STATE STATUTES & CODES

WASHINGTON STATUTES AND CODES

35.22 - First-class cities.

• 35.22.010 - Laws governing.
• 35.22.020 - Mode of exercising powers, functions and duties.
• 35.22.030 - Cities having ten thousand or more population may frame charter for own government.
• 35.22.050 - Election of freeholders to frame charter.
• 35.22.055 - Election of freeholders in cities of three hundred thousand or more population -- Designation of positions -- Rotation of names on ballots.
• 35.22.060 - Submission of charter -- Publication.
• 35.22.070 - Election on adoption of charter -- Notice.
• 35.22.080 - Conduct of elections.
• 35.22.090 - Form of ballot.
• 35.22.100 - Certificates of election to officers.
• 35.22.110 - Authentication of charter.
• 35.22.120 - Petition for submission of charter amendment.
• 35.22.130 - Requisites of petition -- Effect of favorable vote.
• 35.22.140 - New or revised charter -- Petition -- Freeholders.
• 35.22.150 - Submission of new charter.
• 35.22.160 - Election on adoption of new charter.
• 35.22.170 - Publication of proposed charter.
• 35.22.180 - Conduct of elections.
• 35.22.190 - Effect of favorable vote.
• 35.22.195 - Powers of cities adopting charters.
• 35.22.200 - Legislative powers of charter city -- Where vested -- Direct legislation.
• 35.22.205 - Compensation and hours of mayor and elected officials.
• 35.22.210 - Separate designation of councilmembers in certain first-class cities.
• 35.22.220 - Repeal of separate designation.
• 35.22.235 - First-class mayor-council cities -- Twelve councilmembers.
• 35.22.245 - First-class mayor-council cities -- Seven councilmembers.
• 35.22.280 - Specific powers enumerated.
• 35.22.282 - City and town license fees and taxes on financial institutions.
• 35.22.283 - City license fees or taxes on certain business activities to be at a single uniform rate.
• 35.22.284 - Association of sheriffs and police chiefs.
• 35.22.285 - Nonpolluting power generation by individual -- Exemption from regulation -- Authorization to contract with utility.
• 35.22.287 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
• 35.22.288 - Publication of ordinances or summary -- Public notice of hearings and meeting agendas.
• 35.22.290 - Additional powers -- Auditoriums, art museums.
• 35.22.300 - Leasing of land for auditoriums, etc.
• 35.22.302 - Conveyance or lease of space above real property or structures or improvements.
• 35.22.305 - Department for administration, etc., of property incident to civic center -- Creation authorized -- Supervision -- Authority.
• 35.22.310 - Cesspools, filling of -- Removal of debris, etc.
• 35.22.320 - Collection of cost of filling cesspools, etc.
• 35.22.330 - Radio communication.
• 35.22.340 - Streets -- Railroad franchises in, along, over, and across.
• 35.22.350 - Utilities -- Collective bargaining with employees.
• 35.22.360 - Utilities -- Wage adjustments.
• 35.22.362 - Nuclear thermal power facilities -- Joint development with public utility districts and electrical companies.
• 35.22.365 - Public transportation systems in municipalities -- Financing.
• 35.22.370 - Wards -- Division of city.
• 35.22.410 - Wharves -- City may let wharves or privileges thereon.
• 35.22.415 - Municipal airport located in unincorporated area -- Subject to county comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances.
• 35.22.425 - Criminal code repeals by city operating municipal court -- Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases -- Arbitration.
• 35.22.570 - Omnibus grant of powers to first-class cities.
• 35.22.580 - Diversion of local improvement moneys prohibited -- Refund of excess.
• 35.22.590 - Bonds voted by people -- Transfer of excess to redemption fund.
• 35.22.600 - Liability for violations of RCW 35.22.580 or 35.22.590.
• 35.22.610 - Police officers -- Appointment without regard to residence authorized.
• 35.22.620 - Public works or improvements -- Limitations on work by public employees -- Small works roster -- Purchase of reused or recycled materials or products.
• 35.22.625 - Public works or improvements -- Inapplicability of RCW 35.22.620 to certain agreements relating to water pollution control, solid waste handling facilities.
• 35.22.630 - Public works or improvements -- Cost amounts -- How determined.
• 35.22.635 - Public works or improvements -- Low bidder claiming error--Prohibition on later bid for same project.
• 35.22.640 - Public works or improvements -- Electrical distribution and generating systems -- Customer may contract with qualified electrical contractor.
• 35.22.650 - Public works or improvements -- Minority business, employees -- Contract, contents.
• 35.22.660 - Child care facilities -- Review of need and demand -- Adoption of ordinances.
• 35.22.680 - Residential care facilities -- Review of need and demand -- Adoption of ordinances.
• 35.22.685 - Conditional and special use permit applications by parties licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections -- Mediation prior to appe
• 35.22.690 - First-class cities subject to limitations on moratoria, interim zoning controls.
• 35.22.695 - Planning regulations -- Copies provided to county assessor.
• 35.22.700 - Conformance with chapter 43.97 RCW required.
• 35.22.705 - Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.
• 35.22.900 - Liberal construction.

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