Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 35.63.010 (2026)

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As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meaning herein given them:
"Appointive members" means all members of a commission other than ex officio members;
"Board" means the board of county commissioners;
"City" includes every incorporated city and town;
"Commission" means a city or county planning commission;
"Council" means the chief legislative body of a city;
"Ex officio members" means the members of a commission chosen from among city or county officials;
"Highways" include streets, roads, boulevards, lanes, alleys, viaducts and other traveled ways;
"Mayor" means the chief executive of a city;
"Municipality" includes every county and city.
[ 1965 c 7 s 35.63.010. Prior: 1935 c 44 s 1; RRS s 9322-1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1995–1995 · leading case: Matson v. Clark Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 904 P.2d 317 (Wash. Ct. App. 1995).
Matson v. Clark Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 904 P.2d 317 (Wash. Ct. App. 1995). “Washington’s first planning enabling legislation, the planning commissions act, RCW 35.63.010 et seq., permits counties and cities to plan and regulate land use with little constraint.”
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