Chapter 16.04
SHORT PLATS
Sections:
16.04.001 Requirements for a complete application.
16.04.002 Short plat review and approval.
16.04.003 Repealed.
16.04.004 Findings and conclusions.
16.04.005 Repealed.
16.04.006 Prohibition on further division.
16.04.007 Repealed.
16.04.001 Requirements for a complete application.
A. A proposed short plat must include pertinent survey data compiled as a result of a survey made by or under the supervision of a land surveyor registered in the state and engaged in land surveying.
B. Application Contents. In addition to the requirements for a complete application set forth in GHMC 19.02.002, an applicant for a short plat shall submit the following:
1. A sketch or map using a scale of 100 feet to one inch or larger of the entire contiguous tract owned by the applicant which shall show:
a. The owners of adjacent land and the names of any adjacent subdivisions;
b. Lines marking the boundaries of the proposed lots;
c. Approximate locations of existing buildings, structures, utilities, underground storage tanks, and streets and ways or easements for such streets and ways within and adjacent to the tract;
d. Legal description of the tract and legal descriptions of all proposed lots;
e. Name and address of the owner(s) of the tract.
2. Certificate giving full and complete description of the lands divided as they appear on the short plat, including a statement that the short subdivision has been made with free consent and in accordance with the desires of the owner(s). If the short plat includes a dedication, the certificate shall also contain the dedication of all streets and other areas to the public and individual(s), religious society or societies or to any corporation, public or private, as shown on the short plat and a waiver of all claims for damages against any governmental authority which may be occasioned to the adjacent land by the established construction, drainage, and maintenance of the road. The certificate shall be signed and acknowledged before a notary public by all parties having any interest in the lands subdivided.
3. All short plats containing a dedication must be accompanied by a title report confirming that the title of the lands as described and shown on the plat is in the name of the owner signing the certificate. Roads not dedicated to the public must be clearly marked on the face of the plat. Any dedication, donation, or grant as shown on the face of the plat shall be considered to all intents and purposes as a quitclaim deed to the donee(s), grantee(s) for his, her or their use for the purpose intended by the donors or grantors as aforesaid. (Ord. 1197 § 2, 2010; Ord. 701 § 2, 1996).
16.04.002 Short plat review and approval.
A. A preliminary short plat is a Type II application, and the director shall make the final decision. A final short plat is a Type I application. Preliminary and final short plat applications shall be processed as set forth in GHMC Title 19.
B. Criteria of Approval. The director shall approve or conditionally approve a short plat only if the findings and conclusions in GHMC 16.04.004 are met.
C. Preliminary Short Plat Approval. The director shall disapprove or preliminarily approve the short plat, or return the short plat to the applicant for modifications within 30 days after the date of filing of a complete application, unless the applicant agrees to an extension of time. Preliminary approval shall be valid for three years from the date that the preliminary approval decision is mailed to the applicant. Within said three-year time frame, the applicant shall file a final short plat with the city.
D. Final Short Plat Approval.
1. Each final short plat filed with the city for record shall be consistent with the preliminary short plat and all conditions of preliminary short plat approval.
2. The director shall disapprove or approve the final short plat, or return the short final plat to the applicant for modifications within 30 days after the date of filing of the final short plat unless the applicant agrees to an extension of time.
3. Each final short plat filed with the city for record shall contain or be accompanied by the items listed in GHMC 16.08.003.
4. Each final short plat filed with the city for record shall contain the following certificates. The property owner and the land surveyor shall execute their respective certificates, required by GHMC 16.04.001 and Chapter 16.08 GHMC, prior to the director’s final decision. The certificates to be executed by city and county officials and employees shall be executed after the director’s final decision, if granted.
a. Mayor. A signature block and statement for the approval of the short plat.
b. City Clerk. A signature block and statement that the city clerk finds that there are no delinquent assessments outstanding on the property subject to this short subdivision approval.
c. City Engineer. A signature block and statement that the short plat complies with the applicable provisions of the city of Gig Harbor public works construction standards.
d. Short Plat Administrator. A signature block and statement that the short plat complies with the city’s development regulations under GHMC Titles 16 and 17.
5. Construction of Improvements. A final short plat shall not be filed for record until the applicant has constructed or bonded for all improvements required by the director in the preliminary approval decision on the short plat.
E. Short Plat Revisions. Revisions to a preliminarily approved short plat shall be processed as a new short plat application. (Ord. 1197 § 3, 2010; Ord. 701 § 2, 1996).
16.04.003 Approval of short plats.
Repealed by Ord. 1197. (Ord. 802 § 1, 1998; Ord. 701 § 2, 1996).
16.04.004 Findings and conclusions.
The director shall not approve a short plat and short subdivision unless written findings are made that:
A. The application complies with Chapter 16.08 GHMC;
B. Appropriate provisions are made for the public health, safety and general welfare and for such open spaces, drainage ways, streets or roads, alleys, other public ways, transit stops, potable water supplies, sanitary wastes, parks and recreation, playgrounds, schools and school grounds and all other relevant facts, including sidewalks and other planning features that assure safe walking conditions for students who walk to and from school; and
C. The public use and interest will be served by the platting of such subdivision and dedication. (Ord. 701 § 2, 1996).
16.04.005 Construction of improvements.
Repealed by Ord. 1197. (Ord. 1194 § 2, 2010; Ord. 701 § 2, 1996).
16.04.006 Prohibition on further division.
Property in short subdivisions may not be further divided in any manner within a period of five years without the filing of a final plat, except that when the short plat contains less than four parcels, nothing in this section shall prevent the owner who filed the short plat from filing an alteration within the five-year period to create up to a total of four lots within the original short plat boundaries. (Ord. 701 § 2, 1996).
16.04.007 Time frame for approval.
Repealed by Ord. 1197. (Ord. 701 § 2, 1996).