Chapter 18.78
LAND USE ACTION
Sections:
18.78.030 Memoranda of land use action.
18.78.040 Effective date of land use action.
18.78.050 Violation – Penalty.
18.78.010 Applicability.
Any land use action on property within the corporate boundaries of the city shall be subject to the requirements set forth in this section. (Ord. 88-397 § 1, 1988)
18.78.020 Definitions.
“Land use action” means any official exercise of city government whereby landowners receive by virtue of the landowner’s application, request or petition permission to proceed with land use, which prior to approval by the city council has not been legally allowed. Such land use actions include, but are not limited to, variances, conditional use and zone changes. (Ord. 88-397 § 2, 1988)
18.78.030 Memoranda of land use action.
Upon the approval of any land use action, as defined in AMC 18.78.020 by the city council, property owners shall record with the Asotin County auditor a memorandum of land use action. The memorandum of land use action shall be in such form as established by the city planning commission. The memorandum shall be completed in its entirety and no item shall remain unaddressed. The property owner shall be solely responsible for the costs of recording the memoranda with the auditor. Copies of the memoranda, in proper form, shall be available from the city clerk-treasurer’s office. (Ord. 88-397 § 3, 1988)
18.78.040 Effective date of land use action.
No approval of land use action shall take effect until the property owner affected causes memoranda of land use action to be duly recorded with the Asotin County auditor and has provided a certified copy of the land use memoranda properly recorded to the city clerk-treasurer. (Ord. 88-397 § 4, 1988)
18.78.050 Violation – Penalty.
Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall result in withdrawal of land use action approval. Further, violation of any provision in this chapter shall be considered a misdemeanor. (Ord. 88-397 § 5, 1988)