Sec. 46.40.190. - Cooperative administration.
(a) A city within the coastal area that is not part of a coastal resource service area shall be included for purposes of this chapter within an adjacent coastal resource service area unless its governing body, by resolution adopted by a majority of its membership, chooses to exclude the city from an adjacent coastal resource service area and a copy of the resolution is filed with the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development.
(b) This chapter does not restrict or prohibit cooperative or joint administration of functions between a municipality and a coastal resource service area organized under the provisions of this chapter upon initiation of a mutual agreement for the purpose. A city that elects to be excluded from an adjacent coastal resource service area under (a) of this section shall enter into a mutual agreement for cooperative or joint administration of functions with the coastal resource service area board from the adjacent coastal resource service area.