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General Government: G 3.1350 - Annexation for municipal purposes (RCW 35A.14 300)

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  1. May a city that is subject to the Growth Management Act annex territory for municipal purposes that lies outside its urban growth area?
    No. The statutory prohibition on annexing territory outside an urban growth areais all-inclusive. It makes no exception for municipal purpose annexations, even though there may be valid policy reasons to exclude such annexations from this prohibition.  RCW 35.13.005; RCW 35A.14.005.

  2. Is noncontiguous property annexed by a city for municipal purposes subject to city or county zoning?
    After annexation, noncontiguous land becomes part of the city and is subject to the city's zoning authority just as if it were contiguous. (See Informal Opinion of the Attorney General to the Chelan County Prosecuting Attorney, dated July 19, 1966.)

  3. Must a city actually use land annexed for municipal purposes for the purpose for which it was annexed?
    In an informal opinion dated July 19, 1966, the attorney general's office concluded that a municipal purposes annexation could be successfully challenged if a city annexed the area with a preconceived intention to use it for a purpose not contemplated by the statute. (The attorney general's office was analyzing the municipal purposes method under RCW 35.13.180, but the reasoning of the opinion should be equally applicable to municipal purposes annexations by code cities under RCW 35A.14.300.)

    However, proceedings resulting in annexations are presumptively valid. Unforeseen changes of circumstances would probably be recognized as sufficient to support a change in use if the city's original intention becomes impossible to accomplish or if there is a reasonable basis for the city to determine that the municipal purpose use can no longer be continued.

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  1. Municipal Purpose Annexations
    List of Washington Municipal Purpose Annexations