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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.160 - Benefit zones—Establishment, modification and disestablishment of area provisions and procedure to be followed.

RCW 35.87A.160
Benefit zones—Establishment, modification and disestablishment of area provisions and procedure to be followed.
All provisions of this chapter applicable to establishment or disestablishment of an area also apply to the establishment, modification, or disestablishment of benefit zones pursuant to *RCW 35.87A.150. The establishment or the modification of any such zone shall follow the same procedure as provided for the establishment of a parking and business improvement area and the disestablishment shall follow the same procedure as provided for disestablishment of an area.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 16.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: "RCW 35.87A.150" has been translated from "section 13 of this act," as the reference to section 13, herein codified as RCW 35.87A.130, was apparently erroneous.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.170 - Exemption period for new businesses and projects.

RCW 35.87A.170
Exemption period for new businesses and projects.
Businesses or multifamily residential or mixed-use projects established after the creation of an area within the area may be exempted from the special assessments imposed pursuant to this chapter for a period not exceeding one year from the date they commenced business in the area.
[ 1993 c 429 § 10; 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.180 - Disestablishment of area—Hearing.

RCW 35.87A.180
Disestablishment of area—Hearing.
The legislative authority may disestablish an area by ordinance after a hearing before the legislative authority. The legislative authority shall adopt a resolution of intention to disestablish the area at least fifteen days prior to the hearing required by this section. The resolution shall give the time and place of the hearing.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.190 - Disestablishment of area—Assets and liabilities.

RCW 35.87A.190
Disestablishment of area—Assets and liabilities.
Upon disestablishment of an area, any proceeds of the special assessments, or assets acquired with such proceeds, or liabilities incurred as a result of the formation of such area, shall be subject to disposition as the legislative authority shall determine: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, Any liabilities, either current or future, incurred as a result of action taken to accomplish the purposes of RCW 35.87A.010 shall not be an obligation of the general fund or any special fund of the city or town, but such liabilities shall be provided for entirely from available revenue generated from the projects or facilities authorized by RCW 35.87A.010 or from special assessments on the property specially benefited within the area.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.200 - Bids required—Monetary amount.

RCW 35.87A.200
Bids required—Monetary amount.
Any city or town or county authorized by this chapter to establish a parking improvement area shall call for competitive bids by appropriate public notice and award contracts, whenever the estimated cost of such work or improvement, including cost of materials, supplies and equipment, exceeds the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.210 - Computing cost of improvement for bid requirement.

RCW 35.87A.210
Computing cost of improvement for bid requirement.
The cost of the improvement for the purposes of this chapter shall be aggregate of all amounts to be paid for the labor, materials and equipment on one continuous or inter-related project where work is to be performed simultaneously or in near sequence. Breaking an improvement into small units for the purposes of avoiding the minimum dollar amount prescribed in RCW 35.87A.200 is contrary to public policy and is prohibited.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.87A - Parking and Business Improvement Areas. › 35.87A.220 - Existing laws not affected—Chapter supplemental—Purposes may be accomplished in conjunction with other methods.

RCW 35.87A.220
Existing laws not affected—Chapter supplemental—Purposes may be accomplished in conjunction with other methods.
This chapter providing for parking and business improvement areas shall not be deemed or construed to affect any existing act, or any part thereof, relating to special assessments or other powers of counties, cities and towns, but shall be supplemental thereto and concurrent therewith.
The purposes and functions of parking and business improvement areas as set forth by the provisions of this chapter may be accomplished in part by the establishment of an area pursuant to this chapter and in part by any other method otherwise provided by law, including provisions for local improvements.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 45 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.88 - Water Pollution—Protection From. › 35.88.010 - Authority over sources of supply.

RCW 35.88.010
Authority over sources of supply.
For the purpose of protecting the water furnished to the inhabitants of cities and towns from pollution, cities and towns are given jurisdiction over all property occupied by the works, reservoirs, systems, springs, branches and pipes, by means of which, and of all the lakes, rivers, springs, streams, creeks, or tributaries constituting the sources of supply from which the cities and towns or the companies or individuals furnishing water to the inhabitants thereof obtain their supply of water, or store or conduct it, and over all property acquired for any of the foregoing works or purposes or for the preservation and protection of the purity of the water supply, and over all property within the areas draining into the lakes, rivers, springs, streams, creeks, or tributaries constituting the sources of supply whether they or any of them are within the city or town limits or outside.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.88.010. Prior: 1907 c 227 § 1, part; 1899 c 70 § 1, part; RRS § 9473, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.88 - Water Pollution—Protection From. › 35.88.020 - Enforcement of ordinance—Special police.

RCW 35.88.020
Enforcement of ordinance—Special police.
Every city and town may by ordinance prescribe what acts shall constitute offenses against the purity of its water supply and the punishment or penalties therefor and enforce them. The mayor of each city and town may appoint special police officers, with such compensation as the city or town may fix, who shall, after taking oath, have the powers of constables, and who may arrest with or without warrant any person committing, within the territory over which any city or town is given jurisdiction by this chapter, any offense declared by law or by ordinance, against the purity of the water supply, or which violate any rule or regulation lawfully promulgated by the state board of health for the protection of the purity of such water supply. Every special police officer whose appointment is authorized herein may take any person arrested for any such offense or violation before any court having jurisdiction thereof to be proceeded with according to law. Every such special police officer shall, when on duty wear in plain view a badge or shield bearing the words "special police" and the name of the city or town by which he or she has been appointed.
[ 2007 c 218 § 70; 1965 c 7 § 35.88.020. Prior: 1907 c 227 § 1, part; 1899 c 70 § 1, part; RRS § 9473, part.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2007 c 218: See note following RCW 41.08.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.88 - Water Pollution—Protection From. › 35.88.030 - Pollution declared to be a nuisance—Abatement.

RCW 35.88.030
Pollution declared to be a nuisance—Abatement.
The establishment or maintenance of any slaughter pens, stock feeding yards, hogpens, or the deposit or maintenance of any uncleanly or unwholesome substance, or the conduct of any business or occupation, or the allowing of any condition upon or sufficiently near the (1) sources from which the supply of water for the inhabitants of any city or town is obtained, or (2) where its water is stored, or (3) the property or means through which the same may be conveyed or conducted so that such water would be polluted or the purity of such water or any part thereof destroyed or endangered, is prohibited and declared to be unlawful, and is declared to constitute a nuisance, and may be abated as other nuisances are abated.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.88.030. Prior: 1899 c 70 § 2, part; RRS § 9474, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.88 - Water Pollution—Protection From. › 35.88.040 - Pollution as criminal nuisance—Punishment.

RCW 35.88.040
Pollution as criminal nuisance—Punishment.
Any person who does, establishes, maintains, or creates any of the things which have the effect of polluting any such sources of water supply, or water, and any person who does any of the things in RCW 35.88.030 declared to be unlawful, shall be deemed guilty of creating and maintaining a nuisance, and may be prosecuted therefor, and upon conviction thereof may be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.88.040. Prior: 1899 c 70 § 2, part; RRS § 9474, part.]
NOTES:
Nuisance: Chapter 9.66 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.88 - Water Pollution—Protection From. › 35.88.050 - Prosecution—Trial—Abatement of nuisance.

RCW 35.88.050
Prosecution—Trial—Abatement of nuisance.
If upon the trial of any person for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter he or she is found guilty of creating or maintaining a nuisance or of violating any of the provisions of this chapter, he or she shall forthwith abate the nuisance, and if he or she fails so to do within one day after such conviction, unless further time is granted by the court, a warrant shall be issued by the court wherein the conviction was obtained, directed to the sheriff of the county in which such nuisance exists and the sheriff shall forthwith proceed to abate the said nuisance and the cost thereof shall be taxed against the person so convicted as a part of the costs of such case.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2129; 1965 c 7 § 35.88.050. Prior: 1899 c 70 § 3; RRS § 9475.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.88 - Water Pollution—Protection From. › 35.88.060 - Health officers and mayor must enforce.

RCW 35.88.060
Health officers and mayor must enforce.
The city health officer, city physician, board of public health, mayor, or any other officer, who has the sanitary condition of the city or town in charge, shall see that the provisions of this chapter are enforced and upon complaint being made to any such officer of an alleged violation, he or she shall immediately investigate the said complaint and if the same appears to be well-founded he or she shall file a complaint against the person or persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter and cause their arrest and prosecution.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2130; 1965 c 7 § 35.88.060. Prior: 1899 c 70 § 4; RRS § 9476.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.88 - Water Pollution—Protection From. › 35.88.070 - Injunction proceeding.

RCW 35.88.070
Injunction proceeding.
If any provision of this chapter is being violated, the city or town supplied with the water or a corporation owning waterworks for the purpose of supplying the city or town or the inhabitants thereof with water may, by civil action in the superior court of the proper county, have the maintenance of the nuisance which pollutes or tends to pollute the said water, enjoined and such injunction may be perpetual.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.88.070. Prior: 1899 c 70 § 5; RRS § 9477.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.88 - Water Pollution—Protection From. › 35.88.080 - Inland cities over one hundred thousand—Discharge of sewage and other discharges prohibited—Nuisance.

RCW 35.88.080
Inland cities over one hundred thousand—Discharge of sewage and other discharges prohibited—Nuisance.
Any city not located on tidewater, having a population of one hundred thousand or more, is hereby prohibited from discharging, draining or depositing, or causing to be discharged, drained or deposited, any sewage, garbage, feculent matter, offal, refuse, filth, or any animal, mineral, or vegetable matter or substance, offensive, injurious or dangerous to health, into any springs, streams, rivers, lakes, tributaries thereof, wells, or into any subterranean or other waters used or intended to be used for human or animal consumption or for domestic purposes.
Anything done, maintained, or suffered, in violation of any of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed to be a public nuisance, and may be summarily abated as such by any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the secretary of social and health services or any person whose supply of water for human or animal consumption or for domestic purposes is or may be affected.
[ 1979 c 141 § 40; 1965 c 7 § 35.88.080. Prior: (i) 1941 c 186 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9354-1. (ii) 1941 c 186 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9354-3.]
NOTES:
Nuisance: Chapter 9.66 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.88 - Water Pollution—Protection From. › 35.88.090 - Inland cities over one hundred thousand—Investigation of disposal systems by secretary of social and health services.

RCW 35.88.090
Inland cities over one hundred thousand—Investigation of disposal systems by secretary of social and health services.
The secretary of social and health services shall have the power, and it shall be his or her duty, to investigate the system of disposal of sewage, garbage, feculent matter, offal, refuse, filth, or any animal, mineral, or vegetable matter or substance, by cities not located on tidewater, having a population of one hundred thousand or more, and if he or she shall determine upon investigation that any such system or systems of disposal is or may be injurious or dangerous to health, he or she shall have the power, and it shall be his or she duty, to order such city or cities to provide for, construct, and maintain a system or systems of disposal which will not be injurious or dangerous to health.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2131; 1979 c 141 § 41; 1965 c 7 § 35.88.090. Prior: 1941 c 186 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9354-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.010 - Authority to issue water redemption bonds.

RCW 35.89.010
Authority to issue water redemption bonds.
If a public water system has been constructed within any local improvement district of any city or town for the construction of which bonds of the local improvement district were issued and are outstanding and unpaid, and if the city or town has taken over the system or is operating it as a public utility or has incorporated it into or connected it with any system operated by city or town as a public utility, from the operation of which such city or town derives a revenue, the city or town may by resolution of its council authorize the issue of bonds to an amount not exceeding the amount of the local improvement bonds issued for the construction of the water system then outstanding and unpaid with interest due and unpaid, and may redeem the outstanding local improvement bonds by exchanging therefor an equal amount at par of the bonds authorized by this chapter. The new bonds shall be called water redemption bonds.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.89.010. Prior: (i) 1929 c 85 § 1; 1923 c 52 § 1; RRS § 9154-1. (ii) 1923 c 52 § 2, part; RRS § 9154-2, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.020 - Bonds—Terms—Execution—Rights of owner.

RCW 35.89.020
Bonds—Terms—Execution—Rights of owner.
(1) Water redemption bonds shall be in denominations of not more than one thousand nor less than one hundred dollars each, and shall bear interest at a rate or rates as authorized by the city or town council, payable semiannually, and shall bear a serial number and shall be signed by the mayor of the city or town and shall be otherwise executed in such manner and payable at such time and place not exceeding twenty years after the date of issue as the city or town council shall determine and such bonds shall be payable only out of the special fund created by authority of this chapter and shall be a valid claim of the owner thereof only against that fund and the fixed portion or amount of the revenues of the water system pledged to the fund, and shall not constitute an indebtedness of the city or town. Such bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 66; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 46; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 23; 1965 c 7 § 35.89.020. Prior: 1923 c 52 § 2, part; RRS § 9154-2, part.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Purpose—1970 ex.s. c 56: See note following RCW 39.52.020.
Validation—Saving—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 232: See notes following RCW 39.52.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.030 - Bonds exchange—Subrogation.

RCW 35.89.030
Bonds exchange—Subrogation.
Water redemption bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall only be sold or disposed of in exchange for an equal amount in par value of principal and interest of the local improvement district bonds issued for the construction of water systems taken over and operated by the city or town, or incorporated into or connected with a water system operated by it.
Upon the exchange of the water redemption bonds authorized by this chapter for local improvement district bonds the city or town shall be subrogated to all the rights of the owners and holders of such local improvement district bonds against the property of the local improvement district and against any person or corporation liable thereon.
Any money derived by the city or town from the sale or enforcement of such local improvement district bonds shall be paid into the city's water redemption fund.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.89.030. Prior: 1923 c 52 § 3; RRS § 9154-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.040 - Water redemption fund—Creation.

RCW 35.89.040
Water redemption fund—Creation.
The city or town council before issuing water redemption bonds shall by ordinance establish a fund for the payment of the bonds at maturity and of interest thereon as it matures to be designated the water redemption fund.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.89.040. Prior: 1923 c 52 § 4; RRS § 9154-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.050 - Water redemption fund—Sources.

RCW 35.89.050
Water redemption fund—Sources.
Every city and town shall have power to regulate and control the use and price of water supplied through a water system taken over from a local improvement district.
It shall establish such rates and charges for the water as shall be sufficient after providing for the operation and maintenance of the system to provide for the payment of the water redemption bonds at maturity and of interest thereon as it matures, and such portion shall be included in and collected as a part of the charges made by such city or town for water supplied through such water system and such portion shall be paid into the water redemption fund.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.89.050. Prior: 1923 c 52 § 5; RRS § 9154-5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.060 - Water redemption fund—Trust fund.

RCW 35.89.060
Water redemption fund—Trust fund.
All moneys paid into or collected for the water redemption fund shall be used for the payment of principal and interest of the water redemption bonds issued under the authority of this chapter and no part thereof while any of said bonds are outstanding and unpaid, shall be diverted to any other fund or use: PROVIDED, That when both principal and interest on all water redemption bonds issued and outstanding have been paid, any unexpended balance remaining in the fund may be transferred to the general fund or such other fund as the city or town council may direct.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.89.060. Prior: 1923 c 52 § 8; RRS § 9154-8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.070 - Payment of interest on bonds.

RCW 35.89.070
Payment of interest on bonds.
The treasurer of such city or town shall pay the interest on the water redemption bonds authorized by this chapter out of the money in the water redemption fund.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.89.070. Prior: 1923 c 52 § 6; RRS § 9154-6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.080 - Payment of principal of bonds.

RCW 35.89.080
Payment of principal of bonds.
Whenever there is sufficient money in the water redemption fund, over and above the amount that will be required to pay the interest on the bonds up to the time of maturity of the next interest payment, to pay the principal of one or more bonds, the city or town treasurer shall call in and pay such bonds. The bonds shall be called and paid in their numerical order, and the call shall be made by publication in the official newspaper of the city or town. The call shall state the total amount and the serial number or numbers of the bonds called and that they will be paid on the date when the next semiannual payment of interest will be due, and that interest on the bonds called will cease from such date.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.89.080. Prior: 1923 c 52 § 7; RRS § 9154-7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.090 - Violations—Penalties—Personal liability.

RCW 35.89.090
Violations—Penalties—Personal liability.
Every ordinance, resolution, order, or action of the council, board, or officer of any city or town, and every warrant or other instrument made, issued, passed or done in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be void.
Every officer, agent, employee, or member of the council of the city or town, and every person or corporation who shall knowingly commit any violation of the provisions of this chapter or knowingly aid in such violation, shall be liable to the city or town for all money transferred, diverted or paid out in violation thereof and such liability shall attach to and be enforceable against the official bond, if any, of such official agent, employee, or member of the council.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.89.090. Prior: 1923 c 52 § 9; RRS § 9154-9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.89 - Water Redemption Bonds. › 35.89.100 - Water systems—What included.

RCW 35.89.100
Water systems—What included.
The term "water system" as used in this chapter shall include and be applicable to all reservoirs, storage and clarifying tanks, conduits, mains, laterals, pipes, hydrants and other equipment used or constructed for the purpose of supplying water for public or domestic use, and shall include not only water systems constructed by local improvement districts, but also any system with which the same may be incorporated or connected.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.89.100. Prior: 1923 c 52 § 10; RRS § 9154-10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.90 - Municipal Business Licensing. › 35.90.010 - Definitions.

RCW 35.90.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Business licensing service," "business licensing system," and "business license" have the same meaning as in RCW 19.02.020.
(2) "City" means a city, town, or code city.
(3) "Department" means the department of revenue.
(4) "General business license" means a license, not including a regulatory license or a temporary license, that a city requires all or most businesses to obtain to conduct business within that city.
(5) "Partner" means the relationship between a city and the department under which general business licenses are issued and renewed through the business licensing service in accordance with chapter 19.02 RCW.
(6) "Regulatory business license" means a license, other than a general business license, required for certain types of businesses that a city has determined warrants additional regulation, such as taxicab or other for hire vehicle operators, adult entertainment businesses, amusement device operators, massage parlors, debt collectors, door-to-door sales persons, trade-show operators, and home-based businesses.
[ 2017 c 209 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.90 - Municipal Business Licensing. › 35.90.030 - Licenses issued under business license act—Fee structures—License renewal—Penalty accommodation—Inconsistent ordinances.

RCW 35.90.030
Licenses issued under business license act—Fee structures—License renewal—Penalty accommodation—Inconsistent ordinances.
(1) A general business license that must be issued and renewed through the business licensing service in accordance with chapter 19.02 RCW is subject to the provisions of this section.
(2)(a) A city has broad authority to impose a fee structure as provided by RCW 35.22.280, 35.23.440, and 35A.82.020. However, any fee structure selected by a city must be within the department's technical ability to administer. The department has the sole discretion to determine if it can administer a city's fee structure.
(b) If the department is unable to administer a city's fee structure, the city must work with the department to adopt a fee structure that is administrable by the department. If a city fails to comply with this subsection (2)(b), it may not enforce its general business licensing requirements on any person until the effective date of a fee structure that is administrable by the department.
(3) A general business license may not be renewed more frequently than once per year except that the department may require a more frequent renewal date as may be necessary to synchronize the renewal date for the general business license with the business's business license expiration date.
(4) The business licensing system need not accommodate any monetary penalty imposed by a city for failing to obtain or renew a general business license. The penalty imposed in RCW 19.02.085 applies to general business licenses that are not renewed by their expiration date.
(5) The department may refuse to administer any provision of a city business license ordinance that is inconsistent with this chapter.
[ 2017 c 209 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.90 - Municipal Business Licensing. › 35.90.040 - Department enforcement of licensing laws.

RCW 35.90.040
Department enforcement of licensing laws.
The department is not authorized to enforce a city's licensing laws except to the extent of issuing or renewing a license in accordance with this chapter and chapter 19.02 RCW or refusing to issue a license due to an incomplete application, nonpayment of the appropriate fees as indicated by the license application or renewal application, or the nonpayment of any applicable penalty for late renewal.
[ 2017 c 209 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.90 - Municipal Business Licensing. › 35.90.050 - Authority retained by cities.

RCW 35.90.050
Authority retained by cities.
Cities whose general business licenses are issued through the business licensing system retain the authority to set license fees, provide exemptions and thresholds for these licenses, approve or deny license applicants, and take appropriate administrative actions against licensees.
[ 2017 c 209 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.90 - Municipal Business Licensing. › 35.90.060 - Geographic restrictions on license requirement.

RCW 35.90.060
Geographic restrictions on license requirement.
Cities may not require a person to obtain or renew a general business license unless the person engages in business within its respective city. For the purposes of this section, a person may not be considered to be engaging in business within a city unless the person is subject to the taxing jurisdiction of a city under the standards established for interstate commerce under the commerce clause of the United States Constitution.
[ 2017 c 209 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.90 - Municipal Business Licensing. › 35.90.070 - License change—When effective.

RCW 35.90.070
License change—When effective.
A general business license change enacted by a city whose general business license is issued through the business licensing system takes effect no sooner than seventy-five days after the department receives notice of the change if the change affects in any way who must obtain a license, who is exempt from obtaining a license, or the amount or method of determining any fee for the issuance or renewal of a license.
[ 2017 c 209 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.90 - Municipal Business Licensing. › 35.90.090 - Adoption of mandatory provisions of model ordinance.

RCW 35.90.090
Adoption of mandatory provisions of model ordinance.
Cities that impose a general business license must adopt the mandatory provisions of the model ordinance as provided in RCW 35.90.080 by January 1, 2019. A city that has not complied with the requirements of this section by January 1, 2019, may not enforce its general business licensing requirements on any person until the date that the mandatory provisions of the model ordinance take effect within the city.
[ 2017 c 209 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.90 - Municipal Business Licensing. › 35.90.100 - Report.

RCW 35.90.100
Report.
Cities must coordinate with the association of Washington cities to submit a report to the governor; legislative fiscal committees; house local government committee; and the senate agriculture, water, trade and economic development committee by January 1, 2019. The report must:
(1) Provide information about the model ordinance adopted by the cities as required in RCW 35.90.080;
(2) Identify cities that have and have not adopted the mandatory provisions of the model ordinance; and
(3) Incorporate comments from statewide business organizations concerning the process and substance of the model ordinance. Statewide business organizations must be allowed thirty days to submit comments for inclusion in the report.
[ 2017 c 209 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.91 - Municipal Water and Sewer Facilities Act. › 35.91.010 - Declaration of purpose—Short title.

RCW 35.91.010
Declaration of purpose—Short title.
The improvement of public health and the implementation of both urban and rural development being furthered by adequate and comprehensive water facilities and storm and sanitary sewer systems, and there being a need for legislation enabling such aids to the welfare of the state, there is hereby enacted the "municipal water and sewer facilities act."
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.91.010. Prior: 1959 c 261 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.91 - Municipal Water and Sewer Facilities Act. › 35.91.015 - Definitions.

RCW 35.91.015
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Latecomer fee" means a charge collected by a municipality, whether separately stated or as part of a connection fee for providing access to a municipal system, against a real property owner who connects to or uses a water or sewer facility subject to a contract created under RCW 35.91.020.
(2) "Municipality" means the governing body of any county, city, town, or drainage district.
(3) "Water or sewer facilities" means storm, sanitary, or combination sewers, pumping stations, and disposal plants, water mains, hydrants, reservoirs, or appurtenances.
[ 2013 c 243 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2013 c 243 §§ 2 and 3: "Sections 2 and 3 of this act take effect July 1, 2014." [ 2013 c 243 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.91 - Municipal Water and Sewer Facilities Act. › 35.91.025 - Extension outside city subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 35.91.025
Extension outside city subject to review by boundary review board.
The extension of water or sewer facilities outside of the boundaries of a city or town may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 § 33.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.91 - Municipal Water and Sewer Facilities Act. › 35.91.030 - Approval and acceptance of facilities by municipality—Rates, costs.

RCW 35.91.030
Approval and acceptance of facilities by municipality—Rates, costs.
Upon the completion of water or sewer facilities pursuant to contract mentioned in the foregoing section, the governing body of any such municipality shall be authorized to approve their construction and accept the same as facilities of the municipality and to charge for their use such water or sewer rates as such municipality may be authorized by law to establish, and if any such water or sewer facilities are so approved and accepted, all further maintenance and operation costs of said water or sewer lines and facilities shall be borne by such municipality.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.91.030. Prior: 1959 c 261 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.91 - Municipal Water and Sewer Facilities Act. › 35.91.040 - Contract payment to be made prior to tap, connection, or use—Removal of tap or connection.

RCW 35.91.040
Contract payment to be made prior to tap, connection, or use—Removal of tap or connection.
(1) A person, firm, or corporation may not be granted a permit or be authorized to tap into, or use any such water or sewer facilities or extensions thereof during the period of time prescribed in such contract without first paying to the municipality, in addition to any and all other costs and charges made or assessed for such tap, or use, or for the water lines or sewers constructed in connection therewith, the amount required by the provisions of the contract under which the water or sewer facilities so tapped into or used were constructed. All amounts so received by the municipality shall be paid out by it under the terms of such contract within sixty days after the receipt thereof. Whenever any tap or connection is made into any such contracted water or sewer facilities without such payment having first been made, the governing body of the municipality may remove, or cause to be removed, such unauthorized tap or connection and all connecting tile, or pipe located in the facility right-of-way and dispose of unauthorized material so removed without any liability whatsoever.
(2) A tap or connection charge under this section for service to a manufactured housing community, as defined in RCW 59.20.030, applies to an individual lot within that community only if the municipality provides and maintains the tap-in connection.
[ 2005 c 324 § 1; 1965 c 7 § 35.91.040. Prior: 1959 c 261 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.91 - Municipal Water and Sewer Facilities Act. › 35.91.050 - Owner's pro rata share of cost to which he or she did not contribute.

RCW 35.91.050
Owner's pro rata share of cost to which he or she did not contribute.
Whenever the cost, or any part thereof, of any water or sewer improvement, whether local or general, is or will be assessed against the owners of real estate and such water or sewer improvement will be connected into or will make use of, contracted water or sewer facilities constructed under the provisions of this chapter and to the cost of which such owners, or any of them, did not contribute, there shall be included in the engineer's estimate before the hearing on any such improvement, separately itemized, and in such assessments, a sum equal to the amount provided in or computed from such contract as the fair pro rata share due from such owners upon and for such contracted water or sewer facilities.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.91.050. Prior: 1959 c 261 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.012 - May accept and operate water-sewer district's property when boundaries are identical.

RCW 35.92.012
May accept and operate water-sewer district's property when boundaries are identical.
A city or town, whose boundaries are identical with those of a water-sewer district, or within which a water-sewer district is entirely located, which is free from all debts and liabilities except contractual obligations between the district and the town, may accept the property and assets of the district and operate such property and assets as a municipal waterworks, if the district and the city or town each participate in a summary dissolution proceedings for the district as provided in RCW 57.04.110.
[ 1999 c 153 § 39; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.012. Prior: 1955 c 358 § 2. Formerly RCW 80.40.012.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—1999 c 153: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.014 - Acquisition of out-of-state waterworks.

RCW 35.92.014
Acquisition of out-of-state waterworks.
Municipalities of this state under ordinance of the governing body are empowered to acquire by purchase or lease, and to maintain and operate, in cooperation with neighboring municipalities of states bordering this state, the out-of-state property, plant and equipment of privately owned utilities supplying water to the purchasing municipalities from an out-of-state source: PROVIDED, The legislature of the state in which such property, plant, equipment and supply are located, by enabling legislation similar to this, authorizes its municipalities to join in such acquisition, maintenance and operation.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.014. Prior: 1951 c 39 § 1. Formerly RCW 80.40.014.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.015 - Acquisition of out-of-state waterworks—Joint acquisition and operation.

RCW 35.92.015
Acquisition of out-of-state waterworks—Joint acquisition and operation.
The governing bodies of the municipalities acting jointly under RCW 35.92.014 and this section shall have authority by mutual agreement to exercise jointly all powers granted to each individual municipality in the acquisition, maintenance and operation of a water supply system.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.015. Prior: 1951 c 39 § 2. Formerly RCW 80.40.015.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.021 - Public property subject to rates and charges for stormwater control facilities.

RCW 35.92.021
Public property subject to rates and charges for stormwater control facilities.
Except as otherwise provided in RCW 90.03.525, any public entity and public property, including the state of Washington and state property, shall be subject to rates and charges for stormwater control facilities to the same extent private persons and private property are subject to such rates and charges that are imposed by cities and towns pursuant to RCW 35.92.020. In setting these rates and charges, consideration may be made of in-kind services, such as stream improvements or donation of property.
[ 1986 c 278 § 56; 1983 c 315 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1986 c 278: See note following RCW 36.01.010.
Severability—1983 c 315: See note following RCW 90.03.500.
Flood control zone districts—Stormwater control improvements: Chapter 86.15 RCW.
Rates and charges for stormwater control facilities—Limitations—Definitions: RCW 90.03.500 through 90.03.525. See also RCW 35.67.025, 36.89.085, and 36.94.145.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.025 - Authority to make charges for connecting to water or sewerage system—Interest charges.

RCW 35.92.025
Authority to make charges for connecting to water or sewerage system—Interest charges.
Cities and towns are authorized to charge property owners seeking to connect to the water or sewerage system of the city or town as a condition to granting the right to so connect, in addition to the cost of such connection, such reasonable connection charge as the legislative body of the city or town shall determine proper in order that such property owners shall bear their equitable share of the cost of such system. The equitable share may include interest charges applied from the date of construction of the water or sewer system until the connection, or for a period not to exceed ten years, at a rate commensurate with the rate of interest applicable to the city or town at the time of construction or major rehabilitation of the water or sewer system, or at the time of installation of the water or sewer lines to which the property owner is seeking to connect but not to exceed ten percent per year: PROVIDED, That the aggregate amount of interest shall not exceed the equitable share of the cost of the system allocated to such property owners. Connection charges collected shall be considered revenue of such system.
[ 1985 c 445 § 6; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.025. Prior: 1959 c 90 § 8. Formerly RCW 80.40.025.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.027 - Extension of water and sewer facilities outside city subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 35.92.027
Extension of water and sewer facilities outside city subject to review by boundary review board.
The extension of water or sewer facilities outside of the boundaries of a city or town may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 § 34.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.030 - Authority to acquire and operate stone or asphalt plants.

RCW 35.92.030
Authority to acquire and operate stone or asphalt plants.
A city or town may also construct, condemn and purchase, purchase, acquire, add to, alter, maintain, and operate works, plants and facilities for the preparation and manufacture of all stone or asphalt products or compositions or other materials which may be used in street construction or maintenance, together with the right to use them, and also fix the price of and sell such products for use in the construction of municipal improvements.
[ 1985 c 445 § 8; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.030. Prior: 1957 c 288 § 4; 1957 c 209 § 4; prior: 1947 c 214 § 1, part; 1933 c 163 § 1, part; 1931 c 53 § 1, part; 1923 c 173 § 1, part; 1913 c 45 § 1, part; 1909 c 150 § 1, part; 1899 c 128 § 1, part; 1897 c 112 § 1, part; 1893 c 8 § 1, part; 1890 p 520 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9488, part. Formerly RCW 80.40.030.]
NOTES:
Eminent domain by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.040 - Authority to acquire and operate public markets and cold storage plants—"Public markets" defined.

RCW 35.92.040
Authority to acquire and operate public markets and cold storage plants—"Public markets" defined.
A city or town may also construct, acquire, and operate public markets and cold storage plants for the sale and preservation of butter, eggs, meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, and other perishable provisions. Whenever the words "public markets" are used in this chapter and the public market is managed in whole or in part by a public corporation created by a city, the words shall be construed to include all real or personal property located in a district or area designated by a city as a public market and traditionally devoted to providing farmers, crafts vendors and other merchants with retail space to market their wares to the public. Property located in such a district or area need not be exclusively or primarily used for such traditional public market retail activities and may include property used for other public purposes including, but not limited to, the provision of human services and low-income or moderate-income housing.
[ 1990 c 189 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.040. Prior: 1957 c 288 § 5; 1957 c 209 § 5; prior: 1947 c 214 § 1, part; 1933 c 163 § 1, part; 1931 c 53 § 1, part; 1923 c 173 § 1, part; 1913 c 45 § 1, part; 1909 c 150 § 1, part; 1899 c 128 § 1, part; 1897 c 112 § 1, part; 1893 c 8 § 1, part; 1890 p 520 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9488, part. Formerly RCW 80.40.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.050 - Authority to acquire and operate utilities.

RCW 35.92.050
Authority to acquire and operate utilities.
A city or town may also construct, condemn and purchase, purchase, acquire, add to, alter, maintain, and operate works, plants, facilities for the purpose of furnishing the city or town and its inhabitants, and any other persons, with gas, electricity, green electrolytic hydrogen as defined in RCW 54.04.190, renewable hydrogen as defined in RCW 54.04.190, and other means of power and facilities for lighting, including streetlights as an integral utility service incorporated within general rates, heating, fuel, and power purposes, public and private, with full authority to regulate and control the use, distribution, and price thereof, together with the right to handle and sell or lease, any meters, lamps, motors, transformers, and equipment or accessories of any kind, necessary and convenient for the use, distribution, and sale thereof; authorize the construction of such plant or plants by others for the same purpose, and purchase gas, electricity, or power from either within or without the city or town for its own use and for the purpose of selling to its inhabitants and to other persons doing business within the city or town and regulate and control the use and price thereof.
[ 2022 c 292 § 405; 2002 c 102 § 3; 1985 c 445 § 9; 1965 c 7 § 35.92.050. Prior: 1957 c 288 § 6; 1957 c 209 § 6; prior: 1947 c 214 § 1, part; 1933 c 163 § 1, part; 1931 c 53 § 1, part; 1923 c 173 § 1, part; 1913 c 45 § 1, part; 1909 c 150 § 1, part; 1899 c 128 § 1, part; 1897 c 112 § 1, part; 1893 c 8 § 1, part; 1890 p 520 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9488, part. Formerly RCW 80.40.050.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2022 c 292: See note following RCW 43.330.565.
Purpose—Findings—Severability—2002 c 102: See notes following RCW 35.92.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities. › 35.92.054 - May acquire electrical distribution property from public utility district.

RCW 35.92.054
May acquire electrical distribution property from public utility district.
Any city or town may acquire by purchase or condemnation from any public utility district or combination of public utility districts any electrical distribution property within the boundaries of such city or town: PROVIDED, That such right of condemnation shall not apply to a city or town located within a public utility district that owns the electric distribution properties sought to be condemned.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.92.054. Prior: 1953 c 97 § 1; 1951 c 272 § 1. Formerly RCW 80.40.054.]
NOTES:
Right of countywide utility district to acquire distribution properties: RCW 54.32.040.