Whenever such a petition for annexation is filed with the legislative body of a code city, which petition meets the requirements herein specified and is sufficient according to the rules set forth in RCW 35A.01.040, the legislative body may entertain the same, fix a date for a public hearing thereon and cause notice of the hearing to be published in one or more issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The notice shall also be posted in three public places within the territory proposed for annexation, and shall specify the time and place of hearing and invite interested persons to appear and voice approval or disapproval of the annexation.
RCW 35A.14.130
Direct petition method—Notice of hearing.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 150 Wash. 2d 791 - Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses Lake (2004)
Most recently applied in 158 Wash. 2d 545 - Interlake Sporting Ass'n v. Washington State Boundary Review Board (November 2006)
1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.14.130.
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