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Chapter 36.70
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RCW Dispositions
Chapter
36.70
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PLANNING ENABLING ACT
Sections
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36.70.010
Purpose and intent.
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36.70.015
Expenditure of funds declared public purpose.
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36.70.020
Definitions.
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36.70.025
"Solar energy system" defined.
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36.70.030
Commission
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Creation.
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36.70.040
Department
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Creation
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Creation of commission to assist department.
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36.70.050
Authority for planning.
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36.70.060
Regional planning commission
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Appointment and powers.
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36.70.070
Commission
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Composition.
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36.70.080
Commission
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Appointment
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County.
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36.70.090
Commission
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Membership
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Terms
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Existing commissions.
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36.70.100
Commission
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Vacancies.
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36.70.110
Commission
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Removal.
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36.70.120
Commission
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Officers.
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36.70.130
Planning agency
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Meetings.
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36.70.140
Planning agency
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Rules and records.
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36.70.150
Planning agency
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Joint meetings.
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36.70.160
Director
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Appointment.
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36.70.170
Director
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Employees.
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36.70.180
Joint director.
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36.70.190
Special services.
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36.70.200
Board of adjustment
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Creation
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Zoning adjustor.
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36.70.210
Board of adjustment
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Membership
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Quorum.
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36.70.220
Board of adjustment
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Appointment
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Appointment of zoning adjustor.
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36.70.230
Board of adjustment
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Terms.
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36.70.240
Board of adjustment
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Vacancies.
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36.70.250
Board of adjustment
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Removal.
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36.70.260
Board of adjustment
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Organization.
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36.70.270
Board of adjustment
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Meetings.
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36.70.280
Board of adjustment
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Rules and records.
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36.70.290
Appropriation for planning agency, board of adjustment.
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36.70.300
Accept gifts.
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36.70.310
Conference and travel expenses
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Commission members and staff.
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36.70.315
Public notice
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Identification of affected property.
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36.70.317
Statement of restrictions applicable to real property.
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36.70.320
Comprehensive plan.
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36.70.330
Comprehensive plan
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Required elements.
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36.70.340
Comprehensive plan
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Amplification of required elements.
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36.70.350
Comprehensive plan
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Optional elements.
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36.70.360
Comprehensive plan
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Cooperation with affected agencies.
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36.70.370
Comprehensive plan
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Filing of copies.
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36.70.380
Comprehensive plan
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Public hearing required.
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36.70.390
Comprehensive plan
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Notice of hearing.
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36.70.400
Comprehensive plan
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Approval
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Required vote
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Record.
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36.70.410
Comprehensive plan
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Amendment.
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36.70.420
Comprehensive plan
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Referral to board.
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36.70.430
Comprehensive plan
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Board may initiate or change
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Notice.
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36.70.440
Comprehensive plan
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Board may approve or change
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Notice.
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36.70.450
Planning agency
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Relating projects to comprehensive plan.
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36.70.460
Planning agency
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Annual report.
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36.70.470
Planning agency
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Promotion of public interest in plan.
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36.70.480
Planning agency
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Cooperation with agencies.
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36.70.490
Information to be furnished agency.
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36.70.493
Manufactured housing communities
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Prohibitions of county due to community status as a nonconforming use.
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36.70.495
Planning regulations
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Copies provided to county assessor.
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36.70.500
Right of entry
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Commission or planning staff.
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36.70.510
Special referred matters
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Reports.
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36.70.520
Required submission of capital expenditure projects.
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36.70.530
Relating capital expenditure projects to comprehensive plan.
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36.70.540
Referral procedure
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Reports.
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36.70.545
Development regulations
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Consistency with comprehensive plan.
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36.70.547
General aviation airports
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Siting of incompatible uses.
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36.70.550
Official controls.
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36.70.560
Official controls
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Forms of controls.
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36.70.570
Official controls
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Adoption.
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36.70.580
Official controls
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Public hearing by commission.
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36.70.590
Official controls
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Notice of hearing.
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36.70.600
Official controls
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Recommendation to board
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Required vote.
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36.70.610
Official controls
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Reference to board.
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36.70.620
Official controls
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Action by board.
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36.70.630
Official controls
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Board to conduct hearing, adopt findings prior to incorporating changes in recommended control.
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36.70.640
Official controls
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Board may initiate.
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36.70.650
Board final authority.
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36.70.660
Procedures for adoption of controls limited to planning matters.
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36.70.670
Enforcement
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Official controls.
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36.70.675
Child care facilities
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Review of need and demand
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Adoption of ordinances.
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36.70.678
Conditional and special use permit applications by parties licensed or certified by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections
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Mediation prior to appeal required.
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36.70.680
Subdividing and platting.
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36.70.690
County improvements.
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36.70.692
County development regulations
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Proposed water uses.
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36.70.695
Development regulations
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Jurisdictions specified
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Electric vehicle infrastructure.
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36.70.700
Planning agency
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Time limit for report.
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36.70.710
Final authority.
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36.70.720
Prerequisite for zoning.
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36.70.730
Text without map.
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36.70.740
Zoning map
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Progressive adoption.
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36.70.750
Zoning
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Types of regulations.
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36.70.755
Residential care facilities
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Review of need and demand
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Adoption of ordinances.
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36.70.757
Family day-care provider's home facility
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County may not prohibit in residential or commercial area
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Conditions.
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36.70.760
Establishing zones.
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36.70.770
All regulations shall be uniform in each zone.
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36.70.780
Classifying unmapped areas.
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36.70.790
Interim zoning.
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36.70.795
Moratoria, interim zoning controls
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Public hearing
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Limitation on length.
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36.70.800
Procedural amendments
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Zoning ordinance.
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36.70.810
Board of adjustment
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Authority.
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36.70.820
Board of adjustment
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Quasi-judicial powers.
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36.70.830
Board of adjustment
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Appeals
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Time limit.
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36.70.840
Board of adjustment
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Notice of time and place of hearing on conditional permit.
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36.70.850
Board of adjustment
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Appeal
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Notice of time and place.
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36.70.860
Board of adjustment
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Scope of authority on appeal.
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36.70.870
Zoning adjustor
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Powers and duties.
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36.70.880
Zoning adjustor
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Action final unless appealed.
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36.70.890
Board of adjustment
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Action final
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Writs.
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36.70.900
Inclusion of findings of fact.
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36.70.910
Short title.
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36.70.920
Duties and responsibilities imposed by other acts.
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36.70.930
Chapter alternative method.
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36.70.940
Elective adoption.
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36.70.970
Hearing examiner system
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Adoption authorized
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Alternative
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Functions
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Procedures.
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36.70.980
Conformance with chapter
43.97
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36.70.982
Fish enhancement projects
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County's liability.
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36.70.990
Treatment of residential structures occupied by persons with handicaps.
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36.70.992
Watershed restoration projects
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Permit processing
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Fish habitat enhancement project.
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36.70.994
Pollinator habitats
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Beehives
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Definitions.
NOTES:
Acquisition of interests in land for conservation, protection, preservation, or open space purposes by counties: RCW
64.04.130
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Alternative planning enabling act: Chapter
35.63
RCW.
Appearance of fairness doctrine
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Application to local land use decisions: RCW
42.36.010
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County, sewerage, water, and drainage systems as part of comprehensive plan: Chapter
36.70
RCW.
Expediting completion of projects of statewide significance
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Requirements of agreements: RCW
43.157.020
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Joint operations by political subdivisions, deposit and control of funds: RCW
43.09.285
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Unfit dwellings, buildings, and structures: Chapter
35.80
RCW.
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