913 Assessment Liens ORDINANCE #913
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF YELM, WASHINGTON,
REPEALING ORDINANCE #752 AND SPECIFYING PROCEDURES IN
CONNECTION WITH FORECLOSURE OF ASSESSMENT LIENS IN LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND UTILITY LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS OF THE CITY
WHEREAS, pursuant to state law the City of Yelm creates local improvement
districts and utility local improvement districts from time to time for the purpose of
making, ordering, owning, operating, constructing, acquiring or otherwise
providing for municipal local improvements; and
WHEREAS, the manner of foreclosure of municipal local improvement assess-
ments is set forth in RCW CH 35.50; and
WHEREAS, RCW Ch 35.50.030 provides that "If on the first day of January in
any year, two installments of any local improvement assessment are delinquent
for more than one year, the city or town shall proceed with the foreclosure of the
delinquent assessment or delinquent installments thereof by proceedings brought
in its own name in the Superior Court of the county in which the city or town is
situated"; and
WHEREAS, RCW Ch 35.50.030 further provides that such proceedings shall be
commenced on or before March 1 of that year unless the city has fixed a different
date by general ordinance;
NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YELM DO ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Lien Foreclosure Procedures. The City of Yelm shall follow the
procedures set forth in RCW Ch 35.50 as the same shall be amended and/or
restated from time to time by the state legislature in connection with the
foreclosure of local improvement assessments; except that foreclosure
proceedings shall be commenced on or before November 15, pursuant to RCW
35.50.030.
Section 2. Repeal Ordinance #752 Ordinance #752 outlining procedures for
foreclosure of Local Improvement Assessment liens is hereby repealed in its
entirety effective upon the effective date of the repealing ordinance.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, or phrase of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any
reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this
ordinance.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be published in the official
newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after
the date of publication.
Adopted by the Yelm City Council at its regular meeting on the 27th day of
October, 2009.
Ron Har ing .Mayor
AUTHENTICATED:
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Jame Schnepf, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Brent Dille, City Attorney
ORDINANCE 913
PUBLISHED: Nisqually Valley News November 6, 2009
EFFECTIVE: November 11, 2009
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, or phrase of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any
reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this
ordinance.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be published in the official
newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after
the date of publication.
Adopted by the Yelm City Council at its regular meeting on the 27th day of
October, 2009.
Mayor Pro Tem
AUTHENTICATED:
Janine Schnepf, City Clerk
AP OVED AS TO FOR
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Brent Dille, City Attorney
ORDINANCE 913
PUBLISHED: Nisqually Valley News November 6, 2009
EFFECTIVE: November 11, 2009