Chapter 12.04
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
12.04.008 Datum point established.
12.04.035 Underground electrical and telecommunication conductors.
12.04.060 Issuance of permits not contingent on hookup to available sewer.
* Prior legislation: Ordinance Nos. 431, 523 and 548.
12.04.006 Tree preservation.
Existing trees shall be preserved and/or replaced consistent with the requirements of Chapter 16.12 of this code, Tree Preservation and Management. (Ord. 21-626 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 17-578 § 1 (Exh. E (part)), 2017: Ord. 05-453 § 1, 2005)
12.04.008 Datum point established.
A. The North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and the North American Datum of 1983 (1991 adjustment) (NAD83 (1991)) are adopted as the official vertical and horizontal datums of the Town of Woodway; said datums being defined by a series of stable, monumented points and reference stations established and maintained by the United States National Geodetic Survey.
B. Work which constitutes the "practice of engineering" or the "practice of land surveying," as defined in Chapter 18.43 RCW, including but not limited to land survey maps, plans, records of surveys, plats, short plats, descriptions of real property, and boundary line adjustments, which are performed by or for the Town of Woodway, or on properties and/or infrastructures owned, funded or maintained by the Town of Woodway, shall reference the datum noted under subsection A of this section when there is a vertical component of the work or whenever an elevation is noted; and whenever there is any reference to a horizontal datum (any reference to bearings, azimuths, or geographical or state plane coordinates). When surrounding jurisdictions and utility purveyors require different datums (horizontal and/or vertical), a conversion to the Town’s official datum is required.
C. All land survey maps and plans, records of surveys, plats, short plats, boundary line adjustments, and legal descriptions submitted to the Town for its approval, and all plans, elevations, maps, drawings and legal descriptions submitted to obtain permits for construction and development of private improvements, shall reference the datum noted under subsection A of this section when there is a vertical component of the work or whenever an elevation is noted, and when there is any reference to a horizontal datum (any reference to bearings, azimuths, or geographical or state plane coordinates). When surrounding jurisdictions and utility purveyors require different datums (horizontal and/or vertical), a conversion to the Town’s official datum is required. (Ord. 21-626 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 17-578 § 1 (Exh. E (part)), 2017: Ord. 06-467 § 1, 2007)
12.04.035 Underground electrical and telecommunication conductors.
All electrical power and telecommunication conductors supplying new structures and substantially remodeled structures must be installed underground from the public right-of-way to the residential service connection. Substantially remodeled structures are those structures where a remodel or addition results in an alteration of the original floor area by fifty percent or more. (Ord. 21-626 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 17-578 § 1 (Exh. E (part)), 2017: Ord. 06-467 § 1, 2007)
12.04.060 Issuance of permits not contingent on hookup to available sewer.
Subject to the described considerations and restrictions, no permit required by any provision of this code relating to existing structures, including permits required for the demolition, reconstruction, repair, replacement or remodel of any structure within the limits of the Town, shall be refused by the Town because the person seeking the permit chooses to utilize an existing septic system which has been and continues to be approved by the Snohomish County Health District or any successor agency as the method of sewage treatment for the premises for which the permit is sought, whether or not such premises have the availability of municipal sewer hookup; provided, that:
A. Nothing in this section shall preclude the refusal to issue a requested permit for any other reason;
B. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize the continued use of a septic system which is, in any way, in violation of any law or regulation relating to such systems, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any system which, for any reason, ceases to be approved by the Snohomish County Health District or any successor agency; and
C. The availability of sewer hookup shall not, in itself, constitute a reason for declaring a septic system in violation of any provisions of this code. (Ord. 21-626 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 17-578 § 1 (Exh. E (part)), 2017: Ord. 04-447 § 1 (part), 2004; Ord. 98-344 § 1)