Chapter 14.26
COMMON STANDARDS
Sections:
14.26.050 Vertical and Horizontal Survey Controls
14.26.060 Requirements for Dedications, Easements or Improvements
14.26.070 Owners to Maintain Private Streets, Easements and Utilities
14.26.010 Purpose
This chapter establishes minimum standards, criteria and administrative procedures common to all subdivisions and lot line adjustments. These provisions shall apply to all actions taken under this title. (Ord. 18-1008 § 1; Ord. 09-1012 § 1 (Exh. A))
14.26.040 Lot Status
A. A lot, tract or parcel shall be considered legally created or adjusted where public records demonstrate it was:
1. Divided in compliance with all State statutes and local subdivision codes applicable at the time the lot, tract or parcel was created; or
2. Separated from a legally established parent lot by the dedication of public right-of-way.
B. The City shall allow use of legally established substandard lots; provided, that such use remains otherwise consistent with the Zoning Code and any other applicable provisions of the SeaTac Municipal Code.
C. The City shall bar any land use or development application that involves one (1) or more illegally created or adjusted lots, tracts or parcels; provided, that applicants may seek to correct the action by which such properties were allegedly created.
D. The Director shall have the authority to determine the legal status of any lot, tract or parcel.
E. Any individual may request a determination from the Director whether a lot, tract or parcel was legally established. Acceptable evidence of legal establishment may include, but is not limited to:
1. Recorded subdivision plats, binding site plans or lot line maps bearing a verifiable recording number;
2. Previous determinations of lot status or other authenticated documents indicating approval of a subdivision or lot line adjustment by King County or the City of SeaTac;
3. Recorded deeds, contracts, or similar documents describing the subject property either individually or as part of a conjunctive legal description (e.g., Lot 1 and Lot 2);
4. Historic tax records or other similar evidence, describing the lot as an individual parcel; or
5. Other records as would be acceptable to the City for a determination of lot status.
F. Any recorded subdivisions or tax lots created before 1937 under Chapter 58.08 RCW shall be reviewed in accordance with Chapter 58.17 RCW and the provisions of SMC Titles 14 and 15. The Director may make a positive determination of separate tax lot status for any separate lot not meeting the dimensional standards of SMC Title 15, provided the lot is not impacted by the following:
1. Sensitive areas and their buffers as defined under SMC Title 15.
2. Structures encroaching over property lines of any proposed separate tax lot, as defined under SMC Title 15. (Ord. 18-1008 § 1; Ord. 09-1012 § 1 (Exh. A))
14.26.050 Vertical and Horizontal Survey Controls
A. All plats, binding site plans and lot line maps submitted with any application under this title shall reference the North American vertical datum of 1988 and shall be tied to at least one (1) King County Survey Control Network benchmark. The subject plat, binding site plan or lot line maps will portray the benchmark to be used. Where a King County Survey Control Network benchmark does not exist within one-half (1/2) mile of the subject property, or where the total vertical difference between the starting benchmark and the project is equal to or greater than two hundred fifty (250) feet, the City may specify an alternate vertical datum.
B. All plats, binding site plans and lot line maps submitted with any application under this title shall use the North American datum of 1983/91 as their coordinate base and the basis for bearings. All horizontal control for these projects shall be referenced to a minimum of two (2) King County Survey horizontal control monuments. Where two (2) horizontal control monuments do not exist within one (1) mile of the subject property, the City may specify an alternate coordinate base and basis of bearings. (Ord. 18-1008 § 1; Ord. 09-1012 § 1 (Exh. A))
14.26.060 Requirements for Dedications, Easements or Improvements
Where dedications of property or easements are required under this title, the applicant shall make general improvements as necessary to prepare the subject property for transfer and subsequent development. Such improvements shall at a minimum include the removal of construction debris and any other reasonable action required to ensure public safety. (Ord. 18-1008 § 1; Ord. 09-1012 § 1 (Exh. A))
14.26.070 Owners to Maintain Private Streets, Easements and Utilities
A. The owners of any property or properties served by private streets, tracts, easements, or community utilities/drainage facilities shall at all times maintain such streets, tracts, easements or facilities in good repair. The City shall not be responsible for the maintenance of private streets, tracts, easements or facilities.
B. The joint responsibility of each private owner for the maintenance of private streets, tracts, easements, or facilities shall be noted on the face of every affected plat.
C. The following notice shall be recorded on the face of the final plat or lot line adjustment as prescribed by the City:
THE CITY OF SEATAC BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD, IMPROVE, MAINTAIN, OR OTHERWISE SERVICE THE PRIVATE ROADS, TRACTS, EASEMENTS OR OTHER COMMON FACILITIES CONTAINED WITHIN, OR PROVIDING SERVICE TO, THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
(Ord. 18-1008 § 1; Ord. 09-1012 § 1 (Exh. A))