Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 35 Cities And Towns - Chapter 35.23 Second-Class Cities

35.23.010 Rights, powers, and privileges -- Exchange of park purpose property
Every city of the second class shall be entitled "City of . . . . . ." (naming it), and by such name shall have ...

35.23.021 City officers enumerated -- Compensation -- Appointment and removal
The government of a second-class city shall be vested in a mayor, a city council of seven members, a city attorney, a clerk, a treasurer, ...

35.23.031 Eligibility to hold elective office
No person is eligible to hold an elective office in a second-class city unless the person is a resident and registered voter in the city.[1997 ...

35.23.051 Elections -- Terms of office -- Positions and wards
General municipal elections in second-class cities shall be held biennially in the odd-numbered years and shall be subject to general election law. The terms of ...

35.23.081 Oath and bond of officers
In a city of the second class, the treasurer, city attorney, clerk, chief of police, and such other officers as the council may require shall ...

35.23.091 Compensation of officers -- Expenses -- Nonstate pensions
The mayor and the members of the city council may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties, upon presentation ...

35.23.101 Vacancies
(1) The council of a second class city may declare a council position vacant if the councilmember is absent for three consecutive regular meetings without ...

35.23.111 City attorney -- Duties
The city attorney shall advise the city authorities and officers in all legal matters pertaining to the business of the city and shall approve all ...

35.23.121 City clerk -- Duties -- Deputies
The city clerk shall keep a full and true record of every act and proceeding of the city council and keep such books, accounts and ...

35.23.131 City treasurer -- Duties
The city treasurer shall receive and safely keep all money which comes into his hands as treasurer, for all of which he shall execute triplicate ...

35.23.134 Association of sheriffs and police chiefs
See chapter 36.28A RCW. ...

35.23.141 Duty of officers collecting moneys
Every officer collecting or receiving any money belonging to or for the use of the city shall settle with the clerk and immediately pay it ...

35.23.142 Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk -- Authorized
The city council of any city of the second class is authorized to provide by ordinance that the office of treasurer shall be combined with ...

35.23.144 Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk -- Powers of clerk
In the event that the office of treasurer is combined with the office of clerk so as to become the office of clerk-treasurer, the clerk ...

35.23.146 Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk -- Powers of treasurer
In the event that the office of clerk is combined with the office of treasurer so as to become the office of treasurer-clerk, the treasurer ...

35.23.148 Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk -- Ordinance -- Termination of combined offices
The ordinance provided for combining said offices shall provide the date when the combination shall become effective, which date shall not be less than three ...

35.23.161 Chief of police and police department
The department of police in a city of the second class shall be under the direction and control of the chief of police subject to ...

35.23.170 Park commissioners
Councils of second-class cities and towns may provide by ordinance, for a board of park commissioners, not to exceed seven in number, to be appointed ...

35.23.181 City council -- Oath -- Meetings
The city council and mayor shall meet in January next succeeding the date of each general municipal election, and shall take the oath of office, ...

35.23.191 City council -- Mayor pro tempore
The members of the city council, at their first meeting each calendar year and thereafter whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor pro ...

35.23.201 City council -- Meetings -- Journal
All meetings of the council shall be presided over by the mayor, or, in the mayor's absence, by the mayor pro tempore. The mayor shall ...

35.23.211 Ordinances -- Style -- Requisites -- Veto
The enacting clause of all ordinances in a second-class city shall be as follows: "The city council of the city of . . . . ...

35.23.221 Ordinances -- Publication -- Summary -- Public notice of hearings and meeting agendas
Promptly after adoption, the text of each ordinance or a summary of the content of each ordinance shall be published at least once in the ...

35.23.251 Ordinances granting franchises -- Requisites
No ordinance or resolution granting any franchise for any purpose shall be passed by the city council on the day of its introduction, nor for ...

35.23.261 Audit and allowance of demands against city
All demands against the city shall be presented to and audited by the city council in accordance with such regulations as it may by ordinance ...

35.23.270 City council -- Quorum -- Rules -- Journal, etc
A majority of the councilmembers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A less number may compel the attendance of absent members and ...

35.23.290 City council -- Entry of ayes and noes on journal
At any time, at the request of any two members the ayes and noes on any question may be taken and entered upon the journal ...

35.23.311 Eminent domain
Whenever it shall become necessary for the city to take or damage private property for the purpose of establishing, laying out, extending and widening streets ...

35.23.325 Payment of claims and obligations by warrant or check
A second-class city, by ordinance, may adopt a policy for the payment of claims or other obligations of the city, which are payable out of ...

35.23.330 Limitation on allowance of claims, warrants, etc
No claim shall be allowed against the city by the city council, nor shall the city council order any warrants to be drawn except at ...

35.23.331 Nuisances
Every act or thing done or being within the limits of a second-class city which is declared by law or by ordinance to be a ...

35.23.351 Application of RCW 35.23.352 to certain agreements relating to water pollution control, solid waste handling facilities
RCW 35.23.352 does not apply to the selection of persons or entities to construct or develop water pollution control facilities or to provide water pollution ...

35.23.352 Public works -- Contracts -- Bids -- Small works roster -- Purchasing requirements, recycled or reused materials or products
(1) Any second-class city or any town may construct any public works, as defined in RCW 39.04.010, by contract or day labor without calling for ...

35.23.371 Taxation -- Street poll tax
A second-class city may impose upon and collect from every inhabitant of the city over the age of eighteen years an annual street poll tax ...

35.23.380 Exclusive franchises prohibited
No exclusive franchise or privilege shall be granted for the use of any street, alley, highway, or public place or any part thereof.[1965 c 7 ...

35.23.410 Leasing of street ends on waterfront
The city council may lease for business purposes portions of the ends of streets terminating in the waterfront or navigable waters of the city with ...

35.23.420 Notice of lease to be published before execution
No lease of a portion of the end of a street terminating in the waterfront or navigable waters of the city shall be made until ...

35.23.430 Railroads in streets to be assessed for street improvement
If an improvement is made upon a street occupied by a street railway or any railroad enjoying a franchise on the street, the city council ...

35.23.440 Specific powers enumerated
The city council of each second-class city shall have power and authority: (1) Ordinances: To make and pass all ordinances, orders, and resolutions not repugnant ...

35.23.442 City and town license fees and taxes on financial institutions
See chapter 82.14A RCW. ...

35.23.443 City license fees or taxes on certain business activities to be at a single uniform rate
See RCW 35.21.710. ...

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

35.23.445 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. ...

35.23.452 Additional powers -- Acquisition, control, and disposition of property
The city council of such city shall have power to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire real estate and personal property necessary or proper for municipal ...

35.23.454 Additional powers -- Parking meter revenue for revenue bonds
All second-class cities and towns are authorized to use parking meter revenue as a base for obtaining revenue bonds for use in improvement of streets, ...

35.23.455 Additional powers -- Construction and operation of boat harbors, marinas, docks, etc
The legislative body of any second-class city or town which contains, or abuts upon, any bay, lake, sound, river or other navigable waters, may construct, ...

35.23.456 Additional powers -- Ambulances and first aid equipment
A second-class city, where commercial ambulance service is not readily available, shall have the power: (1) To authorize the operation of municipally-owned ambulances which may ...

35.23.457 Conveyance or lease of space above real property or structures or improvements
See RCW 35.22.302. ...

35.23.460 Employees' group insurance -- False arrest insurance
Subject to chapter 48.62 RCW, any second-class city or town may contract with an insurance company authorized to do business in this state to provide ...

35.23.470 Publicity fund
Every city of the second class may create a publicity fund to be used exclusively for exploiting and advertising the general advantages and opportunities of ...

35.23.480 Publicity board
The publicity board administering the publicity fund shall consist of three members nominated by a recognized commercial organization in the city, then appointed by the ...

35.23.490 Limitations on use of publicity fund
All expenditures shall be made under direction of the board of publicity. No part of the publicity fund shall ever be paid to any newspaper, ...

35.23.505 Local improvement guaranty fund -- Investment in city's own guaranteed bonds
The city treasurer of any second-class city, by and with the consent of the city council or finance committee of the city council, may invest ...

35.23.515 Utilities -- City may contract for service or construct own facilities
The city council of every city of the second class may contract for supplying the city with water, light, power, and heat for municipal purposes; ...

35.23.525 Utilities -- Method of acquisition -- Bonds
To pay the original cost of water, light, power, or heat systems, every city of the second class may issue: (1) General bonds to be ...

35.23.535 Utilities -- Maintenance and operation -- Rates
No taxes shall be imposed for maintenance and operating charges of city owned water, light, power, or heating works or systems. Rates shall be fixed ...

35.23.545 Procedure to attack consolidation or annexation of territory
Proceedings attacking the validity of the consolidation of a city of the second class or the annexation of territory to a city of the second ...

35.23.555 Criminal code repeals by city operating municipal court -- Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases -- Arbitration
A city of the second class operating a municipal court may not repeal in its entirety that portion of its municipal code defining crimes or ...

35.23.560 Waterworks -- Construction by city or by district assessments
All cities and towns within the state, other than cities of the first class, which are empowered to construct waterworks for irrigation and domestic purposes, ...

35.23.570 Waterworks -- Plans -- Special assessments
Before letting any contract for the construction of any waterworks for irrigation and domestic purposes, the mayor and council shall by ordinance or resolution adopt ...

35.23.580 Waterworks -- Procedure -- Bonds
For the purpose of providing for, constructing and maintaining such waterworks for irrigation and domestic purposes and issuing bonds to pay therefor, such cities and ...

35.23.680 Cities of ten thousand or more may frame charter without changing classification
See chapter 35.22 RCW. ...

35.23.705 Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency
A city of the second class may contract to purchase from a joint operating agency electric power and energy required for its present or future ...

35.23.800 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Elective officers
In a city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...

35.23.805 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Elections -- Terms of office
In a city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...

35.23.810 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Mayor -- General duties
In a city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...

35.23.815 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Appointive officers
In a city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...

35.23.820 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Health officer
In a city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...

35.23.825 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Street commissioner
In a city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...

35.23.830 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Appointment of officers -- Confirmation
In a city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...

35.23.835 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Oath and bond of officers
Before entering upon official duties and within ten days after receiving notice of being elected or appointed to city office, every officer of a city ...

35.23.840 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- City council -- How constituted
In a city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...

35.23.845 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- City council -- Presiding officer -- Voting rights
In a city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...

35.23.850 Code city retaining former second-class city plan -- Wards -- Division of city into
In any city initially classified as a second-class city prior to January 1, 1993, that retained its second-class city plan of government when the city ...