4.88.070 Statutory exceptions | Bellingham Municipal Code

4.88.070 Statutory exceptions.

Certain provisions of the Revised Code of Washington impose conditions for the disposition of municipal property. Where necessary, city officials shall comply with those laws, treating them as limited exceptions to this chapter. Exceptions include, but are not limited to, the following as they may from time to time be amended:

A. RCW 35.21.660 through 35.21.690, and 35.21.725 through 35.21.755, transfers to corporations charter by the city;

B. Chapter 35.94 RCW, surplus utility property;

C. Chapters 39.33 and 39.34 RCW, relating to intergovernmental real estate transactions, require the following steps in addition to the procedure set out in this chapter:

1. A public hearing must be held by the council, following the notice required by this subsection;

2. Not less than 10 days, nor more than 25 days prior to the hearing, a notice in display advertising form, setting forth the date, time and place of the hearing and the proposed use of the property must be published in the official newspaper; and

3. At the same time as notice is published, a news release consisting of the same information will be made to the electronic and written media. [Ord. 9134 § 2, 1982; Ord. 8958 § 8, 1981].