Chapter 16.29
BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENTS
Sections:
16.29.020 Permit decision and appeal process.
16.29.030 Review and approval criteria.
16.29.010 Scope.
This chapter is established to accommodate minor alterations in the locations of lot boundaries of existing lots and to establish the criteria for the land use administrator to evaluate such changes. (Ord. 1741 § 18, 2009).
16.29.020 Permit decision and appeal process.
The director of planning and community development shall render decisions on boundary line adjustments through Process Type I (Chapter 17.71 MMC). (Ord. 1741 § 18, 2009).
16.29.030 Review and approval criteria.
A. The land use administrator shall review and approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove boundary line adjustments as necessary to ensure compliance with the standards below. The land use administrator shall make written findings that the declaration of boundary line adjustment shall not:
1. Increase the number of lots;
2. Diminish the size of any lot so as to result in a lot of less area than prescribed by zoning or other regulations;
3. Create a subdivision alteration, as contemplated in RCW 58.17.215 as now or hereafter amended, by actions that include the following:
a. Creating or diminishing any easement recorded on the plat or short plat;
b. Diminishing or impairing drainage, water supply, sanitary sewage disposal, and access, including fire protection access, to any lot;
c. Amending or violating the conditions of approval for a previously platted property;
4. Increase the nonconforming aspects of an existing nonconforming lot;
5. Replat, or vacate a plat or short plat;
6. Reduce a setback or lot width below the minimum required by the zoning code.
B. In the event a proposed boundary line adjustment creates a lot that has five or more corners, the land use administrator shall base the approval or denial on whether the lot shape is necessary or desirable due to factors including, but not limited to, critical areas, topography, natural features, street layouts, access, or existing parcel boundaries. The land use administrator may deny the creation of lots with five or more corners if the primary purpose of the lot shape is to meet minimum lot size or dimension requirements. (Ord. 1837 § 2, 2014; Ord. 1741 § 18, 2009).