Chapter 17.30
BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENTS
17.30.000 Chapter Contents
Sections:
17.30.010 Applicability.
17.30.020 Submission of application.
17.30.030 Review criteria.
17.30.040 Final approval and recording.
17.30.050 Prohibition against other subdivisions.
(Ord. 6408 §6, 2006)
17.30.010 Applicability
Every boundary line adjustment, whether lot consolidation or lot line move shall comply with this chapter and with applicable state law. No boundary line adjustment within the limits of the City of Olympia shall be approved or recorded that does not comply with the criteria below; provided that approval may be granted if existing nonconforming aspects of the site are either not changed or are made more conforming.
(Ord. 6408 §6, 2006).
17.30.020 Submission of application
Boundary line adjustment applications shall be submitted to the Department on forms provided by the Department and include the applicable fees and all required information set forth in the Application Content Lists. See OMC 18.77.010. To ensure compliance with the criteria below or determine whether a proposed boundary line adjustment conforms with the standards below, or to ensure adequate monumentation of new property boundaries, the Department is authorized and granted the discretion to require as a condition of approval that a record of survey be prepared and provided regarding such new boundary and of other relevant parcel boundaries and other site features.
(Ord. 6408 §6, 2006).
17.30.030 Review criteria
The Department shall consider and review the proposed boundary line adjustment, and approve the boundary line adjustment, and certify that the proposed boundary line adjustment conforms to the requirements of this subsection, and affix its signature to the adjustment prior to recording, if and only if:
1. No additional lots, tracts, parcels, building sites or land divisions are created, and all lot line adjustments are minor and do not alter the underlying plat pattern, such as changing the general orientation of lots or lot access;
2. All resulting parcels contain sufficient area and dimensions to meet all applicable requirements for a building site and conform to all required setbacks and building and fire separation standards;
3. All resulting parcels comply with any restrictive covenants contained on the face of the final plat, short plat, or large lot plat, if any; and all resulting lots do not violate previous conditions of preliminary plat, short plat, or large lot approval;
4. Each resulting parcel has legal access;
5. The map includes acknowledged signatures of all parties having an interest in lots the lines of which are being adjusted;
6. Legal descriptions of each of the resulting parcels conform to applicable standards; together with the signature of a title company representative or licensed land surveyor which attests to the accuracy of the legal description or survey describing the adjusted lot lines; and
7. The boundary line adjustment is not intended solely to evade public improvements requirements that would be associated with a replat or other new land division approval.
(Ord. 6408 §6, 2006).
17.30.040 Final approval and recording
Approval of the boundary line adjustment shall not be final until:
1. There is compliance with the requirements above;
2. The county treasurer has certified that all taxes on the land have been fully paid and discharged; and
3. A final map including any record of survey has been approved by the Department and filed for record with Thurston County Auditor.
(Ord. 6408 §6, 2006).
17.30.050 Prohibition against other subdivisions
No boundary line adjustment, except to resolve discrepancies between deed boundaries and use boundaries, or subdivision by short plat, large lot subdivision or binding site plan shall be approved which includes any land contained within an approved preliminary plat during the period in which such preliminary plat is valid.
(Ord. 6408 §6, 2006).