Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 39.108 · 15 active provisions
(1) Recognizing that uncoordinated and poorly planned growth poses a threat to the environment, sustainable economic development, and the health, safety, and high quality of life enjoyed by residents of this state, the legislature passed the growth management act, chapter 36.70A RCW. The planning goals adopted through…
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Assessed value" means the valuation of taxable real property as placed on the last completed assessment roll.(2) "Eligible county" means any county that borders Puget Sound, that has a population of six hund…
An eligible county must designate all agricultural and forestland of long-term commercial significance within its jurisdiction as sending areas for conservation under the eligible county's program for transfer of development rights. The development rights from all such agricultural and forestland of long-term commercia…
(1) An eligible county must calculate the number of development rights from agricultural and forestland of long-term commercial significance that are eligible for transfer to receiving areas. An eligible county must determine transferable development rights for allocation purposes in this program by:(a) Base zoning in…
(1) Subject to the requirements of this section, an eligible county may designate a portion of its rural zoned lands as sending areas for conservation under the eligible county's program for transfer of development rights available for transfer to receiving cities under this chapter.(2) An eligible county may designate…
On or before September 1, 2011, each eligible county must report to the Puget Sound regional council the total number of transferable development rights from agricultural and forestland of long-term commercial significance and designated rural zoned lands within the eligible county that may be available for allocation…
(1) The Puget Sound regional council must allocate among receiving cities the total number of development rights reported by eligible counties under RCW 39.108.060. Each receiving city allocated share must be determined by the Puget Sound regional council, in consultation with eligible counties and receiving cities, ba…
(1) Before adopting an ordinance or resolution creating one or more local infrastructure project areas, a sponsoring city must adopt a plan for development of public infrastructure within one or more proposed local infrastructure project areas sufficient to utilize, on an aggregate basis, a sponsoring city specified po…
(1) Before adopting an ordinance or resolution creating one or more local infrastructure project areas, a sponsoring city must:(a) Adopt transfer of development rights policies or implement development regulations as required by subsection (2) of this section; or(b) Make a finding that the sponsoring city will:(i) Rece…
Only development rights from agricultural and forestland of long-term commercial significance within the eligible counties as determined under RCW 39.108.040, and rural-zoned lands with the eligible counties designated under RCW 39.108.050, may be available for transfer to receiving cities in accordance with this chapt…
The eligible counties, in collaboration with sponsoring cities, must provide a report to the department of commerce by March 1st of every other year. The report must contain the following information:(1) The number of sponsoring cities that have adopted transfer of development rights policies and regulations incorporat…
(1) Before adopting an ordinance or resolution creating one or more local infrastructure project areas, a sponsoring city must:(a) Provide notice to the county assessor, county treasurer, and county within the proposed local infrastructure project area of the sponsoring city's intent to create one or more local infrast…
The designation of any local infrastructure project area is subject to the following limitations:(1) A local infrastructure project area is limited to contiguous tracts, lots, pieces, or parcels of land without the creation of islands of territory not included in the local infrastructure project area;(2) The public imp…
Participating taxing districts must allow the use of all of their local property tax allocation revenues for local infrastructure project financing.
(1) Commencing in the second calendar year following the creation of a local infrastructure project area by a sponsoring city, the county treasurer must distribute receipts from regular taxes imposed on real property located in the local infrastructure project area as follows:(a) Each participating taxing district and…