Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 35A Optional Municipal Code - Chapter 35A.21 Provisions Affecting All Code Cities

  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 office which ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 35A.21.120 Utilities -- Facilities for generation of electricity
    Any code city owning and operating a public utility and having facilities and/or land for the generation of electricity shall be governed by the provisions ...
  • 35A.21.125 Locally regulated utilities -- Attachments to poles
    (1) As used in this section: (a) "Attachment" means the affixation or installation of any wire, cable or other physical material capable of carrying electronic ...
  • 35A.21.130 Codification of ordinances
    Compilation, codification, and revision of code city ordinances shall be as provided by and be governed by the provisions of RCW 35.21.500 through 35.21.570.[1967 ex.s. ...
  • 35A.21.140 Change of name
    Any code city may change its name in accordance with the procedure provided in chapter 35.62 RCW.[1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.21.140.] ...
  • 35A.21.150 Sewerage and refuse collection and disposal systems
    The general law as contained in, but not limited to, chapter 35.67 RCW, relating to sewerage systems and the collection and disposal of refuse, the ...
  • 35A.21.152 Solid waste collection -- Rate increase notice
    (1) A city that contracts for the collection of solid waste, or provides for the collection of solid waste directly, shall notify the public of ...
  • 35A.21.153 Solid waste collection curbside recycling -- Reduced rate
    (1) Each city or town providing by ordinance or resolution a reduced solid waste collection rate to residents participating in a residential curbside recycling program ...
  • 35A.21.155 Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities -- Reuse or reclamation -- Application of chapter
    Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a recycling company or nonprofit entity from collecting and transporting recyclable materials from a buy-back center, drop-box, or from ...
  • 35A.21.160 General application of laws to code cities
    A code city organized or reorganized under this title shall have all of the powers which any city of any class may have and shall ...
  • 35A.21.161 Regulation of activities and enforcement of penal laws
    All code cities shall observe and enforce, in addition to its local regulations, the provisions of state laws relating to the conduct, location and limitation ...
  • 35A.21.162 Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility
    See chapter 80.58 RCW. ...
  • 35A.21.164 Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts
    See RCW 87.03.825 through 87.03.840. ...
  • 35A.21.170 Fiscal year
    The fiscal year of a code city shall commence on the first day of January and end on the thirty-first day of December of each ...
  • 35A.21.180 Flags to be displayed
    The flag of the United States and the flag of the state shall be prominently installed and displayed and maintained in code city buildings and ...
  • 35A.21.190 Daylight saving time
    No code city shall adopt any provision for the observance of daylight saving time other than as authorized by RCW 1.20.050 and 1.20.051.[1967 ex.s. c ...
  • 35A.21.195 Actions by and against code cities
    A code city may exercise the power to bring an action or special proceeding at law as authorized by Title 4 RCW, chapters 7.24, 7.25, ...
  • 35A.21.200 Limitation of actions
    The limitations prescribed in chapter 4.16 RCW shall apply to actions brought in the name or for the benefit of, or against, a code city, ...
  • 35A.21.210 Revision of corporate boundary within street, road, or highway right-of-way by substituting right-of-way line -- Not subject to review
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  • 35A.21.220 Insurance and workers' compensation for offenders performing community restitution
    The legislative authority of a code city may purchase liability insurance in an amount it deems reasonable to protect the code city, its officers, and ...
  • 35A.21.230 Designation of official newspaper
    Each code city shall designate an official newspaper by resolution. The newspaper shall be of general circulation in the city and have the qualifications prescribed ...
  • 35A.21.240 Right-of-way donations -- Credit against required improvements
    Where the zoning and planning provisions of a city or town require landscaping, parking, or other improvements as a condition to granting permits for commercial ...
  • 35A.21.245 Facilities and rights-of-way -- Requirements and restrictions -- Application to code cities
    Each code city is subject to the requirements and restrictions regarding facilities and rights-of-way under *this chapter.[2000 c 83 § 10.]Notes:      *Reviser's note: A reference ...
  • 35A.21.250 Building construction projects -- Code city prohibited from requiring state agencies or local governments to provide bond or other security as a condition for issuance of permit
    A code city may not require any state agency or unit of local government to secure the performance of a permit requirement with a surety ...
  • 35A.21.260 Amateur radio antennas -- Local regulation to conform with federal law
    No code city shall enact or enforce an ordinance or regulation that fails to conform to the limited preemption entitled "Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC ...
  • 35A.21.270 Assumption of substandard water system -- Limited immunity from liability
    A code city assuming responsibility for a water system that is not in compliance with state or federal requirements for public drinking water systems, and ...
  • 35A.21.275 Regulation of automatic number or location identification -- Prohibited
    No code city may enact or enforce an ordinance or regulation mandating automatic number identification or automatic location identification for a private telecommunications system or ...
  • 35A.21.280 Statement of restrictions applicable to real property
    (1) A property owner may make a written request for a statement of restrictions applicable to a single parcel, tract, lot, or block of real ...
  • 35A.21.290 Fish enhancement project -- Code city's liability
    A code city is not liable for adverse impacts resulting from a fish enhancement project that meets the criteria of *RCW 77.55.290 and has been ...
  • 35A.21.300 Rail fixed guideway system -- Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan
    (1) Each code city that owns or operates a rail fixed guideway system as defined in RCW 81.104.015 shall submit a system safety program plan ...
  • 35A.21.310 Mobile home, manufactured home, or park model moving or installing -- Copies of permits -- Definitions
    (1) A code city shall transmit a copy of any permit issued to a tenant or the tenant's agent for a mobile home, manufactured home, ...
  • 35A.21.312 Authority to regulate placement or use of homes -- Regulation of manufactured homes -- Issuance of permits -- Restrictions on location of mobile homes or manufactured homes
    (1) A code city may not adopt an ordinance that has the effect, directly or indirectly, of discriminating against consumers' choices in the placement or ...
  • 35A.21.320 Abandoned or derelict vessels
    A code city has the authority, subject to the processes and limitation outlined in chapter 79.100 RCW, to store, strip, use, auction, sell, salvage, scrap, ...
  • 35A.21.330 Regulation of financial transactions -- Limitations
    A code city or governmental entity subject to this title may not regulate the terms, conditions, or disclosures of any lawful financial transaction between a ...
  • 35A.21.335 Registration under or compliance with streamlined sales and use tax agreement -- Prohibited requirement for businesses
    A code city may not require a business to be licensed based solely upon registration under or compliance with the streamlined sales and use tax ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009