Chapter 17.16
FINAL PLAT PROCEDURE

Sections:

17.16.010    Time for filing.

17.16.020    Application requirements.

17.16.030    Review – Criteria.

17.16.040    City council decision.

17.16.050    Approval – Dedication of streets.

17.16.060    Responsibility for filing.

17.16.010 Time for filing.

A. Within five years after approval of the preliminary plat by the hearing examiner, a final plat shall be filed with the director of planning and community development.

B. The director of planning and community development may extend the time for submission of a final plat up to an additional 12 months for good cause shown.

C. If no final plat is filed within five years or no extension given the preliminary plat approval shall lapse. (Ord. 766 § 2, 1998).

17.16.020 Application requirements.

The person applying for final plat approval shall furnish the following when the final plat is submitted:

A. Final plat drawings clearly and legibly drawn on 18- by 24-inch sheets of stable base mylar polyester film or equivalent approved material, which generally conform to the approved preliminary plat and include:

1. All township, range, section lines and municipal boundaries lying within or adjacent to the subdivision;

2. The location of survey monuments or other evidence used as ties to establish the subdivision’s boundaries;

3. The location of all permanent control monuments found and established within and adjacent to the subdivision;

4. The boundary of the subdivision, depicted in heavier lines than appear elsewhere on the plat, with complete bearings and lineal dimensions with ties to monumentation;

5. The boundaries of all lots and blocks and rights-of-way, including the length and bearings of all straight lines and the radii, arc lengths, semitangents and delta angle of all curves, with radial bearings at the beginning and ending of all nontangent curves;

6. The width, centerline, and name or number of all streets within and adjoining the subdivision;

7. The width, disposition, and description of all easements with the location shown with broken lines;

8. Numbers assigned to all lots and letters assigned to all tracts;

9. All dedications of streets or other areas to the public or other organization. Roads not dedicated to the public must be clearly marked on the face of the plat as “private”;

10. Location and disposition of any wells, creeks, drainage courses, septic tank drain fields, wetlands and 100-year floodplain within the subdivision;

11. Minimum building setback lines from property lines, wetlands, streams or steep slopes;

B. A surveyor’s seal and signature and certification that monuments have been set and that the lots and streets can be properly located on the ground;

C. A title report showing ownership and certification that the person(s) applying for the plat can convey title to land within the plat;

D. Certification that all lots meet minimum zoning requirements;

E. Certification that roads, utilities, drainage facilities, and related infrastructure have been built or provided for;

F. If the plat is subject to a dedication, a certificate containing the dedication of all streets and other areas, signed and acknowledged before a notary public by all parties having an ownership interest in the lands subdivided;

G. A statement of approval by the city engineer;

H. A statement of approval by the fire marshal of Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 22;

I. A statement of approval by the director of planning and community development;

J. Space for the signature of the mayor, signing for the city council, to accept the public rights-of-way and approve the plat;

K. Certification by the Pierce County treasurer that all taxes and delinquent assessments for which the property may be liable as of the date of certification have been paid, satisfied or discharged;

L. An itemized bill of sale showing value of infrastructure improvement;

M. A guarantee and maintenance bond for infrastructure;

N. A fee in the amount set by city council. (Ord. 851 § 28, 2000; Ord. 766 § 2, 1998).

17.16.030 Review – Criteria.

Final plats shall be Type 2 permits – see Chapter 14.40 BLMC. The director(s) shall review the final plat for conformance with the preliminary plat, any conditions attached thereto, and this title, and shall submit the final plat together with a written staff report including findings referencing these approval criteria to the city council for its approval on the face of the plat. (Ord. 988 § 2, 2003; Ord. 766 § 2, 1998).

17.16.040 City council decision.

The city council shall make written findings of fact referencing the final plat approval criteria, and if the final plat is approved, the city council shall authorize the mayor to inscribe and execute his or her signature indicating city council approval on the face of the plat. (Ord. 988 § 2, 2003; Ord. 766 § 2, 1998).

17.16.050 Approval – Dedication of streets.

Upon approval of the final plat by the city council, all streets, easements and utilities as shown on the final plat shall be deemed dedicated to the public. (Ord. 766 § 2, 1998).

17.16.060 Responsibility for filing.

It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider to file the approved final plat with the county auditor and to complete the platting process and provide an approved photo mylar of the signed and recorded plat to the city. (Ord. 766 § 2, 1998).