Other LanguagesA review board, convened under the provisions of RCW 35.13.171, has the authority to delete property from a proposed annexation to a city but only where said property proposed to be annexed is not of such a character that its annexation would be in the public interest.
The chief of police of third class cities may not represent the city as its attorney in the prosecution of ordinance violations before a police judge but must act through the city attorney in actual prosecution.
(1) Cities of the second, third and fourth class may issue a license which grants to the recipient the nonexclusive right to collect and dispose of garbage within a municipality.(2) There is no requirement under state law that a license be issued on an annual basis, but no licensing system can be established which would in any way restrict the future discretion of the city council in the exercise of its police power to protect the public health.(3) The city may establish the rate which a garbage collector may charge a customer.(4) The city council may establish the annual license fee at either a fixed sum or a percentage of the gross receipts of the licensee provided the amount fixed is reasonable under the circumstances.
RCW 47.24.020 (Chapter 220, Sec. 5, Laws of 1949 as last amended by Chapter 193, Laws of 1953) provides for illumination to be furnished by cities and towns and in cities over 15,000 population for the installation, operation, maintenance, and control of traffic and signals. The method of control of access has no bearing on cities' responsibility.
Legislature is authorized to provide that refund of urban transportation system of motor vehicle fuel tax collected on fuel used by such system be deducted from the sums in the motor vehicle fund credited to the city wherein the transportation system operates.
A city may exempt a city transit system, whether municipally or privately owned, from its business and occupation tax.
The incorporation of certain areas within the boundaries of a previously organized fire protection district as third class cities automatically excludes such areas from the fire protection district.
A policeman who is incapacitated for any reason, either from sickness or disability, except when the incapacity results from his own dissipation or abuse, or when it results while engaged for compensation in outside work not of a police nature, is eligible for benefits under the police pension act of full salary for a period not exceeding six months when the incapacity necessitates confinement requiring nursing, care or attention, or of half salary when it does not, or where the confinement continues after six months. The determination is a factual one to be made by the police pension board.
City council of a town of the fourth class may, by ordinance, declare an emergency and increase the salary of any appointive officer of such city or town, effective immediately upon the passage of such ordinance.
(1) City clerk of first class city can designate fire station in the legislative district within the city as the fixed place for registering voters. (2) City clerk is authorized to appoint an on-duty fireman as deputy registrar and pay him the minimum fee of 20 cents for each elector registered. (3) A deputy registrar may register electors by going from door to door without specific authorization of the city clerk, but the city clerk is legally authorized to remove a deputy registrar at his discretion.