Other LanguagesA town may not legally purchase hospital and surgical insurance covering volunteer firemen while off duty or purchase such insurance to cover the dependents of such firemen.
Local authorities may not enact or enforce local ordinances or regulations pertaining to the licensure and/or inspection of places of refuge or boarding homes for the aged, as defined by chapter 253, Laws of 1957 (chapter 74.32 RCW).
1. When a legislative body of a city or town recesses or adjourns a regular meeting of such body to a specific time and place, such body may reconvene such continued meeting without notifying the press, radio or television. 2. Where notice of a special meeting of the legislative body of a city or town has been given to press, radio and television, and such meeting is recessed or adjourned to a time certain, the body may reconvene such continued meeting without again notifying the press, radio or television. 3. The notice provisions of chapter 216, Laws of 1953, do not impliedly repeal that part of RCW 35.24.180 which prohibits a city of the third class from passing ordinances letting contracts or allowing bills for the payment of money at special meetings of the legislative body.
Cities and towns, by local ordinance, cannot permit free right turns against a signal device exhibiting a red light by use of a sign reading "stop on red then right turn permitted."
The city of Centralia is legally authorized to enter into an agreement with the city of Chehalis and Lewis county concerning their joint airport whereby Centralia agrees to share in the costs of operation and of acquisition of additional property with the proviso that any new improvements are to be jointly owned by all three parties and any increase in the value of the property, real and personal, owned by the city of Chehalis and Lewis county is to be owned by all three parties in equal shares.
A city does not have the power to sell or dispose of all of its airport property and facilities to a private individual or corporation when a portion is required for aircraft landings, aircraft takeoffs or related aeronautic purposes.
An ordinance authorized by RCW 35.21.280 providing that a tax may be charged on an admission "to any place" applies to any amusement location in a fixed, definite, and stationary spot, and includes bowling alleys and pool and billiard rooms, but a charge made merely for a service or rental of equipment, such as hunting and fishing equipment and television cable service, not made for admission to a place, may not be subject to such tax under the usual circumstances.
The City of Renton may not appoint an alien to the position of city planning director.
The annexation by a city or town of only a part of a fire protection district, sewer district or water district has the following effect upon the qualifications of the voters residing within the area annexed to vote in district elections: (1) Fire protection district‑- the area annexed ceases to be a part of the district and residents of the area annexed are no longer qualified to vote in district elections; (2) sewer districts‑-the area annexed ceases to be a part of the district unless the legislative authority of the city or town consents to continued inclusion of the annexed area as a part of the district and residents of the area annexed are no longer qualified to vote at district elections unless the required consent has been given; (3) water districts‑-the area annexed remains a part of the district and the residents of the area annexed remain qualified to vote in district elections.
1. A city or town may validly annex by ordinance a tract of land all of which was included in, although smaller than, the tract described in the petition for annexation. 2. An ordinance purporting to annex property not described in the petition for annexation is void. Such a void ordinance cannot be vitalized by amendment. 3. Unless conditions have materially changed so as to make annexation now disadvantageous, there is no legal impediment to the reenactment of the ordinance of annexation based upon the original petition and hearing.