Citizens for Underground Equality v. City of Seattle

In January of 1968, pursuant to RCW 35.96.030, 1 the City of Seattle, by resolution No. 21340 de- dared its policy to promote and encourage the conversion of overhead utility wiring to an underground system. Significant to the issues which we confront in this case is the declared policy that the cost of placing existing overhead facilities underground on principal arterial streets and at scenic points shall be borne entirely by the city, but that the cost of “undergrounding” in “residential neighborhoods” shall be financed by the levy of special assessments, with the city sharing the cost “to…