Chapter 16.04
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
16.04.040 Subdivision approval required.
16.04.050 Administration authority.
16.04.060 Enforcement authority.
16.04.010 Short title.
This title shall be known and may be cited as the city of Castle Rock subdivision and platting regulations, and hereafter may be referred to as “this title.” [Ord. 2010-01 Att. A, 2010; Ord. 2006-09 Att. A, 2006; Ord. 509 § 1.01, 1980].
16.04.015 Authority.
The ordinance codified in this title is adopted pursuant to Chapter 58.17 RCW for subdivisions and short subdivisions and also includes regulations for boundary line adjustments and binding site plans. [Ord. 2010-01 Att. A, 2010; Ord. 2006-09 Att. A, 2006].
16.04.020 Purposes.
This title is adopted in the furtherance of the comprehensive plan of the city and to provide for the orderly growth and different living environments inherent within the city. It is hereby declared that the regulations contained in this title are necessary to regulate the subdivision of land to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the city in accordance with the standards established by the state to prevent the overcrowding of lands; to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to provide for adequate light and air; to facilitate adequate provision for water, sewerage, parks and recreation areas, sites for schools and school grounds and other public requirements; to provide for proper ingress and egress; to protect environmentally sensitive areas; to encourage the conservation of nonrenewable energy resources; and to provide uniform monumenting of land subdivisions and conveyance of accurate legal descriptions. [Ord. 2010-01 Att. A, 2010; Ord. 2006-09 Att. A, 2006; Ord. 509 § 1.02, 1980].
16.04.030 Applicability.
Every division or redivision of land shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 58.17 RCW, this title and all future amendments or applicable federal, state or local laws. After final plat or short plat approval, any subsequent division of platted or short platted lots, parcels, tracts, sites or divisions shall be allowed only if the procedures of this title are followed, and these requirements shall be applicable to all plats approved prior to the effective date of this title. Pursuant to RCW 58.17.040, the provisions of this title shall not apply to the following:
A. Cemeteries and other burial plots while used for that purpose;
B. Divisions made by testamentary provisions or the laws of descent;
C. Divisions of land into lots or tracts classified for industrial or commercial use when the city has approved a binding site plan which authorizes specific uses of said land in accord with Chapter 16.35 CRMC;
D. A division which is made by subjecting a portion of a parcel or tract of land to Chapter 64.32 RCW, the Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums), if the city has approved a binding site plan for all of such land;
E. A division made for the purpose of alteration by adjusting boundary lines, between platted or unplatted lots or both, which does not create any additional lot, tract, parcel, site, or division nor create any lot, tract, parcel, site, or division which contains insufficient area and dimension to meet minimum requirements for width and area for a building site. [Ord. 2010-01 Att. A, 2010; Ord. 2006-09 Att. A, 2006; Ord. 509 § 1.03, 1980].
16.04.040 Subdivision approval required.
Any map, subdivision, plat, replat, or plan hereafter made of any subdivision or any part thereof lying within the corporate limits of the city shall be presented for approval and recorded as prescribed by this title. No such subdivision, map, plat, or plan shall be recorded or have any validity unless and until it shall have the written approval of the council of the city and such other written approvals as are required by this title and Chapter 58.17 RCW, et seq., as amended. [Ord. 2010-01 Att. A, 2010; Ord. 2006-09 Att. A, 2006; Ord. 509 § 1.04, 1980].
16.04.050 Administration authority.
The city planner is designated the person responsible for the overall administration of this title. [Ord. 2010-01 Att. A, 2010; Ord. 2006-09 Att. A, 2006; Ord. 509 § 1.05, 1980].
16.04.060 Enforcement authority.
This title and the provisions herein shall be enforced by the city attorney at the direction of the city council. [Ord. 2010-01 Att. A, 2010; Ord. 2006-09 Att. A, 2006; Ord. 509 § 1.06, 1980].