Washington § 57.24.070 - Petition method — Petition — Signers — Content — Certain public properties excluded from local improvement districts.

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§ 57.24.070. Petition method — Petition — Signers — Content — Certain public properties excluded from local improvement districts.

As an alternative method of annexation, a petition for annexation of an area contiguous to a district may be made in writing, addressed to and filed with the board of commissioners of the district to which annexation is desired. It must be signed by the owners, according to the records of the county auditor, of not less than sixty percent of the area of land for which annexation is petitioned, excluding county and state rights-of-way, parks, tidelands, lakes, retention ponds, and stream and water courses. Additionally, the petition shall set forth a description of the property according to government legal subdivisions or legal plats, and shall be accompanied by a plat which outlines the boundaries of the property sought to be annexed. Those county and state properties shall be excluded from local improvement districts or utility local improvement districts in the annexed area and from special assessments, rates, or charges of the district except where service has been regulated and provided to such properties. The owners of such property shall be invited to be included within local improvement districts or utility local improvement districts at the time they are proposed for formation.
[ 1996 c 230 s 906; 1985 c 141 s 8; 1953 c 251 s 18.]

Notes

Part headings not law—Effective date—1996 c 230: See notes following RCW 57.02.001.

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