Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 35 Cities And Towns - Chapter 35.21 Miscellaneous Provisions

35.21.005 Sufficiency of petitions
Wherever in this title petitions are required to be signed and filed, the following rules shall govern the sufficiency thereof: (1) A petition may include ...

35.21.010 General corporate powers -- Towns, restrictions as to area
(1) Municipal corporations now or hereafter organized are bodies politic and corporate under the name of the city of . . . . . ., ...

35.21.015 Salary commissions
(1) Salaries for elected officials of towns and cities may be set by salary commissions established in accordance with city charter or by ordinance and ...

35.21.020 Auditoriums, art museums, swimming pools, etc. -- Power to acquire
Any city or town in this state acting through its council or other legislative body, and any separately organized park district acting through its board ...

35.21.030 Auxiliary water systems for protection from fire
Any city or town shall have power to provide for the protection of such city or town, or any part thereof, from fire, and to ...

35.21.070 Cumulative reserve fund -- Authority to create
Any city or town may establish by ordinance a cumulative reserve fund in general terms for several different municipal purposes as well as for a ...

35.21.080 Cumulative reserve fund -- Annual levy for -- Application of budget law
An item for said cumulative reserve fund may be included in the city or town's annual budget or estimate of amounts required to meet public ...

35.21.085 Payrolls fund -- Claims fund
The legislative authority of any city or town is authorized to create the following special funds: (1) Payrolls -- into which moneys may be placed ...

35.21.086 Payrolls fund -- Transfers from insolvent funds
Transfers from an insolvent fund to the payrolls fund or claims fund shall be by warrant.[1965 c 7 § 35.21.086. Prior: 1953 c 27 § ...

35.21.087 Employee checks, drafts, warrants -- City, town may cash
Any city or town is hereby authorized, at its option and after the adoption of the appropriate ordinance, to accept in exchange for cash a ...

35.21.088 Equipment rental fund
Any city or town may create, by ordinance, an "equipment rental fund," hereinafter referred to as "the fund," in any department of the city or ...

35.21.090 Dikes, levees, embankments -- Authority to construct
Any city or town shall have power to provide for the protection of such city or town, or any part thereof, from overflow, and to ...

35.21.100 Donations -- Authority to accept and use
Every city and town by ordinance may accept any money or property donated, devised, or bequeathed to it and carry out the terms of the ...

35.21.110 Ferries -- Authority to acquire and maintain
Any incorporated city or town within the state is authorized to construct, or condemn and purchase, or purchase, and to maintain a ferry across any ...

35.21.120 Solid waste handling system -- Contracts
A city or town may by ordinance provide for the establishment of a system or systems of solid waste handling for the entire city or ...

35.21.130 Solid waste or recyclable materials collection -- Ordinance
A solid waste or recyclable materials collection ordinance may: (1) Require property owners and occupants of premises to use the solid waste collection and disposal ...

35.21.135 Solid waste or recyclable materials 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 ...

35.21.140 Garbage -- Notice of lien -- Foreclosure
A notice of the city's or town's lien for garbage collection and disposal service specifying the charges, the period covered by the charges and giving ...

35.21.150 Garbage -- Lien -- Priority
The garbage collection and disposal service lien shall be prior to all liens and encumbrances filed subsequent to the filing of the notice of it ...

35.21.152 Solid waste handling -- Agreements -- Purposes -- Terms and conditions
A city or town may construct, lease, condemn, purchase, acquire, add to, alter, and extend systems, plants, sites, or other facilities for solid waste handling, ...

35.21.154 Solid waste -- Compliance with chapter 70.95 RCW required
Nothing in RCW 35.21.152 will relieve a city or town of its obligations to comply with the requirements of chapter 70.95 RCW.[1989 c 399 § ...

35.21.156 Solid waste -- Contracts with vendors for solid waste handling systems, plants, sites, or facilities -- Requirements -- Vendor selection procedures
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any city charter, or any law to the contrary, and in addition to any other authority provided by law, the ...

35.21.157 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 ...

35.21.158 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 ...

35.21.160 Jurisdiction over adjacent waters
The powers and jurisdiction of all incorporated cities and towns of the state having their boundaries or any part thereof adjacent to or fronting on ...

35.21.163 Penalty for act constituting a crime under state law -- Limitation
Except as limited by the maximum penalty authorized by law, no city, code city, or town, may establish a penalty for an act that constitutes ...

35.21.165 Driving while under the influence of liquor or drug -- Minimum penalties
Except as limited by the maximum penalties authorized by law, no city or town may establish a penalty for an act that constitutes the crime ...

35.21.175 Offices to be open certain days and hours
All city and town offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business during such days and hours as the municipal legislative authority shall ...

35.21.180 Ordinances -- Adoption of codes by reference
Ordinances passed by cities or towns must be posted or published in a newspaper as required by their respective charters or the general laws: PROVIDED, ...

35.21.185 Ordinances -- Information pooling
(1) It is the purpose of this section to provide a means whereby all cities and towns may obtain, through a single source, information regarding ...

35.21.190 Parkways, park drives, and boulevards
Any city or town council upon request of the board of park commissioners, shall have authority to designate such streets as they may see fit ...

35.21.200 Residence qualifications of appointive officials and employees
Any city or town may by ordinance of its legislative authority determine whether there shall be any residential qualifications for any or all of its ...

35.21.203 Recall sufficiency hearing -- Payment of defense expenses
The necessary expenses of defending an elective city or town official in a judicial hearing to determine the sufficiency of a recall charge as provided ...

35.21.205 Liability insurance for officials and employees
Each city or town may purchase liability insurance with such limits as it may deem reasonable for the purpose of protecting its officials and employees ...

35.21.207 Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized
See RCW 36.16.138. ...

35.21.209 Insurance and workers' compensation for offenders performing community restitution
The legislative authority of a city or town may purchase liability insurance in an amount it deems reasonable to protect the city or town, its ...

35.21.210 Sewerage, drainage, and water supply
Any city or town shall have power to provide for the sewerage, drainage, and water supply thereof, and to establish, construct, and maintain a system ...

35.21.215 Powers relative to systems of sewerage
The legislative authority of any city or town may exercise all the powers relating to systems of sewerage authorized by RCW 35.67.010 and 35.67.020.[1997 c ...

35.21.217 Utility services -- Deposit -- Tenants' delinquencies -- Lien
(1) Prior to furnishing utility services, a city or town may require a deposit to guarantee payment for services. However, failure to require a deposit ...

35.21.220 Sidewalks -- Regulation of use of
Cities of several classes in this state shall be empowered to regulate the use of sidewalks within their limits, and may in their discretion and ...

35.21.225 Transportation benefit districts
The legislative authority of a city may establish a transportation benefit district subject to the provisions of chapter 36.73 RCW.[2005 c 336 § 22; 1989 ...

35.21.228 Rail fixed guideway system -- Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan
(1) Each city or town that owns or operates a rail fixed guideway system as defined in RCW 81.104.015 shall submit a system safety program ...

35.21.230 Streets over tidelands declared public highways
All streets in any incorporated city in this state, extending from high tide into the navigable waters of the state, are hereby declared public highways.[1965 ...

35.21.240 Streets over tidelands -- Control of
All streets declared public highways under the provisions of RCW 35.21.230 shall be under the control of the corporate authorities of the respective cities.[1965 c ...

35.21.250 Streets and alleys over first-class tidelands -- Control of
All streets and alleys, which have been heretofore or may hereafter be established upon, or across tide and shore lands of the first class shall ...

35.21.260 Streets -- Annual report to secretary of transportation
The governing authority of each city and town on or before May 31st of each year shall submit such records and reports regarding street operations ...

35.21.270 Streets -- Records of funds received and used for construction, repair, maintenance
The city engineer or the city clerk of each city or town shall maintain records of the receipt and expenditure of all moneys used for ...

35.21.275 Street improvements -- Provision of supplies or materials
Any city or town may assist a street abutter in improving the street serving the abutter's premises by providing asphalt, concrete, or other supplies or ...

35.21.278 Contracts with community service organizations for public improvements -- Limitations
(1) Without regard to competitive bidding laws for public works, a county, city, town, school district, metropolitan park district, park and recreation district, or park ...

35.21.280 Tax on admissions -- Exceptions
(1) Every city and town may levy and fix a tax of not more than one cent on twenty cents or fraction thereof to be ...

35.21.290 Utility services -- Lien for
Cities and towns owning their own waterworks, or electric light or power plants shall have a lien against the premises to which water, electric light, ...

35.21.300 Utility services -- Enforcement of lien -- Limitations on termination of service for residential heating
(1) The lien for charges for service by a city waterworks, or electric light or power plant may be enforced only by cutting off the ...

35.21.305 Utility connection charges -- Waiver for low-income persons
A city or town, including a code city, that owns or operates an electric or gas utility may waive connection charges for properties purchased by ...

35.21.310 Removal of overhanging or obstructing vegetation -- Removal, destroying debris
Any city or town may by general ordinance require the owner of any property therein to remove or destroy all trees, plants, shrubs or vegetation, ...

35.21.315 Amateur radio antennas -- Local regulation to conform with federal law
No city or town shall enact or enforce an ordinance or regulation that fails to conform to the limited preemption entitled "Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 ...

35.21.320 Warrants -- Interest rate -- Payment
All city and town warrants shall draw interest from and after their presentation to the treasurer, but no compound interest shall be paid on any ...

35.21.333 Chief of police or marshal -- Eligibility requirements
(1) A person seeking appointment to the office of chief of police or marshal, of a city or town, including a code city, with a ...

35.21.334 Chief of police or marshal -- Background investigation
Before making an appointment in the office of chief of police or marshal, the appointing agency shall complete a thorough background investigation of the candidate. ...

35.21.335 Chief of police or marshal -- Vacancy
In the case of a vacancy in the office of chief of police or marshal, all requirements and procedures of RCW 35.21.333 and 35.21.334 shall ...

35.21.340 Cemeteries and funeral facilities
See chapter 68.52 RCW. ...

35.21.350 Civil service in police and fire departments
See Title 41 RCW. ...

35.21.360 Eminent domain by cities and towns
See chapter 8.12 RCW. ...

35.21.370 Joint county and city hospitals
See chapter 36.62 RCW. ...

35.21.380 Joint county and city buildings
See chapter 36.64 RCW. ...

35.21.385 Counties with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more may contract with cities concerning buildings and related improvements
See RCW 36.64.070. ...

35.21.390 Public employment, civil service and pensions
See Title 41 RCW. ...

35.21.395 Historic preservation -- Authorization to acquire property, borrow money, issue bonds, etc
Any city or town may acquire title to or any interest in real and personal property for the purpose of historic preservation and may restore, ...

35.21.400 City may acquire property for parks, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes
See RCW 36.34.340. ...

35.21.403 Authority to establish lake and beach management districts
Any city or town may establish lake and beach management districts within its boundaries as provided in chapter 36.61 RCW. When a city or town ...

35.21.404 Fish enhancement project -- City's or town's liability
A city or town is not liable for adverse impacts resulting from a fish enhancement project that meets the criteria of *RCW 77.55.290 and has ...

35.21.405 Moorage facilities -- Regulations authorized -- Port charges, delinquency -- Abandoned vessels, public sale
See RCW 53.08.310 and 53.08.320. ...

35.21.407 Abandoned or derelict vessels
Any city or town has the authority, subject to the processes and limitation outlined in chapter 79.100 RCW, to store, strip, use, auction, sell, salvage, ...

35.21.410 Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility
See chapter 80.58 RCW. ...

35.21.412 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. ...

35.21.415 Electrical utilities -- Civil immunity of officials and employees for good faith mistakes and errors of judgment
Officials and employees of cities and towns shall be immune from civil liability for mistakes and errors of judgment in the good faith performance of ...

35.21.417 Hydroelectric reservoir extending across international boundary -- Agreement with Province of British Columbia
To carry out a treaty between the United States of America and Canada, a city that maintains hydroelectric facilities with a reservoir which extends across ...

35.21.418 Hydroelectric reservoir extending across international boundary -- Commission -- Powers
A commission, established by an agreement between a Washington municipality and the Province of British Columbia to carry out a treaty between the United States ...

35.21.420 Utilities -- City may support county in which generating plant located
Any city owning and operating a public utility and having facilities for the generation of electricity located in a county other than that in which ...

35.21.422 Utilities -- Cities in a county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more west of Cascades may support cities, towns, counties and taxing districts in which facilities located
Any city, located within a county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more west of the Cascades, owning and operating a public ...

35.21.425 City constructing generating facility in other county -- Reimbursement of county or school district
Whenever after March 17, 1955, any city shall construct hydroelectric generating facilities or acquire land for the purpose of constructing the same in a county ...

35.21.426 City constructing generating facility in other county -- Notice of loss -- Negotiations -- Arbitration
Whenever a county or school district affected by the project sustains such financial loss or is affected by an increased financial burden as above set ...

35.21.427 City constructing generating facility in other county -- Additional findings -- Renegotiation
The findings provided for in RCW 35.21.426 may also provide for varying payments based on formulas to be stated in the findings, and for varying ...

35.21.430 Utilities -- City may pay taxing districts involved after acquisition of private power facilities
On and after January 1, 1951, whenever a city or town shall acquire electric generation, transmission and/or distribution properties which at the time of acquisition ...

35.21.440 Utilities -- Additional payments to school districts having bonded indebtedness
In the event any portion of such property shall be situated in any school district which, at the time of acquisition, has an outstanding bonded ...

35.21.450 Utilities -- Payment of taxes
Annual payments shall be ordered by an ordinance or ordinances of the legislative body. The ordinance shall further order a designated officer to notify in ...

35.21.455 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 ...

35.21.465 Crop purchase contracts for dedicated energy crops
In addition to any other authority provided by law, public development authorities are authorized to enter into crop purchase contracts for a dedicated energy crop ...

35.21.470 Building construction projects -- City or town prohibited from requiring state agencies or local governments to provide bond or other security as a condition for issuance of permit
A city or town may not require any state agency or unit of local government to secure the performance of a permit requirement with a ...

35.21.475 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 ...

35.21.500 Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Scope of codification
"Codification" means the editing, rearrangement and/or grouping of ordinances under appropriate titles, parts, chapters and sections and includes but is not limited to the following: ...

35.21.510 Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Authorized
Any city or town may prepare or cause to be prepared a codification of its ordinances.[1965 c 7 § 35.21.510. Prior: 1957 c 97 § ...

35.21.520 Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Adoption as official code of city
Any city or town having heretofore prepared or caused to be prepared, or now preparing or causing to be prepared, or that hereafter prepares or ...

35.21.530 Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Filing -- Notice of hearing
When a city or town codifies its ordinances, it shall file a typewritten or printed copy of the codification in the office of the city ...

35.21.540 Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Legislative body may amend, adopt, or reject adopting ordinance -- When official code
After the hearing, the legislative body may amend, adopt, or reject the adopting ordinance in the same manner in which it is empowered to act ...

35.21.550 Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Copies as proof of ordinances
Copies of such codes in published form shall be received without further proof as the ordinances of permanent and general effect of the city or ...

35.21.560 Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Adoption of new material
New material shall be adopted by the city or town legislative body as separate ordinances prior to the inclusion thereof in such codification: PROVIDED, That ...

35.21.570 Compilation, codification, revision of city or town ordinances -- Codification satisfies single subject, title, and amendment requirements of statute or charter
When a city or town shall make a codification of its ordinances in accordance with RCW 35.21.500 through 35.21.570 that shall constitute a sufficient compliance ...

35.21.590 Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of property -- Limit on indebtedness -- Election, when
See RCW 39.30.010. ...

35.21.630 Youth agencies -- Establishment authorized
Any city, town, or county may establish a youth agency to investigate, advise and act on, within the powers of that municipality, problems relating to ...

35.21.635 Juvenile curfews
(1) Any city or town has the authority to enact an ordinance, for the purpose of preserving the public safety or reducing acts of violence ...

35.21.640 Conferences to study regional and governmental problems, counties and cities may establish
See RCW 36.64.080. ...

35.21.650 Prepayment of taxes or assessments authorized
All moneys, assessments and taxes belonging to or collected for the use of any city or town, including any amounts representing estimates for future assessments ...

35.21.660 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act -- Agreements with federal government -- Scope of authority
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all cities shall have the power and authority to enter into agreements with the United States or any department ...

35.21.670 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act -- Powers and limitations of public corporations, commissions or authorities created
Any public corporation, commission or authority created as provided in RCW 35.21.660, may be empowered to own and sell real and personal property; to contract ...

35.21.680 Participation in Economic Opportunity Act programs
The legislative body of any city or town, is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion by resolution or ordinance passed by a majority of ...

35.21.684 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 city or town may not adopt an ordinance that has the effect, directly or indirectly, of discriminating against consumers' choices in the placement ...

35.21.685 Low-income housing -- Loans and grants
A city or town may assist in the development or preservation of publicly or privately owned housing for persons of low income by providing loans ...

35.21.687 Affordable housing -- Inventory of suitable housing
(1) Every city and town, including every code city operating under Title 35A RCW, shall identify and catalog real property owned by the city or ...

35.21.688 Family day-care provider's home facility -- City or town may not prohibit in residential or commercial area -- Conditions
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, no city or town may enact, enforce, or maintain an ordinance, development regulation, ...

35.21.690 Authority to regulate auctioneers -- Limitations
A city or town shall not license auctioneers that are licensed by the state under chapter 18.11 RCW other than by requiring an auctioneer to ...

35.21.692 Authority to regulate massage practitioners -- Limitations
(1) A state licensed massage practitioner seeking a city or town license to operate a massage business must provide verification of his or her state ...

35.21.695 Authority to own and operate professional sports franchise
(1) Any city, code city, or county, individually or collectively, may own and operate an existing professional sports franchise when the owners of such franchises ...

35.21.696 Newspaper carrier regulation
A city or town, including a code city, may not license newspaper carriers under eighteen years of age for either regulatory or revenue-generating purposes.[1994 c ...

35.21.698 Regulation of financial transactions -- Limitations
A city, town, or governmental entity subject to this title may not regulate the terms, conditions, or disclosures of any lawful financial transaction between a ...

35.21.700 Tourist promotion
Any city or town in this state acting through its council or other legislative body shall have power to expend moneys and conduct promotion of ...

35.21.703 Economic development programs
It shall be in the public purpose for all cities to engage in economic development programs. In addition, cities may contract with nonprofit corporations in ...

35.21.706 Imposition or increase of business and occupation tax -- Referendum procedure required -- Exclusive procedure
Every city and town first imposing a business and occupation tax or increasing the rate of the tax after April 22, 1983, shall provide for ...

35.21.710 License fees or taxes on certain business activities -- Uniform rate required -- Maximum rate established
Any city which imposes a license fee or tax upon business activities consisting of the making of retail sales of tangible personal property which are ...

35.21.711 License fees or taxes on certain business activities -- Excess rates authorized by voters
The qualified voters of any city or town may by majority vote approve rates in excess of the provisions of RCW 35.21.710.[1982 1st ex.s. c ...

35.21.712 License fees or taxes on telephone business to be at uniform rate
Any city which imposes a license fee or tax upon the business activity of engaging in the telephone business, as defined in RCW 82.16.010, which ...

35.21.714 License fees or taxes on telephone business -- Imposition on certain gross revenues authorized -- Limitations
(1) Any city which imposes a license fee or tax upon the business activity of engaging in the telephone business which is measured by gross ...

35.21.715 Taxes on network telephone services
Notwithstanding RCW 35.21.714 or 35A.82.060, any city or town which imposes a tax upon business activities measured by gross receipts or gross income from sales, ...

35.21.717 Taxation of internet services -- Moratorium
Until July 1, 2006, a city or town may not impose any new taxes or fees specific to internet service providers. A city or town ...

35.21.718 State route No. 16 -- Tax on operation prohibited
A city or town may not impose a tax on amounts received from operating state route number 16 corridor transportation systems and facilities constructed and ...

35.21.720 City contracts to obtain sheriff's office law enforcement services
See RCW 41.14.250 through 41.14.280. ...

35.21.730 Public corporations -- Powers of cities, towns, and counties -- Administration
In order to improve the administration of authorized federal grants or programs, to improve governmental efficiency and services, or to improve the general living conditions ...

35.21.735 Public corporations -- Declaration of public purpose -- Power and authority to enter into agreements, receive and expend funds -- Security -- Special funds -- Agreements to implement federal new markets tax credit program
(1) The legislature hereby declares that carrying out the purposes of federal grants or programs is both a public purpose and an appropriate function for ...

35.21.740 Public corporations -- Exercise of powers, authorities, or rights -- Territorial jurisdiction
Powers, authorities, or rights expressly or impliedly granted to any city, town, or county or their agents under any provision of RCW 35.21.730 through 35.21.755 ...

35.21.745 Public corporations -- Provision for, control over -- Powers
(1) Any city, town, or county which shall create a public corporation, commission, or authority pursuant to RCW 35.21.730 or 35.21.660, shall provide for its ...

35.21.747 Public corporations -- Real property transferred by city, town, or county -- Restrictions, notice, public meeting
(1) In transferring real property to a public corporation, commission, or authority under RCW 35.21.730, the city, town, or county creating such public corporation, commission, ...

35.21.750 Public corporations -- Insolvency or dissolution
In the event of the insolvency or dissolution of a public corporation, commission, or authority, the superior court of the county in which the public ...

35.21.755 Public corporations -- Exemption or immunity from taxation -- In lieu excise tax
(1) A public corporation, commission, or authority created pursuant to RCW 35.21.730, 35.21.660, or 81.112.320 shall receive the same immunity or exemption from taxation as ...

35.21.756 Tax exemption -- Sales/leasebacks by regional transit authorities
A city or town may not impose taxes on amounts received as lease payments paid by a seller/lessee to a lessor under a sale/leaseback agreement ...

35.21.757 Public corporations -- Statutes to be construed consistent with state Constitution
Nothing in RCW 35.21.730 through 35.21.755 shall be construed in any manner contrary to the provisions of Article VIII, section 7, of the Washington state ...

35.21.759 Public corporations, commissions, and authorities -- Applicability of general laws
A public corporation, commission, or authority created under this chapter, and officers and multimember governing body thereof, are subject to general laws regulating local governments, ...

35.21.760 Legal interns -- Employment authorized
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city attorney, corporation counsel, or other chief legal officer of any city or town may employ legal interns ...

35.21.762 Urban emergency medical service districts -- Creation authorized in city or town with territory in two counties
The council of a city or town that has territory included in two counties may adopt an ordinance creating an urban emergency medical service district ...

35.21.765 Fire protection, ambulance or other emergency services provided by municipal corporation within county -- Financial and other assistance by county authorized
See RCW 36.32.470. ...

35.21.766 Ambulance services -- Establishment authorized
(1) Whenever a regional fire protection service authority determines that the fire protection jurisdictions that are members of the authority are not adequately served by ...

35.21.7661 Study and review of ambulance utilities
The joint legislative audit and review committee shall study and review ambulance utilities established and operated by cities under chapter 482, Laws of 2005. The ...

35.21.768 Ambulance services -- Excise taxes authorized -- Use of proceeds
The legislative authority of any city or town is authorized to adopt ordinances for the levy and collection of excise taxes and/or for the imposition ...

35.21.769 Levy for emergency medical care and services
See RCW 84.52.069. ...

35.21.770 Members of legislative bodies authorized to serve as volunteer firefighters, volunteer ambulance personnel, or reserve law enforcement officers
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the legislative body of any city or town, by resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the full legislative ...

35.21.772 Fire department volunteers -- Holding public office -- Definitions
(1) Except as otherwise prohibited by law, a volunteer member of any fire department who does not serve as fire chief for the department may ...

35.21.775 Provision of fire protection services to state-owned facilities
Subject to the provisions of RCW 35.21.779, whenever a city or town has located within its territorial limits facilities, except those leased to a nontax-exempt ...

35.21.778 Existing contracts for fire protection services and equipment not abrogated
Nothing in chapter 117, Laws of 1992, shall be interpreted to abrogate existing contracts for fire protection services and equipment, nor be deemed to authorize ...

35.21.779 Fire protection services for state-owned facilities -- Contracts with the department of community, trade, and economic development -- Consolidation of negotiations with multiple state agencies -- Arbitration
(1) In cities or towns where the estimated value of state-owned facilities constitutes ten percent or more of the total assessed valuation, the state agency ...

35.21.780 Laws, rules and regulations applicable to cities five hundred thousand or over deemed applicable to cities four hundred thousand or over
On and after June 12, 1975, every law and rule or regulation of the state or any agency thereof which immediately prior to June 12, ...

35.21.790 Revision of corporate boundary within street, road, or highway right-of-way by substituting right-of-way line -- Not subject to review
(1) The governing bodies of a county and any city or town located therein may by agreement revise any part of the corporate boundary of ...

35.21.800 Foreign trade zones -- Legislative finding, intent
It is the finding of the legislature that foreign trade zones serve an important public purpose by the creation of employment opportunities within the state ...

35.21.805 Foreign trade zones -- Authority to apply for permission to establish, operate and maintain
A city or town, as zone sponsor, may apply to the United States for permission to establish, operate, and maintain foreign trade zones: PROVIDED, That ...

35.21.810 Hydroplane races -- Providing for restrooms and other services in public parks for spectators -- Admission fees -- Authorized
Any city or town may provide restrooms and other services in its public parks to be used by spectators of any hydroplane race held on ...

35.21.815 Hydroplane races -- Levying of admission charges declared public park purpose -- Reversion prohibited
It is hereby declared to be a legitimate public park purpose for any city or town to levy an admission charge for spectators to view ...

35.21.820 Acquisition and disposal of vehicles for commuter ride sharing by city employees
The power of any city, town, county, other municipal corporation, or quasi municipal corporation to acquire, hold, use, possess, and dispose of motor vehicles for ...

35.21.830 Controls on rent for residential structures -- Prohibited -- Exceptions
The imposition of controls on rent is of statewide significance and is preempted by the state. No city or town of any class may enact, ...

35.21.840 Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hire -- Allocation of gross receipts
The following principles shall allocate gross receipts of a motor carrier of freight for hire (called the "motor carrier" in this section) to prevent multiple ...

35.21.845 Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hire -- Tax allocation formula
A motor carrier of freight for hire whose gross receipts are subject to multiple taxation by two or more municipalities in this state may request ...

35.21.850 Taxation of motor carriers of freight for hire -- Limitation -- Exceptions
No demand for a fee or tax or penalty shall be made by a city or town against a motor carrier of freight for hire ...

35.21.851 Taxation of chamber of commerce, similar business for operation of parking/business improvement area
(1) A city shall not impose a gross receipts tax on amounts received by a chamber of commerce or other similar business association for administering ...

35.21.855 Taxation of intellectual property creating activities -- Gross receipts tax prohibited -- Exceptions
(1) A city may not impose a gross receipts tax on intellectual property creating activities. (2) A city may impose a gross receipts tax measured ...

35.21.860 Electricity, telephone, or natural gas business, service provider -- Franchise fees prohibited -- Exceptions
(1) No city or town may impose a franchise fee or any other fee or charge of whatever nature or description upon the light and ...

35.21.865 Electricity, telephone, or natural gas business -- Limitations on tax rate changes
No city or town may change the rate of tax it imposes on the privilege of conducting an electrical energy, natural gas, or telephone business ...

35.21.870 Electricity, telephone, natural gas, or steam energy business -- Tax limited to six percent -- Exception
(1) No city or town may impose a tax on the privilege of conducting an electrical energy, natural gas, steam energy, or telephone business at ...

35.21.871 Tax on telephone business -- Deferral of rate reduction
A city or town required by RCW 35.21.870(2) to reduce its rate of taxation on telephone business may defer for one year the required reduction ...

35.21.873 Procedure to correct erroneous mobile telecommunications service tax
If a customer believes that an amount of city tax or an assignment of place of primary use or taxing jurisdiction included on a billing ...

35.21.875 Designation of official newspaper
Each city and town shall designate an official newspaper by resolution. The newspaper shall be of general circulation in the city or town and have ...

35.21.880 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 ...

35.21.890 Boundary changes -- Providing factual information -- Notice to boundary review board
A city or town may provide factual information on the effects of a proposed boundary change on the city or town and the area potentially ...

35.21.895 Regulation of automatic number or location identification -- Prohibited
No city or town may enact or enforce an ordinance or regulation mandating automatic number identification or automatic location identification for a private telecommunications system ...

35.21.897 Mobile home, manufactured home, or park model moving or installing -- Copies of permits -- Definitions
(1) A city or town shall transmit a copy of any permit issued to a tenant or the tenant's agent for a mobile home, manufactured ...

35.21.900 Authority to transfer real property
Cities are authorized to transfer real property pursuant to RCW 43.99C.070 and 43.83D.120.[2006 c 35 § 10.]Notes: Findings -- 2006 c 35: See note following ...

35.21.905 Consultation with public utilities for water-sewer facility relocation projects
Cities shall, in the predesign phase of construction projects involving relocation of sewer and/or water facilities, consult with public utilities operating water/sewer systems in order ...