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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2628
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives R. Fisher, Campbell, Edmondson, Sommers, Appelwick and Dorn)
Read first time 02/04/94.
AN ACT Relating to condemnation of blighted property; and amending RCW 35.80A.010.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 35.80A.010 and 1989 c 271 s 239 are each amended to read as follows:
Every
county, city, and town may acquire by condemnation, in accordance with the
notice requirements and other procedures for condemnation provided in Title 8
RCW, any property, dwelling, building, or structure which constitutes a blight
on the surrounding neighborhood. A "blight on the surrounding
neighborhood" is any property, dwelling, building, or structure that meets
any two of the following factors: (1) If a dwelling, building, or structure
exists on the property, the dwelling, building, or structure has not been
lawfully occupied for a period of one year or more((,)); (2) the
property, dwelling, building, or structure constitutes a threat to the
public health, safety, or welfare as determined by the ((county health
department in the applicable county and that)) executive authority of
the county, city, or town, or the designee of the executive authority; or (3)
the property, dwelling, building, or structure is or has been associated
with illegal drug activity during the previous twelve months. Prior to such
condemnation, the local governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that
the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary to
eliminate neighborhood blight. Condemnation of property, dwellings, buildings,
and structures for the purposes described in this chapter is declared to be for
a public use.
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