Chapter 16.120
FINAL PLATS
Sections:
16.120.040 Submittal requirements.
16.120.050 Additional final plat application requirements.
16.120.070 Recording time limit.
16.120.080 Acceptance of security in lieu of construction.
16.120.010 Purpose.
It is the purpose of this chapter to set forth the procedures, submittal requirements and criteria for final plats. (Ord. 18-09 § 2 (part), 2018: Ord. 99-008 § 1(E) (part), 1999)
16.120.020 Applicability.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all applications to all final preliminary plat approvals, both short plats and subdivisions, granted pursuant to Chapter 16.115 BGMC and modifications granted pursuant to Chapter 16.135 BGMC. (Ord. 18-09 § 2 (part), 2018: Ord. 15-04 § 20 (part), 2015: Ord. 99-008 § 1(E) (part), 1999)
16.120.030 Procedures.
Final plat applications shall be processed as a Type I land use action, pursuant to BGMC 17.200.060; approval authority for final plats of subdivisions and short plat applications is designated to the planning director from city council per RCW 58.17.100, upon verification that the subdivision or short plat proposed for final plat approval conforms to all terms of the preliminary plat approval, meets the requirements of Chapter 58.17 RCW and all other applicable state laws, this title and all applicable local laws, council shall authorize the planning director and city engineer to sign the face of the final plat. (Ord. 18-09 § 2 (part), 2018: Ord. 04-023 § 4, 2004: Ord. 99-008 § 1(E) (part), 1999)
16.120.040 Submittal requirements.
A. Final Plat Application and Fees. A complete application, including all supplemental documentation and correct number of copies, shall be filed with the planning director along with all associated fees.
B. Proposed Final Plat. The proposed final plat shall be prepared by a surveyor in accordance with the provisions of the Survey Recording Act (Chapter 18.90 RCW) as it now exists or hereafter amended. The plat shall consist of one or more pages of a size acceptable to the recording authority, and drawn to a minimum scale of one inch equals fifty feet. The drawing shall include the following:
1. Date, north arrow and scale;
2. Name of subdivision;
3. Accurate and complete legal description of the subdivision on face of the final plat;
4. Heavier line weight around the exterior boundary;
5. All section, township, municipal and county lines lying within or adjacent to the subdivision;
6. The location of all monuments or other evidence used as ties to establish the subdivision’s boundaries, and all permanent monuments with linear dimensions;
7. The boundary of the subdivision with complete bearings and linear distances;
8. The length and bearings of all straight lines and the radii, arcs and semi-tangents of all curves;
9. The length of all lot lines, together with bearings and other data necessary for the location of any lot line in the field;
10. The location, right-of-way width, centerline and name or number of all streets and alleys within and adjoining the subdivision;
11. Identification of areas to be dedicated or reserved clearly indicated with location, size and purpose. These may include rights-of-way, public easements, private easements, utility easements, open space tracts, wetlands, etc.;
12. Numbers assigned to all lots, indication of the acreage and/or square footage of each lot, and letters assigned to all blocks within the subdivision;
13. Certification on the face of the plat by a registered land surveyor:
I, _____________, registered as a land surveyor by the state of Washington, certify that this plat is based on an actual survey of the land described herein, conducted by or under my supervision, during the period of _________ through ________; that the distances, courses and angles are shown thereon correctly, and that monuments other than those monuments approved for setting at a later date have been set and lot corners staked on the ground as depicted on the plat.
14. Signature blocks for the following:
a. City engineer.
b. Director of community development.
c. County assessor.
d. Auditor’s certification.
e. Surveyor’s certification, with license number, signature, date and seal. (Ord. 18-09 § 2 (part), 2018: Ord. 15-04 § 20 (part), 2015: Ord. 14-07 § 8 (part), 2014: Ord. 00-023 § 1(A), 2000; Ord. 99-008 § 1(E) (part), 1999)
16.120.050 Additional final plat application requirements.
A. Certification of platting from a title company;
B. Dedication of Plat. A plat certificate shall be provided, including dedications, if any (RCW 58.17.165). The intention to dedicate shall be evidenced by the owner by the presentment for filing of a final plat, short plat, or modification showing the dedication thereon; and the acceptance by the public shall be evidenced by the approval of such plat for filing;
C. Treasurer’s certificate;
D. Computation data for all lots, streets and easements located within the plat;
E. Failure of an applicant to submit all required application materials shall be considered a lack of compliance with this section, and the planning director may withhold the application from further consideration until such time as the application is complete. (Ord. 18-09 § 2 (part), 2018: Ord. 15-04 § 20 (part), 2015: Ord. 04-023 § 5, 2004: Ord. 00-023 § 2, 2000; Ord. 99-008 § 1(E) (part), 1999)
16.120.060 Criteria.
The following criteria shall be considered during review of a final plat:
A. Whether conditions imposed when the preliminary plat was approved have been met;
B. Whether the security, if there is one, by its essential terms assures completion and/or maintenance of improvements;
C. Whether the final plat is in conformance with the city’s zoning regulations and all other applicable land use regulations;
D. A final plat shall not be approved until the planning director finds that the final plat conforms to the proposed preliminary plat and then any conditions imposed. (Ord. 18-09 § 2 (part), 2018: Ord. 04-023 § 6, 2004: Ord. 99-008 § 1(E) (part), 1999)
16.120.070 Recording time limit.
A. The final plat shall be recorded with the Clark County auditor within thirty days of approval by the city. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to record the plat with the county auditor.
B. Upon recording of the final plat with the Clark County auditor, the applicant shall submit three full size copies of the actual recorded mylar, one reduced eleven-inch by seventeen-inch copy of the actual recorded mylar and one copy of the actual recorded plat at a one inch equals three hundred feet scale inclusive of book and page number, to the planning director. No building permit shall be issued until a copy of the recorded plat is received by the city. (Ord. 18-09 § 2 (part), 2018: Ord. 00-023 § 1(B), 2000; Ord. 99-008 § 1(E) (part), 1999)
16.120.080 Acceptance of security in lieu of construction.
Bonding shall be provided per BGMC 15.136.060. (Ord. 18-09 § 2 (part), 2018: Ord. 15-04 § 20 (part), 2015: Ord. 04-023 § 7, 2004)