§ 57.16.010 General comprehensive plan of improvements — Approval of engineer, director of health, and city, town, or county — Amendments
§ 57.16.015 Expenditures before plan adopted and approved
§ 57.16.045 Additions and betterments — Annexed areas
§ 57.16.050 Districts authorized — Special assessments — Bonds
§ 57.16.060 Resolution or petition to form district — Procedure — Written protest — Notice
§ 57.16.062 Hearing — Improvement ordered — Divestment of power to order — Notice — Appeal — Assessment roll
§ 57.16.065 Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates
§ 57.16.070 Hearing on assessment roll — Notice
§ 57.16.073 Sanitary sewer and potable water facilities — Notice to certain property owners
§ 57.16.080 Enlarged district
§ 57.16.090 Review
§ 57.16.100 Conclusiveness of roll — Correction of errors
§ 57.16.110 Segregation of assessment — Procedure
§ 57.16.140 Excess sewer capacity or water supply not grounds for zoning decision challenge
§ 57.16.150 Foreclosure of assessments — Attorneys’ fees
§ 57.16.160 Review of sewer general comprehensive plan — Time limitations — Notice of rejection of plan or extension of timeline
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 57.16 - Comprehensive plan -- Local improvement districts

  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • district: means a water-sewer district, a sewer district, or a water district. See Washington Code 57.02.001
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.