Every ordinance ordering a local improvement to be paid in whole or in part by assessments against the property specially benefited shall describe the improvement and establish a local improvement district to be known as "local improvement district No. . . . .," or a utility local improvement district to be known as "utility local improvement district No. . . . ." which shall embrace as nearly as practicable all the property specially benefited by the improvement.
RCW 35.43.080
Ordinance—Creation of district.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 44 Wash. 2d 429 - In Re Schmitz (1954)
Most recently applied in 42 Wash. App. 473 - Time Oil Co. v. City of Port Angeles (December 1985)
1969 ex.s. c 258 s 3; 1967 c 52 s 5; 1965 c 7 s 35.43.080
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