Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 35 Cities And Towns - Chapter 35.02 Incorporation Proceedings

35.02.001 Actions subject to review by boundary review board
The incorporation of a city or town is subject to review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW if a boundary review board ...

35.02.005 Purpose
The purpose of chapter 35.02 RCW is to provide a clear and uniform process for the incorporation of cities or towns operating under either Title ...

35.02.010 Authority for incorporation -- Number of inhabitants required
Any contiguous area containing not less than one thousand five hundred inhabitants lying outside the limits of an incorporated city or town may become incorporated ...

35.02.015 Proposed incorporations -- Notice to county -- Boundary review board hearing
Any person proposing the incorporation of a city or town shall file a notice of the proposed incorporation with the county legislative authority of the ...

35.02.017 County auditor shall provide identification number
Within one working day after the public meeting under RCW 35.02.015, the county auditor shall provide an identification number for the incorporation effort to the ...

35.02.020 Petition for incorporation -- Signatures -- Filing deadline
A petition for incorporation must be signed by registered voters resident within the limits of the proposed city or town equal in number to at ...

35.02.030 Petition for incorporation -- Contents
The petition for incorporation shall: (1) Indicate whether the proposed city or town shall be a noncharter code city operating under Title 35A RCW, or ...

35.02.035 Petition -- Auditor's duties
The county auditor shall within thirty days from the time of receiving said petition determine if the petition contains a sufficient number of valid signatures. ...

35.02.037 Petition -- Notice of certification
The county auditor who certifies the sufficiency of the petition shall notify the person or persons who submitted the petition of its sufficiency within five ...

35.02.039 Public hearing -- Time limitations
(1) The county legislative authority of the county in which the proposed city or town is located shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ...

35.02.040 Public hearing -- Publication of notice
Notice of the public hearing by the county legislative authority on the proposed incorporation shall be by one publication in not more than ten nor ...

35.02.070 Public hearing by county legislative authority -- Establishment of boundaries -- Limitations
(1) If a county legislative authority holds a public hearing on a proposed incorporation, it shall establish and define the boundaries of the proposed city ...

35.02.078 Elections -- Question of incorporation -- Nomination and election of officers
An election shall be held in the area proposed to be incorporated to determine whether the proposed city or town shall be incorporated when the ...

35.02.086 Elections -- Candidates -- Filing -- Withdrawal -- Ballot position
Each candidate for a city or town elective position shall file a declaration of candidacy with the county auditor of the county in which all ...

35.02.090 Elections -- Conduct -- Voters' qualifications
The elections on the proposed incorporation and for the nomination and election of the initial elected officials shall be conducted in accordance with the general ...

35.02.100 Election on question of incorporation -- Notice -- Contents
The notice of election on the question of the incorporation shall be given as provided by *RCW 29.27.080 but shall further describe the boundaries of ...

35.02.110 Election on question of incorporation -- Ballots
The ballots in the initial election on the question of incorporation shall contain the words "for incorporation" and "against incorporation" or words equivalent thereto.[1986 c ...

35.02.120 Election on question of incorporation -- Certification of results
If the results reveal that a majority of the votes cast are for incorporation, the city or town shall become incorporated as provided in RCW ...

35.02.125 Newly incorporated city or town -- Liability for costs of elections
A newly incorporated city or town shall be liable for its proportionate share of the costs of all elections, after the election on whether the ...

35.02.130 Newly incorporated city or town -- Effective date of incorporation -- Powers during interim period -- Terms of elected officers -- First municipal election
The city or town officially shall become incorporated at a date from one hundred eighty days to three hundred sixty days after the date of ...

35.02.132 Newly incorporated city or town -- Budgets
The newly elected officials shall adopt an interim budget for the interim period or until January 1 of the following year, whichever occurs first. A ...

35.02.135 Newly incorporated city or town -- May borrow from municipal sales and use tax equalization account
Upon the certification of election of officers, the governing body may by resolution borrow money from the municipal sales and use tax equalization account, up ...

35.02.137 Newly incorporated city or town -- Moratoria on development permits and approvals
During the interim period, the governing body of the newly formed city or town may adopt resolutions establishing moratoria during the interim transition period on ...

35.02.139 Newly incorporated city or town -- First general election of councilmembers or commissioners -- Initial, subsequent terms
An election shall be held to elect city or town elected officials at the next municipal general election occurring more than twelve months after the ...

35.02.140 Disposition of uncollected road district taxes
Whenever in any territory forming a part of an incorporated city or town which is part of a road district, and road district regular property ...

35.02.150 Pending final disposition of petition no other petition for incorporation to be acted upon -- Withdrawal or substitution -- Action on petition for annexation authorized
After the filing of any petition for incorporation with the county auditor, and pending its final disposition as provided for in this chapter, no other ...

35.02.155 Effect of proposed annexation on petition
For a period of ninety days after a petition proposing the incorporation of a city or town is filed with the county auditor, a petition ...

35.02.160 Cancellation, acquisition of franchise or permit for operation of public service business in territory incorporated -- Regulation of solid waste collection
The incorporation of any territory as a city or town shall cancel, as of the effective date of such incorporation, any franchise or permit theretofore ...

35.02.170 Use of right-of-way line as corporate boundary -- When right-of-way may be included
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 ...

35.02.180 Ownership of county roads to revert to city or town -- Territory within city or town to be removed from fire protection, road, and library districts
The ownership of all county roads located within the boundaries of a newly incorporated city or town shall revert to the city or town and ...

35.02.190 Annexation/incorporation of fire protection district -- Transfer of assets when at least sixty percent of assessed valuation is annexed or incorporated in city or town
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 ...

35.02.200 Annexation/incorporation of fire protection district -- Ownership of assets of fire protection district -- When less than sixty percent
(1) If a portion of a fire protection district including less than sixty percent of the assessed value of the real property of the district ...

35.02.202 Annexation/incorporation of fire protection district -- Delay of transfer
During the interim period, the governing body of the newly formed city or town and the board of fire commissioners may by written agreement delay ...

35.02.205 Annexation/incorporation of fire protection district -- Distribution of assets of district when less than five percent of district annexed -- Distribution agreement -- Arbitration
(1) A distribution of assets from the fire protection district to the city or town shall occur as provided in this section upon the annexation ...

35.02.210 Fire protection district and library district -- Continuation of services at option of city or town
At the option of the governing body of a newly incorporated city or town, any fire protection district or library district serving any part of ...

35.02.220 Duty of county and road, library, and fire districts to continue services during transition period -- Road maintenance and law enforcement services
The approval of an incorporation by the voters of a proposed city or town, and the existence of a transition period to become a city ...

35.02.225 County may contract to provide essential services
It is the desire of the legislature that the citizens of newly incorporated cities or towns receive uninterrupted and adequate services in the period prior ...

35.02.230 Incorporation of city or town located in more than one county -- Powers and duties of county after incorporation -- Costs
After incorporation of a city or town located in more than one county, all purposes essential to the maintenance, operation, and administration of the city ...

35.02.240 Incorporation of city or town located in more than one county -- Taxes -- Powers and duties of county after incorporation -- Costs
In the case of evaluation, assessment, collection, apportionment, and any other allied power or duty relating to taxes in connection with the city or town, ...

35.02.250 Corporate powers in dealings with federal government
Any city or town incorporated as provided in this chapter shall, in addition to all other powers, duties and benefits of a city or town ...

35.02.260 Duty of department of community, trade, and economic development to assist newly incorporated cities and towns
The department of community, trade, and economic development shall identify federal, state, and local agencies that should receive notification that a new city or town ...

35.02.270 Other local governments and state agencies -- May assist newly incorporated cities and towns
Cities, towns, counties, and other local government agencies and state agencies may make loans of staff and equipment, and technical and financial assistance to the ...