Chapter 17.04
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sections:

17.04.010    Title.

17.04.020    Statutory authority.

17.04.030    Purpose.

17.04.040    Scope.

17.04.050    Compliance.

17.04.060    Exemptions.

17.04.010 Title.

The ordinance codified in this title shall be known as the City of Ferndale subdivision ordinance, and shall also be known as the Ferndale plat and short plat ordinance. (Ord. 1399 § 2, 2006)

17.04.020 Statutory authority.

This title is adopted pursuant to Chapter 58.17 RCW. (Ord. 1399 § 2, 2006)

17.04.030 Purpose.

The purpose of this title is:

A.    To regulate the subdivision and short subdivision of land and to promote the public health, safety and general welfare in accordance with standards established to prevent the overcrowding of land;

B.    To lessen congestion in the streets and highways;

C.    To provide for adequate light and air;

D.    To facilitate adequate provision for water, sewerage, parks and recreation areas, sites for schools and school grounds and other public requirements;

E.    To provide for proper ingress and egress; and

F.    To require uniform monumenting of land subdivisions and conveyancing by accurate legal description. (Ord. 1399 § 2, 2006)

17.04.040 Scope.

No division of land shall hereafter be made within the corporate limits of the City, except in full compliance with the provisions of this title and Chapter 58.17 RCW, as it now exists or is hereafter amended. (Ord. 1399 § 2, 2006)

17.04.050 Compliance.

Short plat, preliminary plat and final plat applicants shall thoroughly familiarize themselves with the provisions of this title, and shall provide complete and accurate information relevant to the provisions of this title. The Subdivision Administrator, Hearings Examiner and City Council may, but are not obligated to, make personal investigations or inspections relative to conformance by the applicant with the provisions of this title. (Ord. 1399 § 2, 2006)

17.04.060 Exemptions.

The following activities are not considered short plats or plats, and the provisions of this title shall not apply to them:

A.    Cemeteries and other burial plats while used for that purpose;

B.    Divisions of land into lots or tracts each of which is one one-hundred-twenty-eighth of a section of land or larger, or five acres or larger if the land is not capable of description as a fraction of a section of land, including the area bordering on a street or road which would be bounded by the centerline of the street or road and the side lot lines of the lot running perpendicular to such centerline;

C.    Divisions made by testamentary provisions, or the laws of descent;

D.    Divisions made in connection with acquisition of land by the City, including divisions made by deed for road widening purposes; provided, that such land may be accepted on behalf of the City only by action of the City Council;

E.    Assessor’s plats made in accordance with RCW 58.17.240, 58.17.250 and 58.18.010;

F.    A division made for the purpose of adjusting boundary lines which does not create any additional lot, tract, parcel, site or division nor create any lot, tract, parcel, site or division which contains insufficient area and dimension to meet minimum requirements for width and area for a building site;

G.    A division which is made by subjecting a portion of a parcel or tract of land to Chapter 64.32 RCW, if the City has approved a binding site plan for all of such land;

H.    A division of land into lots, tracts, parcels, sites or divisions classified for industrial or commercial use if the City has approved a binding site plan for the use of the land. (Ord. 1399 § 2, 2006)