Chapter 17.05
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
17.05.040 Regulation of land development.
17.05.010 Title.
This chapter shall be known as the “subdivision ordinance” of the town of Hunts Point. [Ord. 106 § 1(a), 1972]
17.05.020 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the subdivision of lands and to promote the public health, safety and general welfare, to prevent the overcrowding of land, 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 require uniform monumenting of land subdivisions and conveyancing by accurate legal description, and to ensure that all short and major subdivisions and dedications in the town conform to all ordinances of the town of Hunts Point, as well as any and all applicable state statutes. [Ord. 467 § 18, 2008; Ord. 106 § 1(b), 1972]
17.05.030 Enforcement.
The town engineer is given authority pursuant to RCW 58.17.060 to review and approve short subdivisions. The hearing examiner is given authority pursuant to RCW 58.17.330 to review preliminary and final plats for all proposed major subdivisions. The decision of the hearing examiner shall be given the effect of a final decision of the town council. [Ord. 467 § 19, 2008; Ord. 106 § 1(c), 1972]
17.05.040 Regulation of land development.
No person, firm, corporation or association, proposing to make, or having made a plat or subdivision of land containing two or more lots, plots, or tracts, or proposing to make or having made a plat subdivision containing a dedication of any part thereof as a public street or highway, shall enter into any contract for the sale of, or shall offer to sell, said subdivision, or any part thereof, or shall proceed with any construction work on the proposed subdivision, including grading and excavation, relating thereto, until approval of the proposed plat, short or major subdivision, or dedication has been obtained from the town in accordance with the rules and regulations contained herein. [Ord. 467 § 20, 2008; Ord. 106 § 1(d), 1972]