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Title 17 Public Improvements

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(Title replaced by Ordinance 191973, effective January 1, 2025.)

Chapter 17.04 Definitions
Chapter 17.06 Administration of Public Works Permitting
Chapter 17.08 Local Improvement District Procedure
Chapter 17.12 Assessments
Chapter 17.13 Parks and Recreation System Development Charge
Chapter 17.14 Financing of, and Exemptions from, Systems Development Charges
Chapter 17.15 Transportation System Development Charge
Chapter 17.16 General Provisions
Chapter 17.18 General Obligation Improvement Warrants
Chapter 17.19 Northwest Transportation Fund
Chapter 17.23 Special Traffic Control District
Chapter 17.24 Permits
Chapter 17.25 Outdoor Dining
Chapter 17.26 Sidewalk Vendors
Chapter 17.27 Structural Driveways
Chapter 17.28 Sidewalks, Curbs and Driveways
Chapter 17.32 Public Sewer and Drainage System Permits, Connections, Maintenance, and Damage
Chapter 17.33 Connection to the Public Sewer
Chapter 17.34 Sanitary Discharges
Chapter 17.35 Septage Discharge
Chapter 17.36 Public Sewer and Drainage System Service Charges and Fees
Chapter 17.37 Downspout Disconnection
Chapter 17.38 Drainage and Water Quality
Chapter 17.39 Storm System Discharges
Chapter 17.40 Protection of Public Right-of-Way
Chapter 17.41 Landslide Abatement
Chapter 17.42 Property Owner Responsibility for Streets
Chapter 17.43 Pedestrian Plazas
Chapter 17.44 Street Obstructions
Chapter 17.45 Advertising on Bus Benches
Chapter 17.46 Publication Boxes
Chapter 17.48 Moving Buildings
Chapter 17.52 Trees
Chapter 17.56 Public Utilities
Chapter 17.60 Underground Wiring Districts
Chapter 17.64 Protection of City Owned Telecommunications Line and Equipment, Street Lighting and Traffic Signal Systems
Chapter 17.68 Street Lights
Chapter 17.76 Fuel Tanks
Chapter 17.80 Plats and Dedications
Chapter 17.82 Land Divisions
Chapter 17.84 Street Vacations
Chapter 17.88 Street Access
Chapter 17.92 Street Designation
Chapter 17.93 Renaming City Streets
Chapter 17.96 Surveys, Elevations and Monuments
Chapter 17.100 Remedies and Penalties
Chapter 17.101 Leaf Blowers
Chapter 17.102 Solid Waste & Recycling Collection
Chapter 17.103 Prohibition and Restrictions on Single-Use Plastic
Chapter 17.104 Commercial Building Energy Performance Reporting
Chapter 17.105 Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax
Chapter 17.106 Deconstruction of Buildings Law
Chapter 17.107 Transportation and Parking Demand Management
Chapter 17.108 Residential Energy Performance Rating and Disclosure
Chapter 17.109 Relocation Benefits Appeals

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