Chapter 19.20
BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT

Sections:

19.20.010    Application requirements.

19.20.020    Boundary line adjustment requirements.

19.20.030    Boundary line adjustment—Recording.

19.20.010 Application requirements.

Boundary line adjustment, as defined in Chapter 19.04 CMC, shall comply with the following:

A.    Preapplication Meeting. Before making an application for a boundary line adjustment, the applicant may arrange to have the proposal reviewed informally by submitting a preapplication request form to the community development department. The proposal should include the information required for submission of a boundary line adjustment. Upon receipt of a properly prepared request, the community development department shall notify the applicant of the time and place of the preapplication conference.

B.    General Application. A general application form must be completed including the existing legal description of the properties involved.

1.    A general application form completed and signed by all property owners;

2.    A map illustrating the boundary line adjustment and any supplemental material prepared in accordance with Chapter 19.55 CMC, Table of Required Information. The number of prints shall be as required on the application form;

a.    A title insurance report which bears the original signature of the title officer and is no more than thirty days old shall be furnished by the developer. The report must confirm that the title of the land in the proposed subdivision is vested in the name of the owners having a title interest and whose signatures appear on the plat’s certificate;

b.    The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as established by the city fee schedule.

C.    Lot Consolidations. In cases where multiple lots, parcels or tracts will all be used for one building site, and in particular those cases where a structure is proposed to be built across a property line, the lots, parcels or tracts shall be consolidated into one lot, parcel or tract. The consolidation shall be prepared by the owner(s) or their representative and reviewed by the community development department in the same manner as a boundary/lot line adjustment, and shall be recorded at the office of the county auditor. (Ord. 2158 § 1 (part), 2005).

19.20.020 Boundary line adjustment requirements.

A.    Boundary line adjustments require a property survey prepared by a licensed land surveyor. A copy of such survey or plat shall be submitted with the application.

B.    The boundary line adjustment drawing shall identify the exterior boundaries of all properties involved in the adjustment and shall identify the receiving parcel as a single parcel which includes the conveyed portion of the grantor’s property. Revised legal descriptions of the parcels involved shall accompany the drawing.

C.    The boundary line adjustment drawing and conveyance document shall contain a binding covenant that the land being conveyed is for the sole purpose of adjusting the boundary line between parcels and shall not result in the creation of additional parcels.

D.    The boundary line adjustment drawing shall contain a title of “Boundary Line Adjustment Survey” and shall contain a certificate for approval by the director and city engineer. (Ord. 2210 § 7, 2008: Ord. 2158 § 1 (part), 2005).

19.20.030 Boundary line adjustment—Recording.

A.    The surveyor shall set the necessary monuments in compliance with the Survey Recording Act.

B.    When the requirements of this chapter are met, the director and city engineer shall certify approval of the boundary line adjustment. Two mylar bases and the required recording fee shall be furnished to the city of Centralia. The director shall then forward one mylar base to the city engineer. One mylar shall be recorded with the Lewis County auditor by the director within five days after the date the last required signature has been obtained.

C.    After recording, the developer shall provide one eleven-inch-by-seventeen-inch paper copy of the recorded mylar to community development within seven days of recording the final plat. No building permits will be issued until the copy of the recorded plat has been provided to community development. The fees for this copy shall be paid by the developer in addition to all other recording fees. (Ord. 2158 § 1 (part), 2005).