Division IV. Boundary Adjustment
Chapter 19.25
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT
Sections:
19.25.010 Application requirements.
19.25.020 Boundary adjustment requirements.
19.25.030 Boundary adjustment approval – Recording.
19.25.005 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a process and standards for boundary line adjustments consistent with RCW 58.17.040(6). The boundary line adjustment may not be used to accomplish the purposes for which platting, replatting, plat alterations, or plat vacations were intended and required. (Ord. 2019-38 § 5 (part), 2019).
19.25.010 Application requirements.
Boundary adjustment, as defined in Chapter 19.06, shall comply with the following:
A. Level I Review Required. Boundary adjustments require a Level I review as specified in Chapter 20.18. (Ord. 2019-38 § 5 (part), 2019: Ord. 98-42 § 1(part), 1998: Ord. 94-11 § 1(part), 1994).
19.25.020 Boundary adjustment requirements.
A. Boundary adjustments require a property survey prepared by a Washington State licensed land surveyor. Copies of such survey or plat shall be submitted with the application in such number and format as requested by the department, prepared in accordance with Chapter 19.40, Required Information.
B. The proposed boundary adjustment shall be shown on an approved form suitable for recording which contains all of the information required by this section.
C. The boundary 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 except as provided in subsection F of this section.
D. The boundary 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 is not to be sold or transferred as a separate parcel by the grantee, heirs and assigns.
E. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, the boundary adjustment drawing shall contain a title of “Boundary Adjustment Survey.”
F. If the boundary adjustment is to adjust boundary lines between lots within a recorded plat and the owners wish to retain the lot and block legal description of the original plat, an “Amended Plat of (name of original plat)” shall be submitted by a licensed land surveyor along with a plat certificate. The amended plat shall contain an acknowledgment certificate signed by all owners having title interest. The acknowledgment shall include that the “purpose of the amended plat is for adjusting boundary lines between the lots as shown.” The amended plat shall contain a surveyor’s certificate and a certificate for approval by the director. (Ord. 2019-38 § 5 (part), 2019: Ord. 2008-24 § 7, 2008: Ord. 98-42 § 1(part), 1998: Ord. 94-11 § 1(part), 1994).
19.25.030 Boundary adjustment approval – Recording.
A. When the requirements of this chapter are met, the director shall certify approval of the boundary adjustment.
B. The surveyor shall set the necessary monuments, record the survey with the county auditor, and submit a copy to the director.
C. A boundary adjustment is not valid until it has been recorded. (Ord. 2019-38 § 5 (part), 2019: Ord. 98-42 § 1(part), 1998: Ord. 94-11 § 1(part), 1994).