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2382ORDINANCE NO. 2382 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17.13 OF THE MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED "SHORT SUBDIVISIONS" THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 17.13 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "Short Subdivisions" is amended as follows: 17.13.030 Preliminary Plat Conditions and Requirements: A. General Conditions and Requirements: 1.The subdivision shall make adequate provision for roads, streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lighting circuits, alleys, extension of municipal utilities (sewer and water), drainage ways, irrigation water right-of-ways, other public ways or any municipal improvements as deemed necessary in conformance with city Community Street and Utility Standards and city Design Standards in effect at the time of plat approval. 2.The subdivision shall front on a existing street. There shall be adequate access to all parcels. Streets shall be improved to city standards. Street lighting shall be provided. 3.The subdivision shall comply with all zoning and health regulations. 4.The subdivision shall be consistent with the city's Comprehensive Plan. 5.Environmental information shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with the guidelines established under the State Environmental Policy Act of 1971, as amended. Said information is a part of and must accompany the preliminary plat application. 6.The subdivision shall provide for irrigation water right-of-ways pursuant to RCW 58.17.310 as now enacted or hereafter amended. 7.A street lighting plan as may be required by the City Engineer must be provided. The plan must be approved by the Grant County PUD and include certification that all street lighting fees have been paid or that arrangements acceptable to the city and the PUD have been made for the payment of required fees. 8.The subdivision shall not have been previously divided in a short subdivision within the last five (5) years and will not be further divided in any manner unless such proposed resubdivision complies with all provisions relating to major subdivisions in effect at the time the further subdivision is commenced. 9.Unless an applicant for a preliminary plat approval requests otherwise, and the Plat Administrator agrees, a preliminary plat shall be processed simultaneously with the application for rezones, waivers, deferrals, deviations, planned unit developments, site plan approvals, and similar quasi-judicial or administrative actions to the extent that procedural requirements applicable to those actions permit simultaneous processing. • 10. Every decision or recommendation made under this chapter by the Council or Planning Commission shall be in writin g and shall include findings of fact and conclusions to support the decision or recommendation. • ORDINANCE NO. 2382 PAGE 2 March 25, 2008 • 11.Preliminary plats of any proposed short subdivision shall be approved, disapproved, or returned to the applicant for modification within the time limitations established by RCW 58.17.140. 12.In the event that the short subdivision does not border upon adjacent property to which municipal utilities have been extended or upon adjacent property fronting upon improved streets, the property owner may request a waiver, deferral, or deviation to the short subdivision provisions for municipal improvements as deemed necessary. In lieu of the completion of the extension of municipal utilities (sewer and water) and the completion of street improvements, a covenant to the land title may be created. Said covenant shall pledge the property owner to install municipal improvements as deemed necessary at such time as the adjacent property is improved by the installation of municipal utilities and/or at such time as the improvement of streets upon which the adjacent property is fronting occurs as any such event is deemed to occur in the sole discretion of the Plat Administrator. Said covenant shall also pledge the property owner to participate in any future local improvement districts for such improvements. 13.At the discretion of the Plat Administrator, the requirement that a preliminary short plat be submitted may be waived. Subject to the approval of the Plat Administrator, a short plat without improvements may be submitted as a final plat for review and approval. 14.A plat certificate from a title company licensed to do business in the State of Washington dated within thirty (30) days of the date of filing of the final plat and application with the Plat Administrator confirming that the title of the lands as described and shown on the plat is in the name of the owners signing the subdivision plat or instrument of dedication. B. Specific Conditions and Requirements: 1.Prior to submission of a short subdivision preliminary application and preliminary plat, the subdivider or the subdivider's representative shall schedule a pre-application conference with the Plat Administrator and representatives of other affected city departments. The subdivider shall present a conceptual idea of the plat. The Plat Administrator and representatives of affected city departments will respond informally and address potential items of concern to aid the subdivider in preparing the short subdivision preliminary application and preliminary plat. 2.The preliminary short subdivision application and plat shall be filed with the Plat Administrator on forms prescribed by the Community Development Department. The application shall be accompanied by twelve (12) copies of the preliminary plat. At the discretion of the Plat Administrator, the requirement that twelve (12) copies of the preliminary plat be submitted may be waived. Processing of the preliminary plat may require fewer than twelve (12) copies of the plat. 3.The preliminary plat shall be a neat and accurate drawing, stamped and signed by a registered professional land surveyor licensed by the State of Washington on reproducible material at a decimal scale. The plat map shall measure eighteen inches (18") by twenty- four inches (24"). The preliminary plat shall be drawn in black permanent ink on two (2) or more sheets if the scale necessary to accommodate the map on one (1) sheet would unduly congest the drawing. • 4. A non-refundable fee of three hundred dollars ($300) shall accompany each and every application for a preliminary short subdivision.• ORDINANCE NO. 2382 •PAGE 3 March 25, 2008 5. The preliminary plat shall contain the following: a.Name of proposed subdivision. b.Boundaries of proposed subdivision established by the preliminary survey. c.Location and dimension of all existing and proposed streets, alleys, utilities and right- of-ways and/or easements on and adjacent to the proposed subdivision. d.Location and dimensions of all existing and proposed irrigation water right-of-ways on and adjacent to the proposed subdivision. e.Legal description of land within the proposed subdivision. f.Any proposed land dedications. g.Name, address, and seal of the registered land surveyor who made the preliminary survey. h.The date of the preliminary survey. i.Horizontal scale of the proposed plat shall be not more than one hundred feet (100') to the inch. Except that the City Engineer, subject to a request prior to plat submittal, • inch. may approve an alternative plat map scale not to exceed one hundred feet (100') to the 1. Monuments found and established during the preliminary survey. k. Date map is prepared, scale, and north point of the map. Approximate proposed lot lines with their dimensions, including lot numbers and block numbers. I. If any of the parcels can be further divided or if only a portion of a tract is being divided, location of future streets, alleys, and lot lines shall be shown by dotted lines. m.A vicinity map at a scale of not more than four hundred feet (400') to the inch. Except that the City Engineer, subject to a request prior to plat submittal, may approve an alternative vicinity map scale exceeding four hundred feet (400') to the inch. The vicinity map shall show all adjacent parcels. It shall show how the streets and alleys in the proposed subdivision may connect with existing and proposed streets and alleys in neighboring subdivisions or unplatted property to produce an advantageous development of the entire neighborhood. n.Provide recommended street names for approval. o.United States Bureau of Reclamation horizontal and vertical data including bench marks. p.A site plan on a separate sheet showing the following information: 1) Location and sizing of existing and proposed utilities including water, sewer, storm drains, electricity, gas, street lighting, curbs and sidewalks, telephone. and cablevision lines. Minimum size and scale shall be the same as the preliminary plat map. 1. Prelimina ry approval is granted as submitted. • ORDINANCE NO. 2382 PAGE 4 March 25, 2008 • 2)Existing and proposed structures and natural features and all proposed improvements within and adjoining the proposed subdivision. 3)Topography of the area with a maximum of two foot (2') intervals of contours as required by the City Engineer. 4)Present zoning classification on and adjacent to property. 5)Any proposed dedications for park land subject to the approval of the Planning Commission. 6)Any deed restrictions or covenants existing or proposed shall be drawn on the site plan and preliminary plat map. vers, Deferrals and Deviations: The subdivider may make application to the Community opment Department for a waiver, deferral or deviation from any provision contained in this ccordance with Chapter 17.40, provided that the request is received prior to the preliminary t approval by the Plat Administrator. 17.13.050 Wai Deve title in short pl 17.13.070 Prelimina IN Short Subdivision Application Review Procedures: A. Upon rec establishe ipt of the short plat application, the Plat Administrator shall within the time limitations by RCW 58.17.140, respond to the applicant in one of the following manners: 2. Preliminary approval is granted with modifications requested. 3. The proposed subdivision is denied and reasons stated. 4. Preliminary approval is withheld until Planning Commission and/or Council approval of dedications, and waiver, deferral, or deviation requests. B. The short subdivision pre liminary application shall require approval of the Plat Administrator and the City Engineer indic ated by their dated signatures thereon to be valid. inistrator shall be final, unless an appeal by any aggrieved party mission within ten (10) calendar days of the date of decision of ppeal shall be in writing to the Planning Commission and Development Department. The Community Development he receipt of that appeal. The Planning Commission shall days unless an extension is agreed to in writing by the ing Commission shall be final and conclusive unless, rty files with the Finance Director a written appeal. The nty (20) calendar days of the date of appeal. D. Approval of the preliminary plat shall constit construction plans and specifications for all fa plat. 17.13.090 Appeals: Any decision approving or disapproving a reviewable as provided in Chapter 20.11 of this code C. The decision of the Plat Adm is made to the Planning Corn the Plat Administrator. Said a submitted through the Community Department shall record and date t act on that appeal within forty (40) applicant. The decision of the Plann within ten (10) days, any aggrieved pa Council shall hear that appeal within tw ute approval for the applicant/subdivider to develop cilities and improvements and to prepare the final ny preliminary short subdivision plat shall be • Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor on March Ronald C. Covey, Mayor ATTEST: ames A. hitaker, City Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 2382 •PAGE 5 March 25, 2008 17.13.160 Appeals: Any decision approving or disapproving any final short subdivision plat shall be reviewable as provided in Chapter 20.11 of this code. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days after its passage and publication of its summary as provided by law. Ronald R. Cone, Finance Director • • • • • 414 -4k`t.ttf-