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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.299 - Annexation of unincorporated island of territory within code city—Referendum—Effective date if no referendum.

RCW 35A.14.299
Annexation of unincorporated island of territory within code city—Referendum—Effective date if no referendum.
Such annexation ordinance as provided for in RCW 35A.14.297 shall be subject to referendum for forty-five days after the passage thereof. Upon the filing of a timely and sufficient referendum petition with the legislative body, signed by qualified electors in number equal to not less than ten percent of the votes cast in the last general state election in the area to be annexed, the question of annexation shall be submitted to the voters of such area in a general election if one is to be held within ninety days or at a special election called for that purpose according to RCW 29A.04.330. Notice of such election shall be given as provided in RCW 35A.14.070 and the election shall be conducted as provided in RCW 35A.29.151. 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, the area annexed shall become a part of the code city upon the date fixed in the ordinance of annexation. From and after such date, if the ordinance so provided, property in the annexed area shall be subject to the proposed zoning regulation prepared and filed for such area as provided in RCW 35A.14.330 and 35A.14.340. If the ordinance so provided, all property within the area annexed shall 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 any then outstanding indebtedness of such city contracted prior to, or existing at, the date of annexation.
[ 2006 c 344 § 25; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.299.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2006 c 344 §§ 1-16 and 18-40: See note following RCW 29A.04.311.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.300 - Annexation for municipal purposes.

RCW 35A.14.300
Annexation for municipal purposes.
Legislative bodies of code cities may by a majority vote annex territory outside the limits of such city whether contiguous or noncontiguous for any municipal purpose when such territory is owned by the city.
[ 1981 c 332 § 7; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.300.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.310 - Annexation of federal areas.

RCW 35A.14.310
Annexation of federal areas.
A code city may annex an unincorporated area contiguous to the city that is owned by the federal government by adopting an ordinance providing for the annexation and which ordinance either acknowledges an agreement of the annexation by the government of the United States, or accepts a gift, grant, or lease from the government of the United States of the right to occupy, control, improve it or sublet it for commercial, manufacturing, or industrial purposes: PROVIDED, That this right of annexation shall not apply to any territory more than four miles from the corporate limits existing before such annexation. Whenever a code city proposes to annex territory under this section, the city shall provide written notice of the proposed annexation to the legislative authority of the county within which such territory is located. The notice shall be provided at least thirty days before the city proposes to adopt the annexation ordinance. The city shall not adopt the annexation ordinance, and the annexation shall not occur under this section, if within twenty-five days of receipt of the notice, the county legislative authority adopts a resolution opposing the annexation, which resolution makes a finding that the proposed annexation will have an adverse fiscal impact on the county or road district.
[ 1985 c 105 § 1; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.310.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.320 - Annexation of federal areas—Provisions of ordinance—Authority over annexed territory.

RCW 35A.14.320
Annexation of federal areas—Provisions of ordinance—Authority over annexed territory.
In the ordinance annexing territory pursuant to a gift, grant, or lease from the government of the United States, a code city may include such tide and shorelands as may be necessary or convenient for the use thereof, and may include in the ordinance an acceptance of the terms and conditions attached to the gift, grant, or lease. A code city may cause territory annexed pursuant to a gift, grant, or lease of the government of the United States to be surveyed, subdivided and platted into lots, blocks, or tracts and lay out, reserve for public use, and improve streets, roads, alleys, slips, and other public places. It may grant or sublet any lot, block, or tract therein for commercial, manufacturing, or industrial purposes and reserve, receive and collect rents therefrom. It may expend the rents received therefrom in making and maintaining public improvements therein, and if any surplus remains at the end of any fiscal year, may transfer it to the city's current expense fund.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.320.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.330 - Proposed zoning regulation—Purposes of regulations and restrictions.

RCW 35A.14.330
Proposed zoning regulation—Purposes of regulations and restrictions.
The legislative body of any code city acting through a planning agency created pursuant to chapter 35A.63 RCW, or pursuant to its granted powers, may prepare a proposed zoning regulation to become effective upon the annexation of any area which might reasonably be expected to be annexed by the code city at any future time. Such proposed zoning regulation, to the extent deemed reasonably necessary by the legislative body to be in the interest of health, safety, morals and the general welfare may provide, among other things, for:
(1) The regulation and restriction within the area to be annexed of the location and the use of buildings, structures and land for residence, trade, industrial and other purposes; the height, number of stories, size, construction and design of buildings and other structures; the size of yards, courts and other open spaces on the lot or tract; the density of population; the setback of buildings and structures along highways, parks or public water frontages; and the subdivision and development of land;
(2) The division of the area to be annexed into districts or zones of any size or shape, and within such districts or zones regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures or land;
(3) The appointment of a board of adjustment, to make, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards established by ordinance, special exceptions in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the proposed zoning regulation; and
(4) The time interval following an annexation during which the ordinance or resolution adopting any such proposed regulation, or any part thereof, must remain in effect before it may be amended, supplemented or modified by subsequent ordinance or resolution adopted by the annexing city or town.
All such regulations and restrictions shall be designed, among other things, to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the area to be annexed; to lessen traffic congestion and accidents; to secure safety from fire; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to promote a coordinated development of the unbuilt areas; to encourage the formation of neighborhood or community units; to secure an appropriate allotment of land area in new developments for all the requirements of community life; to conserve and restore natural beauty and other natural resources; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage and other public uses and requirements.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.330.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.340 - Notice and hearing—Filings and recordings.

RCW 35A.14.340
Notice and hearing—Filings and recordings.
The legislative body of the code city shall hold two or more public hearings, to be held at least thirty days apart, upon the proposed zoning regulation, giving notice of the time and place thereof by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the annexing city and the area to be annexed. A copy of the ordinance or resolution adopting or embodying such proposed zoning regulation or any part thereof or any amendment thereto, duly certified as a true copy by the clerk of the annexing city, shall be filed with the county auditor. A like certified copy of any map or plat referred to or adopted by the ordinance or resolution shall likewise be filed with the county auditor. The auditor shall record the ordinance or resolution and keep on file the map or plat.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.340.]
NOTES:
Annexation of water, sewer, and fire districts: Chapter 35.13A RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.380 - Ownership of assets of fire protection district—Assumption of responsibility of fire protection—When at least sixty percent of assessed valuation is annexed or incorporated in code city.

RCW 35A.14.380
Ownership of assets of fire protection district—Assumption of responsibility of fire protection—When at least sixty percent of assessed valuation is annexed or incorporated in code city.
If a portion of a fire protection district including at least sixty percent of the assessed valuation of the real property of the district is annexed to or incorporated into a code city, ownership of all of the assets of the district shall be vested in the code city, upon payment in cash, properties or contracts for fire protection services to the district within one year, of a percentage of the value of said assets equal to the percentage of the value of the real property in the entire district remaining outside the incorporated or annexed area.
The fire protection district may elect, by a vote of a majority of the persons residing outside the annexed area who vote on the proposition, to require the annexing code city to assume responsibility for the provision of fire protection, and for the operation and maintenance of the district's property, facilities, and equipment throughout the district and to pay the code city a reasonable fee for such fire protection, operation, and maintenance.
[ 1981 c 332 § 8; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.380.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.400 - Ownership of assets of fire protection district—When less than sixty percent of assessed valuation is annexed or incorporated in code city.

RCW 35A.14.400
Ownership of assets of fire protection district—When less than sixty percent of assessed valuation is annexed or incorporated in code city.
If a portion of a fire protection district including less than sixty percent of the assessed value of the real property of the district is annexed to or incorporated into a code city, the ownership of all assets of the district shall remain in the district and the district shall pay to the code city within one year or within such period of time as the district continues to collect taxes in such incorporated or annexed areas, in cash, properties or contracts for fire protection services, a percentage of the value of said assets equal to the percentage of the value of the real property in the entire district lying within the area so incorporated or annexed: PROVIDED, That if less than five percent of the area of the district is affected, no payment shall be made to the code city except as provided in RCW 35.02.205. The fire protection district shall provide fire protection to the incorporated or annexed area for such period as the district continues to collect taxes levied in such annexed or incorporated area.
[ 1989 c 267 § 2; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.400.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.410 - When right-of-way may be included—Use of right-of-way line as corporate boundary.

RCW 35A.14.410
When right-of-way may be included—Use of right-of-way line as corporate boundary.
The boundaries of a code city arising from an annexation of territory shall not include a portion of the right-of-way of any public street, road, or highway except where the boundary runs from one edge of the right-of-way to the other edge of the right-of-way. However, the right-of-way line of any public street, road, or highway, or any segment thereof, may be used to define a part of a corporate boundary in an annexation proceeding.
[ 1989 c 84 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.430 - Alternative direct petition method—Notice of hearing.

RCW 35A.14.430
Alternative direct petition method—Notice of hearing.
When a petition for annexation is filed with the legislative body of a code city, that meets the requirements of RCW 35A.01.040 and 35A.14.420, 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.
[ 2003 c 331 § 11.]
NOTES:
Intent—Severability—Effective date—2003 c 331: See notes following RCW 35.13.410.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.440 - Alternative direct petition method—Ordinance providing for annexation.

RCW 35A.14.440
Alternative 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 35A.14.410, 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.
[ 2003 c 331 § 12.]
NOTES:
Intent—Severability—Effective date—2003 c 331: See notes following RCW 35.13.410.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.450 - Alternative direct petition method—Effective date of annexation.

RCW 35A.14.450
Alternative 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 annexed territory shall, if the annexation petition so provided, be assessed and taxed at the same rate and on the same basis as the property of the annexing code city is assessed and taxed to pay for the portion of any then-outstanding indebtedness of the city to which the area is annexed, which indebtedness has been approved by the voters, contracted for, or incurred before, 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.
[ 2003 c 331 § 13.]
NOTES:
Intent—Severability—Effective date—2003 c 331: See notes following RCW 35.13.410.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.460 - Annexation of territory within urban growth areas—Interlocal agreement—Public hearing—Ordinance providing for annexation.

RCW 35A.14.460
Annexation of territory within urban growth areas—Interlocal agreement—Public hearing—Ordinance providing for annexation.
(1) The legislative body of a county or code city planning under chapter 36.70A RCW and subject to the requirements of RCW 36.70A.215 may initiate an annexation process for unincorporated territory by adopting a resolution commencing negotiations for an interlocal agreement as provided in chapter 39.34 RCW between a county and any code city within the county. The territory proposed for annexation must meet the following criteria: (a) Be within the code city urban growth area designated under RCW 36.70A.110, and (b) at least sixty percent of the boundaries of the territory proposed for annexation must be contiguous to the annexing code city or one or more cities or towns.
(2) If the territory proposed for annexation has been designated in an adopted county comprehensive plan as part of an urban growth area, urban service area, or potential annexation area for a specific city, or if the urban growth area territory proposed for annexation has been designated in a written agreement between a city and a county for annexation to a specific city or town, the designation or designations shall receive full consideration before a city or county may initiate the annexation process provided for in RCW 35A.14.470.
(3) The agreement shall describe the boundaries of the territory to be annexed. A public hearing shall be held by each legislative body, separately or jointly, before the agreement is executed. Each legislative body holding a public hearing shall, separately or jointly, publish the agreement at least once a week for two weeks before the date of the hearing in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the territory proposed for annexation.
(4) Following adoption and execution of the agreement by both legislative bodies, the city legislative body shall adopt an ordinance providing for the annexation of the territory described in the agreement. 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 territory 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 the requirements. Any territory to be annexed through an ordinance adopted under this section is annexed and becomes a part of the city upon the date fixed in the ordinance of annexation, which date may not be fewer than forty-five days after adoption of the ordinance.
[ 2003 c 299 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.472 - Annexation of unincorporated territory within urban growth areas—Interlocal agreement, when authorized—Requirements.

RCW 35A.14.472
Annexation of unincorporated territory within urban growth areas—Interlocal agreement, when authorized—Requirements.
(1) A code city as provided in RCW 35A.14.296(2) may collaborate with the county or counties where the code city is located to form an interlocal agreement regarding annexation of unincorporated territory within the urban growth area boundary. The interlocal agreement formation process must include procedures for public participation. The procedures must provide for broad dissemination of proposals and alternatives, opportunity for written comments, public meetings after effective notice, and consideration of and response to public comments. The interlocal agreement may only be executed after notice of availability of the agreement is posted on the website of each legislative body for four weeks and a public hearing by each legislative body, separately or jointly. This method of annexation shall be an alternative method and is additional to all other methods provided for in this chapter.
(2) An interlocal agreement under this section may include use of a sales tax credit for annexed areas should such a credit be reinstated by the legislature.
(3) The agreement or plan under this section must address the following:
(a) A balancing of annexations of commercial, industrial, and residential properties so that any potential loss or gain is considered and distributed fairly as determined by tax revenue;
(b) Development, ownership, and maintenance of infrastructure;
(c) The potential for revenue-sharing agreements.
(4) In addressing the items in subsection (3)(a) through (c) of this section, the parties must also address the balancing of factors and objectives for annexation review in RCW 36.93.170 and 36.93.180.
(5) By December 1, 2021, the association of Washington cities and the Washington state association of counties shall report to the legislature, in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, on how a sales tax credit may be utilized to encourage appropriate annexations and what limits should be associated with such a credit if reinstated.
[ 2021 c 312 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.475 - Annexation of territory within regional transit authorities.

RCW 35A.14.475
Annexation of territory within regional transit authorities.
When territory is annexed under this chapter to a code city located within the boundaries of a regional transit authority, the territory is simultaneously included within the boundaries of the authority and subject from the effective date of the annexation to all taxes and other liabilities and obligations applicable within the code city with respect to the authority. The code city must notify the authority of the annexation.
[ 2010 c 19 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.488 - Fire protection and safety in proposed annexed territory—Report request.

RCW 35A.14.488
Fire protection and safety in proposed annexed territory—Report request.
Upon the written request of a fire protection district, code cities annexing territory under this chapter shall, prior to completing the annexation, issue a report regarding the likely effects that the annexation and any associated asset transfers may have upon the safety of residents within and outside the proposed annexation area. The report must address, but is not limited to, the provisions of fire protection and emergency medical services within and outside of the proposed annexation area. A fire protection district may only request a report under this section when at least five percent of the assessed valuation of the fire protection district will be annexed.
[ 2009 c 60 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.490 - Annexation of territory used for an agricultural fair.

RCW 35A.14.490
Annexation of territory used for an agricultural fair.
(1) Territory owned by a county and used for an agricultural fair as provided in chapter 15.76 RCW or chapter 36.37 RCW may only be annexed to a code city through the method prescribed in this section.
(a) The legislative body of the city proposing the annexation must submit a request for annexation and a legal description of the subject territory to the legislative authority of the county within which the territory is located.
(b) Upon receipt of the request and description, the county legislative authority has thirty days to review the proposal and determine if the annexation proceedings will continue. As a condition of approval, the county legislative authority may modify the proposal, but it may not add territory that was not included in the request and description. Approval of the county legislative authority is a condition precedent to further proceedings upon the request and there is no appeal of the county legislative authority's decision.
(c) If the county legislative authority determines that the proceedings may continue, it must, within thirty days of the determination, fix a date for a public hearing on the proposal, and cause notice of the hearing to be published at least once a week for two weeks prior to the hearing in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the territory proposed for annexation. The notice must also be posted in three public places within the subject territory, specify the time and place of the hearing, and invite interested persons to appear and voice approval or disapproval of the annexation. If the annexation proposal provides for assumption of indebtedness or adoption of a proposed zoning regulation, the notice must include a statement of these requirements.
(d) If, following the conclusion of the hearing, a majority of the county legislative authority deems the annexation proposal to be in the best interest of the county, it may adopt a resolution approving of the annexation.
(e) If, following the county legislative authority's adoption of the annexation approval resolution, the legislative body of the city proposing annexation determines to effect the annexation, it must do so by ordinance. The ordinance: (i) May only include territory approved for annexation in the resolution adopted under (d) of this subsection; and (ii) must not exclude territory approved for annexation in the resolution adopted under (d) of this subsection. Upon passage of the annexation ordinance, a certified copy must be filed with the applicable county legislative authority.
(2) Any territory annexed through an ordinance adopted under this section is annexed and becomes a part of the code city upon the date fixed in the ordinance.
[ 2009 c 402 § 5.]
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.14.500 - Outstanding indebtedness not affected.

RCW 35A.14.500
Outstanding indebtedness not affected.
When any portion of a fire protection district is annexed by or incorporated into a code city, any outstanding indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, shall remain an obligation of the taxable property annexed or incorporated as if the annexation or incorporation had not occurred.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.14.500.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.550 - Providing annexation information to public.

RCW 35A.14.550
Providing annexation information to public.
A code city can provide factual public information on the effects of pending annexation proposed for the code city.
[ 1989 c 351 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.14 - Annexation by Code Cities. › 35A.14.901 - Application of chapter to annexations involving water or sewer service.

RCW 35A.14.901
Application of chapter to annexations involving water or sewer service.
Nothing in this chapter precludes or otherwise applies to an annexation by a code city of unincorporated territory as authorized by RCW 57.24.170, 57.24.190, and 57.24.210.
[ 1996 c 230 § 1604; 1995 c 279 § 4.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—Effective date—1996 c 230: See notes following RCW 57.02.001.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 35A.15.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
Actions taken under chapter 35A.15 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 § 39.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.010 - Authority for disincorporation—Petition—Resolution.

RCW 35A.15.010
Authority for disincorporation—Petition—Resolution.
Any noncharter code city may be disincorporated. Proceedings may be initiated by the filing with the county auditor of a petition for disincorporation signed by a majority of the registered voters resident in such city, or the legislative body of the city may provide by resolution for an election on the proposition of disincorporation.
[ 1990 c 259 § 11; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.010.]
NOTES:
Sufficiency of petition in code city: RCW 35A.01.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.020 - Election on disincorporation—Receiver.

RCW 35A.15.020
Election on disincorporation—Receiver.
The legislative body shall cause the proposition of disincorporation to be submitted to the voters at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days, or at a special election called for that purpose not less than ninety days, nor more than one hundred and eighty days, after the certification of sufficiency of the petition, or the passage of the resolution, as the case may be. If the code city has any indebtedness or outstanding liabilities, the legislative body shall provide for election of a receiver at the same election.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.020.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.040 - Ballots—Election results.

RCW 35A.15.040
Ballots—Election results.
Ballot titles shall be prepared by the city as provided in RCW 35A.29.120 and shall contain the words "For Dissolution" and "Against Dissolution", and shall contain on separate lines, alphabetically, the names of candidates for receiver. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are for dissolution, the municipal corporation shall be dissolved upon certification of the election results to the office of the secretary of state.
[ 1994 c 223 § 39; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.050 - Effect of disincorporation—Powers—Offices.

RCW 35A.15.050
Effect of disincorporation—Powers—Offices.
The effect of disincorporation of a noncharter code city shall be as provided in RCW 35.07.090, 35.07.100, and 35.07.110.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.050.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.060 - Receiver—Qualification—Bond—When receiver may be appointed.

RCW 35A.15.060
Receiver—Qualification—Bond—When receiver may be appointed.
The receiver shall qualify and post a bond as provided in RCW 35.07.120. If an elected receiver fails to qualify within the time prescribed, or if no receiver has been elected and the code city does have indebtedness or an outstanding liability, a receiver shall be appointed in the manner provided in RCW 35.07.130 or as provided in RCW 35.07.140.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.060.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.070 - Duties and authority of receiver—Claims—Priority.

RCW 35A.15.070
Duties and authority of receiver—Claims—Priority.
The duties and authority of the receiver and the disposition and priority of claims against the former municipality shall be as provided in RCW 35.07.150, and the receiver shall have the rights, powers, and limitations provided for such a receiver in RCW 35.07.160, 35.07.170, and 35.07.180.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.070.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.080 - Compensation of receiver.

RCW 35A.15.080
Compensation of receiver.
The compensation of the receiver shall be as provided in RCW 35.07.190.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.090 - Receiver—Removal for cause—Successive appointments.

RCW 35A.15.090
Receiver—Removal for cause—Successive appointments.
The receiver may be removed for cause as provided in RCW 35.07.200 and a successor to the receiver may be appointed as provided in RCW 35.07.210.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.090.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.100 - Receiver—Final account and discharge.

RCW 35A.15.100
Receiver—Final account and discharge.
The receiver shall file a final account, pay remaining funds to the county treasurer, and be discharged, all as provided in RCW 35.07.220.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.100.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.105 - Applicability of general receivership law.

RCW 35A.15.105
Applicability of general receivership law.
The provisions of Title 7 RCW generally applicable to receivers and receiverships do not apply to receivers elected or appointed under this chapter.
[ 2004 c 165 § 44.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—2004 c 165: See notes following RCW 7.60.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.15 - Disincorporation. › 35A.15.110 - Involuntary dissolution.

RCW 35A.15.110
Involuntary dissolution.
A noncharter code city may be involuntarily dissolved in the manner provided in RCW 35.07.230, 35.07.240, 35.07.250, and 35.07.260 upon the existence of the conditions stated in RCW 35.07.230.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.15.110.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.16 - Reduction of City Limits. › 35A.16.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 35A.16.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
Actions taken under chapter 35A.16 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 § 40.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.16 - Reduction of City Limits. › 35A.16.010 - Petition or resolution for election.

RCW 35A.16.010
Petition or resolution for election.
Upon the filing of a petition which is sufficient as determined by RCW 35A.01.040 praying for the exclusion from the boundaries of a code city of an area described by metes and bounds or by reference to a recorded plat or government survey, signed by qualified voters of the city in number equal to not less than ten percent of the number of votes cast at the last general municipal election, the legislative body of the code city shall cause the question to be submitted to the voters. As an alternate method, such a proposal for exclusion from the code city of a described area may be submitted to the voters by resolution of the legislative body. The question shall be submitted at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days or at a special election called for that purpose not less than ninety days nor more than one hundred and eighty days after the certification of sufficiency of the petition or the passage of the resolution. The petition or resolution shall set out and describe the territory to be excluded from the code city, together with the boundaries of the code city as it will exist after such change is made.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.16.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.16 - Reduction of City Limits. › 35A.16.030 - Abstract of vote.

RCW 35A.16.030
Abstract of vote.
If three-fifths of the votes cast on the proposition favor the reduction of the corporate limits, the county auditor shall make and transmit to the office of the secretary of state a certified abstract of the vote.
[ 1994 c 223 § 40; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.16.030.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.16 - Reduction of City Limits. › 35A.16.040 - Effective date of reduction.

RCW 35A.16.040
Effective date of reduction.
Promptly after the filing of the abstract of votes with the secretary of state the legislative body shall adopt an ordinance defining and fixing the corporate limits after excluding the area as determined by the election. The ordinance shall also describe the excluded territory by metes and bounds or by reference to a recorded plat or government survey and declare it no longer a part of the code city.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.16.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.16 - Reduction of City Limits. › 35A.16.050 - Recording of ordinance and plat on effective date of reduction.

RCW 35A.16.050
Recording of ordinance and plat on effective date of reduction.
Upon the effective date of the ordinance a certified copy thereof together with a map showing the corporate limits as altered shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the code city is situated, and thereupon the boundaries shall be as set forth therein.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.16.050.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.16 - Reduction of City Limits. › 35A.16.060 - Effect of exclusion as to liability for indebtedness.

RCW 35A.16.060
Effect of exclusion as to liability for indebtedness.
The exclusion of an area from the boundaries of the code city shall not exempt any real property therein from taxation for the purpose of paying any indebtedness of the code city existing at the time of its exclusion and the interest thereon.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.16.060.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.16 - Reduction of City Limits. › 35A.16.070 - Franchises within territory excluded.

RCW 35A.16.070
Franchises within territory excluded.
In regard to franchises previously granted for operation of any public service business or facility within the territory excluded from a code city by proceedings under this chapter, the rights, obligations, and duties of the legislative body of the county or other political subdivision having jurisdiction over such territory and of the franchise holder shall be as provided in RCW 35.02.160, relating to inclusion of territory by an incorporation, and such a franchise shall be canceled and a new franchise issued by the legislative body having jurisdiction, as therein provided.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.16.070.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.16 - Reduction of City Limits. › 35A.16.080 - Exclusion of agricultural land from the incorporated area of a code city.

RCW 35A.16.080
Exclusion of agricultural land from the incorporated area of a code city.
Proceedings for excluding agricultural land from the boundaries of a charter code city or noncharter code city may be commenced by the filing of a petition which is sufficient as determined by RCW 35A.01.040 by property owners of the agricultural land proposed to be excluded, in the following manner which is alternative to other methods provided in this chapter:
(1) A petition for exclusion of agricultural land from the incorporated area of a code city shall be filed with the legislative body of the municipality. The petition for exclusion must be signed by the owners of not less than one hundred percent of the agricultural land for which exclusion is sought and, if residents exist within the area proposed for exclusion, a majority of the registered voters residing in the area for which exclusion is petitioned.
(2) The petition shall set forth a legal description of the territory proposed to be excluded and shall be accompanied by a drawing that outlines the boundaries of the territory sought to be excluded.
(3) When a petition for exclusion that meets the requirements of this section and RCW 35A.01.040 is filed with the legislative body of the code city, the legislative body shall set a date, not later than sixty days after the filing of the request, 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 exclusion, and shall specify the time and place of hearing and invite interested persons to appear and voice approval or disapproval of the exclusion.
(4) Following the hearing, if the legislative body determines to effect the exclusion from city boundaries, they shall do so by ordinance. The ordinance may exclude all or any portion of the proposed territory but may not include in the exclusion any territory not described in the petition. The ordinance shall contain a legal description of the territory and declare it no longer a part of the code city.
[ 2005 c 77 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.010 - Validity of ordinances and resolutions—Deficiencies of form.

RCW 35A.21.010
Validity of ordinances and resolutions—Deficiencies of form.
Deficiencies in the form of an ordinance or resolution shall not affect the validity thereof if the following requirements are met:
(1) The purpose and intent of the ordinance or resolution are clear.
(2) Any regulatory or procedural provisions thereof are expressed in clear and unambiguous terms, or the legislative intent can be determined by usual methods of judicial construction.
(3) The legislative action was taken at an authorized public meeting held within the code city limits at a time and place made known to residents of the city, as provided by law.
(4) The legislative body of the code city followed the prescribed procedures, if any, for passage of such an ordinance or resolution, as provided in the law or charter provision delegating to the legislative body the authority to so legislate; or, if prescribed procedures were not strictly complied with, no substantial detriment was incurred by any affected person, by reason of such irregularity.
If the foregoing requirements have been met, brevity or awkwardness of language, or defects of form not going to the substance, or inadvertent use of an incorrect or inaccurate proper name or term shall not render an ordinance or resolution invalid, if otherwise in compliance with law.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.020 - Conflict between charter and optional code.

RCW 35A.21.020
Conflict between charter and optional code.
This optional municipal code is intended to be a general law, available to all cities and towns within the state, and to all legal intents and purposes a "general law" within the meaning of Article 11, section 10 of the state Constitution, as amended.
If any provision of this title is in conflict with any provision of the charter or amendments thereto of any charter code city, the provisions of this title shall govern and control, except where the legislative body of such charter code city, by ordinance, elects to retain such charter provision or amendment, in which event such charter provision shall prevail notwithstanding a conflict with provisions of this optional code: PROVIDED, That such ordinance shall be subject to referendum as provided in RCW 35A.29.170.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.020.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.030 - Mandatory duties of code city officers.

RCW 35A.21.030
Mandatory duties of code city officers.
Except as otherwise provided in this title, every officer of a code city shall perform, in the manner provided, all duties of his or her office which are imposed by state law on officers of every other class of city who occupy a like position and perform like functions.
[ 2009 c 549 § 3031; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.030.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.040 - Merit systems.

RCW 35A.21.040
Merit systems.
Provisions for a merit system, made by charter or ordinance of a code city, shall be in compliance with any applicable statutes relating to civil service for employees of such city: PROVIDED, That nothing herein shall impair the validity of charter provisions adopted prior to the effective date of this title and relating to a merit system.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.050 - Pension and retirement systems.

RCW 35A.21.050
Pension and retirement systems.
Nothing in this title shall be construed to alter or affect vested rights of city employees under pension and retirement systems in effect at the time this title becomes effective.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.050.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.060 - Garbage ordinance—Lien—Foreclosure.

RCW 35A.21.060
Garbage ordinance—Lien—Foreclosure.
A garbage ordinance of a code city may contain the provisions authorized by RCW 35.21.130. Notice shall be given of a lien for garbage collection and disposal service, the lien shall have priority and be foreclosed all as provided in RCW 35.21.140 and 35.21.150.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.060.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.070 - Office hours prescribed by ordinance.

RCW 35A.21.070
Office hours prescribed by ordinance.
All code city offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business during such days and hours as the legislative body of such city shall by ordinance prescribe.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.070.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.080 - Computation of time.

RCW 35A.21.080
Computation of time.
When, under the provisions of this title, an act is to be done within a certain time period, the time shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, except that when the last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or a day designated by RCW 1.16.050 or by the city's ordinances as a holiday, then it also is excluded and the act must be completed on the next business day.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.090 - Jurisdiction over adjacent waters—Control of street over tidelands.

RCW 35A.21.090
Jurisdiction over adjacent waters—Control of street over tidelands.
The legislative body of a code city shall have supervision and control within its corporate limits of streets over tidelands or upon or across tide and shore lands of the first class as provided in RCW 35.21.230, 35.21.240 and 35.21.250; and shall have jurisdiction over adjacent waters as provided in RCW 35.21.160.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.090.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.100 - Lien for utility services.

RCW 35A.21.100
Lien for utility services.
Code cities owning or operating waterworks or electric light distribution or power plants shall have a lien for such utility services as provided by RCW 35.21.290 for cities owning such plants and as limited therein, which lien may be enforced only as provided in RCW 35.21.300.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.100.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code › Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities. › 35A.21.110 - Warrants—Interest rate—Payment.

RCW 35A.21.110
Warrants—Interest rate—Payment.
Code city warrants shall draw interest, be paid, and called for all as provided in RCW 35.21.320 and the duty and liability of the treasurer of a code city in calling and paying warrants of the city shall be as provided in RCW 35.21.320.
[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.110.]