§ 35A.21.010 Validity of ordinances and resolutions — Deficiencies of form
§ 35A.21.020 Conflict between charter and optional code
§ 35A.21.030 Mandatory duties of code city officers
§ 35A.21.040 Merit systems
§ 35A.21.050 Pension and retirement systems
§ 35A.21.060 Garbage ordinance — Lien — Foreclosure
§ 35A.21.070 Office hours prescribed by ordinance
§ 35A.21.080 Computation of time
§ 35A.21.090 Jurisdiction over adjacent waters — Control of street over tidelands
§ 35A.21.100 Lien for utility services
§ 35A.21.110 Warrants — Interest rate — Payment
§ 35A.21.120 Utilities — Facilities for generation of electricity
§ 35A.21.125 Locally regulated utilities — Attachments to poles
§ 35A.21.130 Codification of ordinances
§ 35A.21.140 Change of name
§ 35A.21.150 Sewerage and refuse collection and disposal systems
§ 35A.21.152 Solid waste collection — Rate increase notice
§ 35A.21.153 Solid waste collection curbside recycling — Reduced rate
§ 35A.21.155 Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities — Reuse or reclamation — Application of chapter
§ 35A.21.160 General application of laws to code cities
§ 35A.21.161 Regulation of activities and enforcement of penal laws
§ 35A.21.162 Nonpolluting power generation by individual — Exemption from regulation — Authorization to contract with utility
§ 35A.21.164 Hydroelectric resources — Separate legal authority — Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts
§ 35A.21.170 Fiscal year
§ 35A.21.180 Flags to be displayed
§ 35A.21.190 Daylight saving time
§ 35A.21.195 Actions by and against code cities
§ 35A.21.200 Limitation of actions
§ 35A.21.210 Revision of corporate boundary within street, road, or highway right-of-way by substituting right-of-way line — Not subject to review
§ 35A.21.220 Insurance and workers’ compensation for offenders performing community restitution
§ 35A.21.230 Designation of official newspaper
§ 35A.21.240 Right-of-way donations — Credit against required improvements
§ 35A.21.245 Facilities and rights-of-way — Requirements and restrictions — Application to code cities
§ 35A.21.250 Building construction projects — Code city prohibited from requiring state agencies or local governments to provide bond or other security as a condition for issuance of permit
§ 35A.21.260 Amateur radio antennas — Local regulation to conform with federal law
§ 35A.21.270 Assumption of substandard water system — Limited immunity from liability
§ 35A.21.275 Regulation of automatic number or location identification — Prohibited
§ 35A.21.280 Statement of restrictions applicable to real property
§ 35A.21.290 Fish enhancement project — Code city’s liability
§ 35A.21.300 Rail fixed guideway public transportation system — Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan
§ 35A.21.305 Permanent supportive housing — Code city may not prohibit where multifamily housing is permitted
§ 35A.21.310 Mobile home, manufactured home, or park model moving or installing — Copies of permits — Definitions
§ 35A.21.312 Authority to regulate placement or use of homes — Regulation of manufactured homes — Issuance of permits — Restrictions on location of manufactured/mobile homes and entry or removal of recreational vehicles used
§ 35A.21.314 Code city may not limit number of unrelated persons occupying a household or dwelling unit — Exceptions
§ 35A.21.320 Abandoned or derelict vessels
§ 35A.21.322 Transfer of ownership of a code city-owned vessel — Review of vessel’s physical condition
§ 35A.21.324 Transfer of ownership of a code city-owned vessel — Further requirements
§ 35A.21.330 Regulation of financial transactions — Limitations
§ 35A.21.335 Registration under or compliance with streamlined sales and use tax agreement — Prohibited requirement for businesses
§ 35A.21.340 Contractors — Authority of city to verify registration and report violations
§ 35A.21.350 Community athletics programs — Sex discrimination prohibited
§ 35A.21.355 Comprehensive cancer care collaborative arrangements — Prohibition on regulation as state agency
§ 35A.21.360 Hosting the homeless by religious organizations — When authorized — Requirements — Prohibitions on local actions
§ 35A.21.370 State and federal background checks of license applicants and licensees of occupations under local licensing authority
§ 35A.21.380 Warrant officers — Training requirements — Authority
§ 35A.21.390 Failing septic systems — Connection to public sewer systems — Appeals process
§ 35A.21.400 Final determination on state highway project permits
§ 35A.21.405 Nuisance abatement — Special assessment — Notice requirements
§ 35A.21.410 Removal of restrictive covenants — Hearing, notice
§ 35A.21.415 Voluntary change to electoral system
§ 35A.21.420 Urban agriculture zone
§ 35A.21.425 Community gardens
§ 35A.21.430 Transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters
§ 35A.21.440 New housing in existing buildings — Prohibitions on local regulation
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions affecting all code cities

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Organize: means to provide for officers after becoming a code city, under the same general plan of government under which the city operated prior to becoming a code city, pursuant to RCW 35A. See Washington Code 35A.01.070
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.