RCW 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 any page or group of pages containing an identical text or prayer intended by the circulators, signers or sponsors to be presented and considered as […]
RCW 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 . . . . . ., or the town of . . . . . ., as the case may be, and as such may sue and be sued, contract or be contracted with, acquire, hold, possess […]
RCW 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 in conformity with this section. (2) The members of such commissions shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of a city charter, or as specified […]
RCW 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 of park commissioners or other governing officers, shall have power to acquire by donation, purchase or condemnation, and to construct […]
RCW 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 establish, construct and maintain an auxiliary water system, or systems, or extensions thereof, or additions thereto, and the structures and works […]
RCW 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 very specific municipal purpose, including that of buying any specified supplies, material or equipment, or the construction, alteration or repair of any public […]
RCW 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 expense for the ensuing year and a tax levy made within the limits and as authorized by law for said […]
RCW 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 from time to time as directed by the legislative authority from any funds available and upon which warrants may be drawn and cashed for the purpose of […]
RCW 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 § 2.]
RCW 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 payroll check, draft, or warrant; expense check, draft, or warrant; or personal check from a city or town employee in accordance […]
RCW 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 town to be used as a revolving fund to be expended for salaries, wages, and operations required for the repair, replacement, purchase, and operation of […]
RCW 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 establish, construct and maintain dikes, levees, embankments, or other structures and works, or to open, deepen, straighten or otherwise enlarge natural watercourses, waterways […]
RCW 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 donation, devise, or bequest, if within the powers granted by law. If no terms or conditions are attached to the donation, devise, or […]
RCW 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 unfordable stream adjoining and within one mile of its limits, together with all necessary grounds, roads, approaches and landings necessary or appertaining thereto […]
RCW 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 town or for portions thereof. A city or town may provide for solid waste handling by or under the direction of officials and employees […]
RCW 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 system or recyclable materials collection and disposal system, and to dispose of their solid waste and recyclable materials as provided in the […]
RCW 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 implemented under RCW 70A.205.045, may provide a similar reduced rate to residents participating in any other recycling program, if such […]
RCW 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 the legal description of the premises sought to be charged, shall be filed with the county auditor within the time required and shall be foreclosed […]
RCW 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 with the county auditor, except the lien of general taxes and local improvement assessments whether levied prior or subsequent thereto. [ 1965 c 7 § 35.21.150. Prior: […]
RCW 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, and shall have full jurisdiction and authority to manage, regulate, maintain, utilize, operate, control, and establish the rates and charges for those solid […]
