Chapter 18.08
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS*
Sections:
18.08.010 Creation, bonds and warrants—Compliance with state laws.
18.08.020 Preliminary estimates and assessment rolls—Official designated.
18.08.030 Bonds—Denomination.
18.08.040 Assessments—Costs.
18.08.050 Assessments—Installments—Delinquency.
18.08.060 Assessments—Installments—Foreclosure.
* For the statutory provisions regarding local improvement districts, see RCW Chapters 34.43, Initiation of Districts; 35.44, Assessments and Reassessments; 35.45, Bonds and Warrants; 35.49, Collection of Assessments; 35.50, Foreclosure of Assessments; 35.53, Disposition of Property Acquired.
18.08.010 Creation, bonds and warrants—Compliance with state laws.
The creation of local improvement districts by the city, the levying and collection of assessments therein and the issuance of bonds and warrants thereof shall be accomplished in accordance with the applicable provisions of the statutes of the state of Washington and the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 18.12. (Ord. 994 § 1, 1965)
18.08.020 Preliminary estimates and assessment rolls—Official designated.
The city engineer is hereby designated as the proper officer to make preliminary estimates and assessment rolls for local improvement districts of the city and to furnish to the city council such information as may be required by law to be furnished to the city council in connection with the formation of local improvement districts. (Ord. 994 § 2, 1965)
18.08.030 Bonds—Denomination.
Local improvement bonds shall be in such denominations as may be provided in the ordinance authorizing their issue. The city may in such ordinance provide that the date, form and interest rate of such bonds and the denomination of the first numbered bond of such issue be subsequently fixed by resolution. (Ord. 994 § 3, 1965)
18.08.040 Assessments—Costs.
In levying local improvement assessments the city shall estimate the reasonable costs to be incurred in collecting such assessments and same shall be added to the assessment roll as a part of the cost of the improvement. (Ord. 994 § 4, 1965)
18.08.050 Assessments—Installments—Delinquency.
Installments of assessments which shall become due in any local improvement district of the city shall be delinquent if not paid when due. All delinquent installments shall bear a penalty of five percent of the principal amount due on such delinquent installment or installments. If any assessment installment shall become delinquent, the entire assessment shall become due and payable and the collection thereof may be enforced by foreclosure in the manner provided by the laws of the state of Washington; provided, however, that payment of all delinquent installments together with interest, penalty and costs at any time before entry of judgment in foreclosure shall extend the time of payment on the remainder of the assessment installments as if there had been no delinquency or foreclosure. (Ord. 994 § 5, 1965)
18.08.060 Assessments—Installments—Foreclosure.
Foreclosure of delinquent local and utility local improvement district assessments or installments thereof may be commenced by the methods provided in Chapter 35.50 RCW.
The director of finance and administration shall first give to the persons whose names appear on the assessment roll as owners of the property charged with the assessments or installments which are delinquent notice of commencement of foreclosure proceedings in the form and manner required by RCW 35.50.030.
The foreclosure proceedings shall then be commenced not less than thirty-five days nor more than sixty days after the date of mailing such notice; provided, however, that no foreclosure action shall be commenced after July 15th in any year. (Ord. 4416 § 56, 2013: Ord. 3573 § 75, 1997: Ord. 2954 § 1, 1986: Ord. 2296 § 1, 1975)