Whenever any county establishes a boundary review board pursuant to chapter 189, Laws of 1967 [chapter 36.93 RCW] the provisions of this act relating to annexation review boards shall not be applicable.
Except as provided above in this section, whenever one or more cities of a county shall have elected to be governed by this title by becoming a charter code city or noncharter code city, the governor shall, within forty-five days thereafter, appoint an annexation review board for such county consisting of five members appointed in the following manner:
Two members shall be selected independently by the governor. Three members shall be selected by the governor from the following sources: (1) One member shall be appointed from nominees of the individual members of the board of county commissioners; (2) one member shall be appointed from nominees of the individual mayors of charter code cities within such county; (3) one member shall be appointed from nominees of the individual mayors of noncharter code cities within such county.
Each source shall nominate at least two persons for an available position. In the event there are less than two nominees for any position, the governor may appoint the member for that position independently. If, at the time of appointment, there are within the county no cities of one of the classes named above as a nominating source, a position which would otherwise have been filled by nomination from such source shall be filled by independent appointment of the governor.
In making appointments independently and in making appointments from among nominees, the governor shall strive to appoint persons familiar with municipal government and administration by experience and/or training.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 251 § 8; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.160.]
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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.170 - Time for filing nominations—Vacancies.

RCW 35A.14.170
Time for filing nominations—Vacancies.
Upon the initial formation of a county annexation review board the governor shall give written notice of such formation to all the nominating sources designated therein and nominations must be filed with the office of the governor within fifteen days after receipt of such notice. Nominations to fill vacancies caused by expiration of terms must be filed at least thirty days preceding the expiration of the terms. When vacancies occur in the membership of the board, the governor shall solicit nominations from the appropriate source and if none are filed within fifteen days thereafter, the governor shall fill the vacancy by an independent appointment.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.170.]
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RCW 35A.14.180
Terms of members.
The members of the annexation review board shall be appointed for five year terms. Upon the initial formation of a board, one member appointed by the governor independently shall be appointed for a four year term, the member appointed from among nominees of the board of county commissioners shall be appointed for a three year term, the member appointed from among nominees of the mayors of noncharter code cities shall be appointed for a three year term, and the remaining members shall be appointed for five year terms. Thereafter board members shall be appointed for five year terms as the terms of their predecessors expire. Members shall be eligible for reappointment to the board for successive terms.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.180.]
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RCW 35A.14.190
Organization of annexation review board—Rules—Journal—Authority.
The members of each annexation review board shall elect from among the members a chair and a vice chair, and may employ a nonmember as chief clerk, who shall be the secretary of the board. The board shall determine its own rules and order of business, shall provide by resolution for the time and manner of holding regular or special meetings, and shall keep a journal of its proceedings which shall be a public record. A majority of all the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
The chief clerk of the board, the chair, or the vice chair shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, certify to all official acts, issue subpoenas to any public officer or employee ordering him or her to testify before the board and produce public records, papers, books or documents. The chief clerk, the chair or the vice chair may invoke the aid of any court of competent jurisdiction to carry out such powers.
The planning departments of the county, other counties, and any city, and any state or regional planning agency shall furnish such information to the board at its request as may be reasonably necessary for the performance of its duties.
At the request of the board, the state attorney general shall provide counsel for the board.
[ 2009 c 549 § 3030; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.190.]
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RCW 35A.14.200
Determination by county annexation review board—Factors considered—Filing of findings and decision.
The jurisdiction of the county annexation review board shall be invoked upon the filing with the board of a resolution for an annexation election as provided in RCW 35A.14.015, or of a petition for an annexation election as provided in RCW 35A.14.030, and the board shall proceed to hold a hearing, upon notice, all as provided in RCW 35A.14.040. A verbatim record shall be made of all testimony presented at the hearing and upon request and payment of the reasonable costs thereof, a copy of the transcript of such testimony shall be provided to any person or governmental unit. The board shall make and file its decision, all as provided in RCW 35A.14.050, insofar as said section is applicable to the matter before the board. Dissenting members of the board shall have the right to have their written dissents included as part of the decision. In reaching a decision on an annexation proposal, the county annexation review board shall consider the factors affecting such proposal, which shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) The immediate and prospective population of the area proposed to be annexed, the configuration of the area, land use and land uses, comprehensive use plans and zoning, per capita assessed valuation, topography, natural boundaries and drainage basins, the likelihood of significant growth in the area and in adjacent incorporated and unincorporated areas during the next ten years, location and coordination of community facilities and services; and
(2) The need for municipal services and the available municipal services, effect of ordinances and governmental codes, regulations and resolutions on existing uses, present cost and adequacy of governmental services and controls, the probable future needs for such services and controls, the probable effect of the annexation proposal or alternatives on cost and adequacy of services and controls in area and adjacent area, the effect on the finances, debt structure, and contractual obligations and rights of all affected governmental units; and
(3) The effect of the annexation proposal or alternatives on adjacent areas, on mutual economic and social interests, and on the local governmental structure of the county.
The county annexation review board shall determine whether the proposed annexation would be in the public interest and for the public welfare. The decision of the board shall be accompanied by the findings of the board. Such findings need not include specific data on all the factors listed in this section, but shall indicate that all such factors were considered.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 251 § 11; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.200.]
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RCW 35A.14.210
Court review of decisions of the county annexation review board.
Decisions of the county annexation review board shall be final unless within ten days from the date of said action a governmental unit affected by the decision or any person owning real property in or residing in the area proposed to be annexed files in the superior court a notice of appeal. The filing of such notice of appeal within such time limit shall stay the effective date of the decision of the board until such time as the appeal shall have been adjudicated or withdrawn. On appeal the superior court shall not take any evidence other than that contained in the record of the hearing before the board. The superior court may affirm the decision of the county annexation review board or remand the case for further proceedings; or the court may reverse the decision and remand if it finds that substantial rights have been prejudiced because the findings, conclusions, or decision of the board are:
(1) In violation of constitutional provisions; or
(2) In excess of the statutory authority or jurisdiction of the board; or
(3) Made upon unlawful procedure; or
(4) Affected by other error of law; or
(5) Unsupported by material and substantial evidence in view of the entire record as submitted; or
(6) Arbitrary or capricious.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 251 § 12; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.210.]
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RCW 35A.14.220
When review procedure may be dispensed with.
Annexations under the provisions of RCW 35A.14.295, 35A.14.297, 35A.14.300, and 35A.14.310 shall not be subject to review by the annexation review board: PROVIDED, That in any county in which a boundary review board is established under chapter 36.93 RCW all annexations shall be subject to review except as provided for in RCW 36.93.110. When the area proposed for annexation in a petition or resolution, initiated and filed under any of the methods of initiating annexation authorized by this chapter, is less than fifty acres or less than two million dollars in assessed valuation, review procedures shall not be required as to such annexation proposal, except as provided in chapter 36.93 RCW in those counties with a review board established pursuant to chapter 36.93 RCW: PROVIDED, That when an annexation proposal is initiated by the direct petition method authorized by RCW 35A.14.120, review procedures shall not be required without regard to acreage or assessed valuation, except as provided in chapter 36.93 RCW in those counties with a boundary review board established pursuant to chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 18 § 27; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 26; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.220.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 18: See note following RCW 35A.01.070.
Severability—Effective dates and termination dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
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RCW 35A.14.231
Territory subject to annexation proposal—When annexation by another city or incorporation allowed.
After a petition proposing an annexation by a code city has been filed with the city or the city legislative authority, or after a resolution proposing the annexation by a code city has been adopted by the city legislative authority, no territory included in the proposed annexation may be annexed by another city or town or incorporated into a city or town unless: (1) The boundary review board or county annexation review board created under RCW 35A.14.160 modifies the boundaries of the proposed annexation and removes the territory; (2) the boundary review board or county annexation review board created under RCW 35A.14.160 rejects the proposed annexation; or (3) the city legislative authority rejects the proposed annexation or voters defeat the ballot proposition authorizing the annexation.
[ 1994 c 216 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1994 c 216: See note following RCW 35.02.015.
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RCW 35A.14.295
Annexation of unincorporated island of territory within code city—Resolution—Notice of hearing.
(1) The legislative body of a code city may resolve to annex territory to the city if there is within the city, unincorporated territory:
(a) Containing less than one hundred seventy-five acres and having all of the boundaries of such area contiguous to the code city; or
(b) Of any size containing residential property owners and having at least eighty percent of the boundaries of such area contiguous to the city. Territory annexed under this subsection (1)(b) must be within the same county and within the same urban growth area designated under RCW 36.70A.110, and the city must plan under chapter 36.70A RCW.
(2) The resolution shall describe the boundaries of the area to be annexed, state the number of voters residing therein as nearly as may be, and set a date for a public hearing on such resolution for annexation. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication of the resolution at least once a week for two weeks prior to the date of the hearing, in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the code city and one or more newspapers of general circulation within the area to be annexed.
(3) For purposes of subsection (1)(b) of this section, territory bounded by a river, lake, or other body of water is considered contiguous to a city that is also bounded by the same river, lake, or other body of water.
[ 2013 2nd sp.s. c 27 § 1; 2013 c 333 § 1; 1997 c 429 § 36; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.295.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2013 2nd sp.s. c 27: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 28, 2013." [ 2013 2nd sp.s. c 27 § 4.]
Severability—1997 c 429: See note following RCW 36.70A.3201.
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RCW 35A.14.297
Ordinance providing for annexation of unincorporated island of territory—Referendum.
On the date set for hearing as provided in RCW 35A.14.295, residents or property owners of the area included in the resolution for annexation shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard. The legislative body may provide by ordinance for annexation of the territory described in the resolution, but the effective date of the ordinance shall be not less than forty-five days after the passage thereof. The legislative body shall cause notice of the proposed effective date of the annexation, together with a description of the property to be annexed, to be published at least once each week for two weeks subsequent to passage of the ordinance, in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the city and in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the area to be annexed. If the annexation ordinance provides for assumption of indebtedness or adoption of a proposed zoning regulation, the notice shall include a statement of such requirements. Such annexation ordinance shall be subject to referendum for forty-five days after the passage thereof. Upon the filing of a timely and sufficient referendum petition as provided in RCW 35A.14.299 below, a referendum election shall be held as provided in RCW 35A.14.299, and the annexation shall be deemed approved by the voters unless a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in opposition thereto. After the expiration of the forty-fifth day from, but excluding the date of passage of the annexation ordinance, if no timely and sufficient referendum petition has been filed, as provided by RCW 35A.14.299 below, the area annexed shall become a part of the code city upon the date fixed in the ordinance of annexation.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.297.]