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                          HOUSE BILL 2744

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Koster, Mielke, Robertson, Cairnes, Wood, Carrell, Cooper, McMorris, Backlund, Thompson and Dunn

 

Read first time 01/19/98.  Referred to Committee on House Government Reform & Land Use.

Protecting activities of automotive collectors.


    AN ACT Relating to zoning for hobby vehicles; adding a new section to chapter 35.63 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35.22 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35A.63 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 36.70 RCW.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.63 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) A municipality may not adopt or implement an ordinance or land use regulation in a manner that prohibits a person from engaging in the activities of an automotive collector in an area zoned by the municipality, so long as any collector vehicles, including parts cars, maintained and stored by the collector are located out of ordinary public view by means of inside storage, suitable fencing, trees, shrubbery, or otherwise.

    (2) A person engaged in the activities of an automotive collector may conduct mechanical repairs and modifications to a vehicle located out of ordinary public view on private real property.

    (3) As used in this section:

    (a) "Automotive collector" has the same meaning as "collector" in RCW 46.04.125;

    (b) "Ordinary public view" means within normal visual range by a person on a public street or sidewalk adjacent to real property; and

    (c) "Parts car" has the same meaning as provided by RCW 46.04.3815.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 35.22 RCW to read as follows:

    Section 1 of this act applies to cities of the first class.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 35A.63 RCW to read as follows:

    Section 1 of this act applies to code cities.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  A new section is added to chapter 36.70 RCW to read as follows:

    Section 1 of this act applies to counties.

 


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