Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 35 Cities And Towns - Chapter 35.56 Local Improvements -- Filling And Draining Lowlands -- Waterways

35.56.010 Authority -- First and second-class cities
If the city council or commission of any city of the first or second class in this state deems it necessary or expedient on account ...

35.56.020 Alternative methods of financing
If the city council or commission desires to make any improvement authorized by the provisions of this chapter it shall provide therefor by ordinance and ...

35.56.030 Boundaries -- Excepted property
Such ordinance shall specify the boundaries of the proposed improvement district and shall describe the lands which it is proposed to assess for said improvement, ...

35.56.040 Conditions precedent to passage of ordinance -- Protests
Upon the introduction of an ordinance providing for such fill, if the city council or commission desires to proceed, it shall fix a time, not ...

35.56.050 Damages -- Eminent domain
If an ordinance is passed as in this chapter provided, and it appears that in making of the improvements so authorized, private property will be ...

35.56.060 Estimates -- Plans and specifications
At the time of the initiation of the proceedings for any improvement as contemplated by this chapter or at any time afterward, the city council ...

35.56.070 Assessment roll -- Items -- Assessment units -- Installments
When such plans and specifications shall have been prepared and the estimate of the cost and expense of making the improvement has been adopted by ...

35.56.080 Hearing on assessment roll -- Notice -- Council's authority
When such assessment roll has been prepared it shall be filed in the office of the city clerk and thereupon the city clerk shall give ...

35.56.090 Hearing -- Appellate review
Any person who has made objections to the assessment as equalized, shall have the right to appeal from the equalization as made by the city ...

35.56.100 Lien -- Collection of assessments
From and after the equalization of the roll, the several assessments therein shall become a lien upon the real estate described therein and shall remain ...

35.56.110 Interest on assessments
The local assessments shall bear interest at such rate as may be fixed by the council or commission from and after the expiration of thirty ...

35.56.120 Payment of cost of improvement -- Interest on warrants
If the improvement contemplated by this chapter is ordered to be made upon the immediate payment plan, the city council or commission shall provide for ...

35.56.130 Local improvement bonds -- Terms
The city council or commission shall have full authority to provide for the issuance of such bonds against the improvement district fund in such denominations ...

35.56.140 Local improvement bonds -- Guaranties
The city may guarantee the payment of the whole or any part of the bonds issued against a local improvement district, but the guaranties on ...

35.56.150 Local improvement bonds and warrants -- Sale to pay damages -- Preliminary financing
The city council or commission may negotiate sufficient warrants or bonds against any local improvement district at a price not less than ninety-five percent of ...

35.56.160 Local improvement fund -- Investment
If money accumulates in an improvement fund and is likely to lie idle waiting the maturity of the bonds against the district, the city council ...

35.56.170 Letting contracts for improvement -- Excess or deficiency of fund
The contract for the making of the improvement may be let either before or after the making up of the equalization of the assessment roll, ...

35.56.180 Payment of contractor -- Bonds -- Warrants -- Cash
The city council or commission may provide in letting the contract for an improvement, that the contractor shall accept special fund warrants or local improvement ...

35.56.190 Tax levy -- General -- Purposes -- Limit
For the purpose of raising revenues to carry on any project under this chapter including funds for the payment for the lands taken, purchased, acquired ...

35.56.200 Waterways constructed -- Requirements
In the filling of any marshland, swampland, tideland or tideflats no canal or waterway shall be constructed in connection therewith less than three hundred feet ...

35.56.210 Waterways constructed -- Control
The canal or waterway shall be and remain under the control of the city and immediately upon its completion the city shall establish outer dock ...

35.56.220 Waterways constructed -- Leasing facilities
The city shall have the right to lease the area so created between the said shore lines and the wharf lines so established or any ...

35.56.230 Waterway shoreline front -- Lessee must lease abutting property
If the city owns the land abutting upon any part of the area between the shore lines and dock lines, no portion of the area ...

35.56.240 Waterways constructed -- Acquisition of abutting property
While acquiring the rights-of-way for such canals or waterways or at any time thereafter such city may acquire for its own use and public use ...

35.56.250 Waterways -- Abutting city owned lands -- Lease of
If the city is not using the abutting lands so acquired it may lease any parcels thereof as may be deemed for the best interest ...

35.56.260 Waterways -- Abutting lands -- Lessee must lease shoreline property
At the time that the city leases to any individual or concern any of the land abutting on the area between the shore lines and ...

35.56.270 Work by day labor
When a city undertakes any improvement authorized by this chapter and the expenditures required exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, it shall be done ...

35.56.280 Reassessments
If any assessment is found to be invalid for any cause or if it is set aside for any reason in judicial proceeding, a reassessment ...

35.56.290 Provisions of chapter not exclusive
The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as repealing or in any wise affecting other existing laws relative to the making of any ...