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Chapter 35.43 RCW: LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS—AUTHORITY—INITIATION OF P... Page 6 of 22 <br />(5) Bulkheads and retaining walls; <br />(6) Dikes and embankments; <br />(7) Drains, sewers, and sewer appurtenances which as to trunk sewers shall include as <br />nearly as possible all the territory which can be drained through the trunk sewer and <br />subsewers connected thereto; <br />(8) Escalators or moving sidewalks together with the expense of operation and <br />maintenance; <br />(9) Parks and playgrounds; <br />(10) Sidewalks, curbing, and crosswalks; <br />(11) Street lighting systems together with the expense of furnishing electrical energy, <br />maintenance, and operation; <br />(12) Underground utilities transmission lines; <br />(13) Water mains, hydrants, and appurtenances which as to trunk water mains shall <br />include as nearly as possible all the territory in the zone or district to which water may be <br />distributed from the trunk water mains through lateral service and distribution mains and <br />services; <br />(14) Fences, culverts, syphons, or coverings or any other feasible safeguards along, in <br />place of, or over open canals or ditches to protect the public from the hazards thereof; <br />(15) Roadbeds, trackage, signalization, storage facilities for rolling stock, overhead and <br />underground wiring, and any other stationary equipment reasonably necessary for the <br />operation of an electrified public streetcar line; <br />(16) Systems of surface, underground, or overhead railways, tramways, buses, or any <br />other means of local transportation except taxis, and including passenger, terminal, station <br />parking, and related facilities and properties, and such other facilities as may be necessary for <br />passenger and vehicular access to and from such terminal, station, parking, and related <br />facilities and properties, together with all lands, rights-of-way, property, equipment, and <br />accessories necessary for such systems and facilities; <br />(17) Convention center facilities or structures in cities incorporated before January 1, <br />1982, with a population over sixty thousand located in a county with a population over one <br />million, other than the city of Seattle. Assessments for purposes of convention center facilities <br />or structures may be levied only to the extent necessary to cover a funding shortfall that <br />occurs when funds received from special excise taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 67.28 <br />RCW are insufficient to fund the annual debt service for such facilities or structures, and may <br />not be levied on property exclusively maintained as single-family or multifamily permanent <br />residences whether they are rented, leased, or owner occupied; <br />(18) Programs of aquatic plant control, lake or river restoration, or water quality <br />enhancement. Such programs must identify all the area of any lake or river which will be <br />improved and must include the adjacent waterfront property specially benefited by such <br />programs of improvements. Assessments may be levied only on waterfront property including <br />any waterfront property owned by the department of natural resources or any other state <br />agency. Notice of an assessment on a private leasehold in public property must comply with <br />provisions of chapter 79.44 RCW. Programs under this subsection shall extend for a term of <br />not more than five years; <br />(19) Railroad crossing protection devices, including maintenance and repair. Assessments <br />for purposes of railroad crossing protection devices may not be levied on property owned or <br />maintained by a railroad, railroad company, street railroad, or street railroad company, as <br />defined in RCW 81.04.010, or a regional transit authority as defined in RCW 81.112.020; and <br />You created this PDF from an application that is not licensed to print to novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com) 19/2017 <br />