Chapter 20.90
PRELIMINARY PLAT (LONG SUBDIVISION)
Sections:
20.90.020 Submission-Contents.
20.90.040 Notice to agencies concerned.
20.90.060 Planning commission hearing and action.
20.90.080 Expiration of approval.
20.90.010 Required when.
Any property owner wishing to divide his land into five or more lots shall conform to the regulations set out in this division as they pertain to preliminary plat, subdivision design, improvements and final plats. A preliminary plat shall be processed as a Class III action pursuant to Chapter 20.08, and the applicant is encouraged to elect the consolidated permit process under Section 20.08.070. (Ord. 1176 § 44, 1996: Ord. 1032 (Attachment A) (part), 1991)
20.90.020 Submission-contents.
A proposed preliminary plat shall be submitted to the city clerk and shall contain the following items and information:
(1) Name of plat;
(2) Name, address and phone number of the subdividers (owner) and the land surveyor;
(3) The plat shall clearly show all lots, rights-of-way, open space, existing easements and other features affecting the design of the plat;
(4) Topography lines shall be required at an interval of five feet;
(5) All parcels of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved for public use and the conditions attached thereto shall be accurately indicated;
(6) There shall be a vicinity sketch at a scale of not more than eight hundred feet to the inch showing the proposed plat in relation to surrounding lands. All platted rights-of-way for a distance of at least one-fourth of a mile shall be shown, and additional area shall be illustrated, if necessary to show connecting streets or arterials;
(7) The plat shall be prepared, drawn and certified by a land surveyor registered by the state;
(8) The plat shall contain an accurate and complete legal description of the area being platted;
(9) The horizontal scale shall be no less than one hundred feet to the inch;
(10) The plat shall conform with the design standards governing plats as required by this division;
(11) A sufficient number of copies of the plat shall accompany the application for plat approval to permit distribution to the necessary persons, agencies and organizations;
(12) A filing fee, as established in Chapter 20.108, shall be paid to the city clerk-treasurer, upon submission of a preliminary plat for approval;
(13) All existing conditions shall be delineated. The location, width and names of all existing or prior platted streets or other public ways, railroads and utility rights-of way, parks and other public open spaces, permanent buildings and structures and section and municipal corporation lines within or adjacent to the tract shall be shown. In the case of a replat, the lots, blocks, streets, alleys, easements and parks of the original plat being vacated shall be shown by dotted lines in their proper position in relation to the new arrangement of the plat, the new plat being clearly shown in solid lines so as to avoid ambiguity. Existing sewers and water lines, culverts or other underground facilities within the tract, indicating pipe sizes, Grades and exact locations as obtained from public record, shall be shown.
Boundary lines of adjacent tracts of unsubdivided and subdivided land, showing owners, shall be indicated by dotted lines for a distance of three hundred feet. Existing zoning of the proposed subdivision and adjacent tracts shall be shown;
(14) Source of water supply, method of sewage disposal and method of surface-water disposal;
(15) The land use classification, both present and pro posed.
(16) A complete SEPA checklist. (Ord. 1176 §§ 45, 58, 1996; Ord. 1032 (Attachment A) (part), 1991)
20.90.040 Notice to agencies concerned.
Upon receipt of a preliminary plat for approval, the following agencies and organizations shall be notified of the date, place and hour of the public hearing, and such notification shall be accompanied by a copy of the proposed plat:
(1) City utility superintendent;
(2) City fire marshal;
(3) The telephone company;
(4) The county council, if the proposed plat adjoins the city limits;
(5) The State Highway Department, if the proposed plat adjoins the city limits;
(6) The television cable company. (Ord. 1032 (Attachment A) (part), 1991)
20.90.050 Technical review.
At least five days prior to issuing notice of the preliminary plat application under Section 20.08. 100, the utilities superintendent shall conduct an informal meeting with the applicant(s) for the purpose of reviewing and pointing out what, if any, corrections, additions, deletions, etc., should be made to the preliminary plat prior to the public comment period. The applicant may submit a revised preliminary plat within five days of the meeting, and said revised plat, if provided, shall replace the originally submitted plat in all subsequent processing of the application. (Ord. 1176 § 47, 1996: Ord. 1032 (Attachment A) (part), 1991)
20.90.060 Planning commission hearing and action.
(a) The planning commission shall review each preliminary plat to assure conformance with the policies as reflect ed by the comprehensive plan and with the planning standards and specifications of the city. The commission shall make a written recommendation to the city council as to their findings and recommendations on each plat or subdivision.
(b) The recommendation of the planning commission on a preliminary plat shall be submitted prior to the close of the public comment period under Section 20.08.100(E)(5). (Ord. 1176 § 48, 1996: Ord. 1032 (Attachment A) (part), 1991)
20.90.070 Council action.
(a) Upon conclusion of the public hearing related to the preliminary plat, the council shall determine if appropriate provisions have been made for open spaces, drainage ways, streets or roads, alleys, other public ways, transit stops, potable water supplies, sanitary wastes, parks and recreation, playgrounds, schools and schoolgrounds and all other relevant facts, including sidewalks and other planning features that assure safe walking conditions for students who only walk to and from school. They shall determine that the plat makes adequate provisions for the public health, safety and general welfare and that the public interest will be served by the platting of the subdivision. After making these determinations, the council may then approve the preliminary plat. The council shall make written findings and conclusions to support its decision.
(b) Preliminary plats of any proposed subdivision and dedication shall be approved, disapproved or returned to the applicant for modification or correction within ninety days from the date of issuance of a determination of completeness under Section 20.08.090 unless the applicant consents to an extension of such time period; provided, that if an environmental impact statement is required as provided in RCW 43.21C.030, the ninety-day period shall not include the time spent preparing and circulating the environmental impact statement. (Ord. 1176 § 49, 1996: Ord. 1032 (Attachment A) (part), 1991)
20.90.080 Expiration of approval.
A final plat meeting all requirements of this chapter shall be submitted to the city council for approval within five years of the date of preliminary plat approval. (Ord. 1176 § 50, 1996: Ord. 1032 (Attachment A) (part), 1991)