Chapter 20.35
SUBDIVISION PERMIT
Sections:
20.35.010 Subdivision product permits.
20.35.020 Preapplication fees.
20.35.030 Subdivision – Preliminary application review fees.
20.35.040 Subdivision – Engineering plan review fees.
20.35.050 Subdivision – Construction permit fees.
20.35.060 Subdivision – Final approval fees.
20.35.070 Subdivision – Post final fees.
20.35.010 Subdivision product permits.
Fees shall be collected to compensate the department for reviewing subdivision, short subdivision, planned unit development, boundary line adjustments, and binding site plan applications (including commercial binding site plans) pursuant with the provisions of KMC Title 17. Such permit review fees shall be divided into six basic processing phases: preapplication review, preliminary application review, engineering plan review, construction inspection, final approval, and post-approval site maintenance.
A. Preapplication Fees. Preapplication fees shall compensate the department for preliminary review and evaluation of subdivisions or planned unit development projects and for advising the permit applicant prior to the submittal of a formal application for a permit. Preapplication fees shall be collected at the time preapplication review services are rendered.
B. Preliminary Application Review Fees. Preliminary application review fees shall compensate the division for application intake screening, field investigation, development of staff reports or conditions of approval, technical meeting and public hearing staffing, and administrative support for file set up/maintenance and public hearing notification. Preliminary application review fees generally cover review through preliminary decision and shall be collected at the time of application submittal. Supplemental fees include separate fees to compensate for re-evaluation of applications remanded prior to preliminary decision or for additional review required for critical areas or special drainage features. Additional fees shall also be charged for the review of revisions submitted after preliminary approval and not necessitating additional hearings, local service area boundary line adjustments, subdivision alterations and subdivision vacations.
Supplemental application review fees shall be paid upon notification and before further application processing. Failure to pay supplemental review fees by the payment deadline set forth in the supplemental fee notification will cause the application to be deemed cancelled. Revision, local service area boundary line adjustment, and subdivision alteration fees shall be paid at the time of submittal.
C. Engineering Plan Review. Engineering plan review includes engineering plan screening and intake; review of engineering plans for consistency with adopted design standards, guidelines, and conditions of preliminary approval; establishment of construction bond amounts; and administrative support for file updating and maintenance. Initial engineering plan review fees cover plan screening/intake and the first detailed engineering review of plans. Corrections and additions requiring additional engineering review shall be charged a resubmittal fee composed of a base handling fee and an hourly review fee. Post engineering approval revisions requiring plan resubmittal and additional engineering review shall be charged a resubmittal fee. Initial engineering review fees shall be collected upon plan submittal. The base handling portion of resubmittal fees shall be collected upon plan resubmittal. Hourly resubmittal fees shall be collected at the completion of engineering review and prior to engineering approval.
D. Construction Inspection Fees. Construction inspection fees shall compensate the department for the inspection of facilities required for final construction approval. Initial construction inspection fees shall cover inspections during the first 12 months from engineering plan approval and are payable upon engineering approval. Initial fees shall be based upon the City’s estimate of construction cost. Annual construction inspection fees shall be charged an hourly rate for the inspection of facilities required after the first 12 months from engineering plan approval and until final construction approval. Annual construction inspection fees shall be charged only where the delay in final construction approval is not attributable to unwarranted delay by the department. Supplemental inspection fees shall be charged for reinspection of facilities if the time period from construction approval to final facility acceptance exceeds 60 days. Supplemental inspection fees shall combine a base fee to cover file administration and hourly inspection fees, and shall be collected prior to facility acceptance. Supplemental construction inspection fees shall be charged only where the delay in final acceptance is not attributable to unwarranted delay by the department.
E. Final Approval Fees. Final approval fees compensate the department for engineering review of the final recording forms and for final application review to assure compliance with all conditions of approval, including construction or bonding of required improvements, dedications, and drainage or critical areas depictions. Separate review fees shall be charged for any alterations to final approvals authorized by KMC TItle 17.
F. Post-Approval Site Maintenance Fees. Post-approval site maintenance fees compensate the department for inspections necessary to assure that adequate post-approval maintenance of facilities has occurred and that facilities to be accepted for future county maintenance are free of defects. The maintenance/defect bond inspection fee shall consist of a base fee to cover file administration and updating, and a variable fee based on the bond amount to cover actual inspections.
G. Additional Review Fees. In addition to the subdivision products review fees set forth in this section, fees contained in Chapters 20.15 through 20.45 KMC may also be applicable to individual subdivision product applications. Such fees include, but are not limited to, shorelines management, SEPA, right-of-way use, grading, or critical areas review fees. [Ord. 99-0058 § 1; Ord. 98-0020 § 1 (KCC 27.28.010).]
20.35.020 Preapplication fees.
A preapplication fee shall be charged for all professional time spent by department personnel based on an applicant’s request for services, per hour, imposed by the city council by resolution. [Ord. 02-0139 § 1; Ord. 99-0058 § 1; Ord. 98-0020 § 1 (KCC 27.28.015).]
20.35.030 Subdivision – Preliminary application review fees.
The following preliminary application review fees shall be imposed by the City by resolution:
A. Preliminary Short Subdivisions.
1. Short subdivision, base, plus per lot.
2. Revision to approved preliminary.
3. Short subdivision alteration.
B. Preliminary Subdivisions.
1. Initial application:
a. Fifty lots or less, base fee, plus per lot fee.
b. More than 50 lots, base fee, plus per lot fee.
c. Surcharge for applications utilizing the lot clustering or flexible yard provisions of KMC Title 17 (percent of initial fee).
d. Major revision requiring new public hearing.
e. Minor revisions submitted after preliminary approval (not necessitating additional hearings).
2. Local service area boundary adjustments.
3. Subdivision alterations or subdivision vacations:
a. With public hearing.
b. Without public hearing.
4. Supplemental fee – a surcharge for applications involving significant critical areas (percent of total initial fee).
5. Supplemental fee – remanded applications (percent of total original application fee).
C. Preliminary Planned Unit Development (PUD).
1. Initial application:
a. Fifty units or less – base fee, plus per acre fee, plus per unit fee.
b. More than 50 units – base fee, plus per acre fee, plus per unit fee.
2. Local service area boundary adjustments.
3. Minor revisions submitted after preliminary approval (not necessitating additional hearings).
4. Supplemental fee – remanded applications, (percent of original total application fee).
5. Major revision requiring new public hearing.
D. Binding Site Plan (Including Commercial Binding Site Plans).
1. Planned unit development based plan.
2. Building permit based plan.
3. Conceptual plan.
4. Revision to a preliminary approved plan.
5. Revision to a final binding site plan.
E. Boundary line adjustment.
F. Boundary line correction. [Ord. 02-0139 § 1; Ord. 99-0058 § 1; Ord. 98-0020 § 1 (KCC 27.28.020).]
20.35.040 Subdivision – Engineering plan review fees.
The following engineering plan review fees shall be imposed by the City by resolution:
A. Short Subdivision.
1. Engineering plan review:
a. One or more applications for adjacent short plats on same plan – base, plus per lot.
b. Supplemental plan review for targeted drainage review #2.
c. Supplemental plan and profile fee for drainage facilities submitted under small site drainage review.
d. Supplemental plan and profile fee for drainage facilities submitted under full drainage review.
2. Revisions and resubmittals – each occurrence, plus per hour.
B. Subdivision.
1. Engineering plan review:
a. Thirty lots or less – base, plus per lot.
b. Thirty-one lots or more – base, plus per lot.
2. Revisions and resubmittals – each occurrence, plus per hour.
C. Planned Unit Development.
1. Engineering plan review:
a. Thirty units or less – base, plus per unit.
b. Thirty-one units or more – base, plus per unit.
2. Revision and resubmittals – each occurrence, plus per hour.
D. Conceptual Binding Site Plan (Including Conceptual Commercial Binding Site Plan).
1. Plan and profile – base.
2. Revisions and resubmittals – each occurrence, plus per hour. [Ord. 02-0139 § 1; Ord. 99-0058 § 1; Ord. 98-0020 § 1 (KCC 27.28.030).]
20.35.050 Subdivision – Construction permit fees.
The following construction permit fees shall be imposed by the City by resolution:
A. Construction inspection fee, per bond quantity worksheet amount.
B. Annual inspections, per hour.
C. Supplemental inspection, base, plus per hour rate.
D. Landscape installation inspection.
E. Landscape maintenance bond release inspection. [Ord. 02-0139 § 1; Ord. 99-0058 § 1; Ord. 98-0020 § 1 (KCC 27.28.040).]
20.35.060 Subdivision – Final approval fees.
The following final approval fees shall be imposed by the City by resolution:
A. Short Subdivision.
1. Final short plat.
2. Final short plat alteration.
3. Request for time extension.
B. Final Plat.
1. Thirty lots or less – base, plus per lot.
2. Thirty-one lots or more – base, plus per lot.
3. Subdivision alteration.
4. Modification of a recorded building envelope.
5. Request for time extension.
6. Request for name change.
C. Final Planned Unit Development.
1. Request for time extension.
2. Request for name change.
D. Final binding site plan. [Ord. 02-0139 § 1; Ord. 99-0058 § 1; Ord. 98-0020 § 1 (KCC 27.28.050).]
20.35.070 Subdivision – Post final fees.
Maintenance bond inspection fees shall be imposed by the City by resolution. [Ord. 02-0139 § 1; Ord. 99-0058 § 1; Ord. 98-0020 § 1 (KCC 27.28.060).]