RCW 35.23.211
Ordinances—Style—Requisites—Veto.
The enacting clause of all ordinances in a second-class city shall be as follows: "The city council of the city of . . . . . . do ordain as follows:"
No ordinance shall contain more than one subject and that must be clearly expressed in its title.
No ordinance or any section thereof shall be revised or amended unless the new ordinance sets forth the revised ordinance or the amended section at full length.
No ordinance and no resolution or order shall have any validity or effect unless passed by the votes of at least four councilmembers.
No ordinance shall take effect until five days after the date of its publication unless otherwise provided in this title.
Every ordinance which passes the council in order to become valid must be presented to the mayor; if the mayor approves it, the mayor shall sign it, but if not, the mayor shall return it with written objections to the council and the council shall cause the mayor's objections to be entered at large upon the journal and proceed to a reconsideration thereof. If upon reconsideration five members of the council voting upon a call of yeas and nays favor its passage, the ordinance shall become valid notwithstanding the mayor's veto. If the mayor fails for ten days to either approve or veto an ordinance, it shall become valid without the approval of the mayor.
Every ordinance shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk.
[ 1994 c 81 § 43; 1965 c 7 § 35.24.210. Prior: (i) 1915 c 184 § 11, part; 1891 c 156 § 2; 1890 p 182 § 114; RRS § 9124, part. (ii) 1915 c 184 § 12, part; 1893 c 70 § 4; 1890 p 182 § 116; RRS § 9125, part. (iii) 1915 c 184 § 18, part; 1890 p 186 § 118; RRS § 9132, part. Formerly RCW 35.24.210.]
NOTES:
Codification of city or town ordinances: RCW 35.21.500 through 35.21.570.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 35.23 - Second-Class Cities.
35.23.010 - Rights, powers, and privileges—Exchange of park purpose property.
35.23.021 - City officers enumerated—Compensation—Appointment and removal.
35.23.031 - Eligibility to hold elective office.
35.23.051 - Elections—Terms of office—Positions and wards.
35.23.081 - Oath and bond of officers.
35.23.091 - Compensation of officers—Expenses—Nonstate pensions.
35.23.111 - City attorney—Duties.
35.23.121 - City clerk—Duties—Deputies.
35.23.131 - City treasurer—Duties.
35.23.134 - Association of sheriffs and police chiefs.
35.23.141 - Duty of officers collecting moneys.
35.23.142 - Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk—Authorized.
35.23.144 - Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk—Powers of clerk.
35.23.146 - Combination of offices of treasurer with clerk—Powers of treasurer.
35.23.161 - Chief of police and police department.
35.23.170 - Park commissioners.
35.23.181 - City council—Oath—Meetings.
35.23.191 - City council—Mayor pro tempore.
35.23.201 - City council—Meetings—Journal.
35.23.211 - Ordinances—Style—Requisites—Veto.
35.23.221 - Ordinances—Publication—Summary—Public notice of hearings and meeting agendas.
35.23.251 - Ordinances granting franchises—Requisites.
35.23.261 - Audit and allowance of demands against city.
35.23.270 - City council—Quorum—Rules—Journal, etc.
35.23.290 - City council—Entry of ayes and noes on journal.
35.23.325 - Payment of claims and obligations by warrant or check.
35.23.330 - Limitation on allowance of claims, warrants, etc.
35.23.371 - Taxation—Street poll tax.
35.23.380 - Exclusive franchises prohibited.
35.23.410 - Leasing of street ends on waterfront.
35.23.420 - Notice of lease to be published before execution.
35.23.430 - Railroads in streets to be assessed for street improvement.
35.23.440 - Specific powers enumerated.
35.23.442 - City and town license fees and taxes on financial institutions.
35.23.452 - Additional powers—Acquisition, control, and disposition of property.
35.23.454 - Additional powers—Parking meter revenue for revenue bonds.
35.23.455 - Additional powers—Construction and operation of boat harbors, marinas, docks, etc.
35.23.456 - Additional powers—Ambulances and first aid equipment.
35.23.457 - Conveyance or lease of space above real property or structures or improvements.
35.23.460 - Employees' group insurance—False arrest insurance.
35.23.490 - Limitations on use of publicity fund.
35.23.505 - Local improvement guaranty fund—Investment in city's own guaranteed bonds.
35.23.515 - Utilities—City may contract for service or construct own facilities.
35.23.525 - Utilities—Method of acquisition—Bonds.
35.23.535 - Utilities—Maintenance and operation—Rates.
35.23.545 - Procedure to attack consolidation or annexation of territory.
35.23.560 - Waterworks—Construction by city or by district assessments.
35.23.570 - Waterworks—Plans—Special assessments.
35.23.580 - Waterworks—Procedure—Bonds.
35.23.680 - Cities of ten thousand or more may frame charter without changing classification.
35.23.705 - Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.
35.23.800 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—Elective officers.
35.23.805 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—Elections—Terms of office.
35.23.810 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—Mayor—General duties.
35.23.815 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—Appointive officers.
35.23.820 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—Health officer.
35.23.825 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—Street commissioner.
35.23.830 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—Appointment of officers—Confirmation.
35.23.835 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—Oath and bond of officers.
35.23.840 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—City council—How constituted.
35.23.850 - Code city retaining former second-class city plan—Wards—Division of city into.
35.23.860 - Telecommunications services and facilities authorized—Requirements.