Approval Criteria
The approval authority may approve, approve with conditions, or deny a lot consolidation or property line adjustment based on the following approval criteria. The applicant for a lot consolidation or property line adjustment must demonstrate the following:
1. 
Compliance with this title and Title 19 of this code.
2. 
The boundary change will allow reasonable development of the affected lots and will not create the need for a variance of any land division or zoning standard.
3. 
Boundary changes must not reduce residential density below minimum density requirements of the zoning district in which the property is located.
(Ord. 2242, 4/16/2024)
A. 
Approval Criteria
The approval authority may approve, approve with conditions, or deny a preliminary plat based on the following approval criteria:
1. 
The proposed preliminary plat complies with Title 19 of this code and other applicable ordinances, regulations, and design standards.
2. 
The proposed division will allow reasonable development and will not create the need for a variance of any land division or zoning standard.
3. 
The proposed subdivision plat name is not duplicative and the plat otherwise satisfies the provisions of ORS 92.090(1).
4. 
The streets and roads are laid out so as to conform to the plats of subdivisions already approved for adjoining property as to width, general direction, and in all other respects unless the City determines it is in the public interest to modify the street or road pattern.
5. 
A detailed narrative description demonstrating how the proposal conforms to all applicable code sections and design standards.
(Ord. 2242, 4/16/2024)
Following the Type I procedure, the Planning Manager and the City Engineer must review the final plat and must approve or deny the final plat based on findings of compliance with the following:
A. 
The final plat complies with the preliminary plat approved by the approval authority and all conditions of approval have been satisfied.
B. 
The preliminary plat has not lapsed.
C. 
The streets and roads for public use are dedicated without reservation or restriction other than revisionary rights upon vacation of any such street or road and easements for public utilities.
D. 
The plat contains a donation to the public of all common improvements, including, but not limited to, streets, roads, parks, sewage disposal, and water supply systems.
E. 
All common improvements required as conditions of approval have been described and referenced on the plat, and where appropriate, instruments to be recorded have been submitted.
F. 
The plat complies with the Zoning Ordinance and other applicable ordinances and regulations.
G. 
Submission of signed deeds when access control strips are shown on the plat.
H. 
The plat contains an affidavit by the land surveyor who surveyed that the land represented on the plat was correctly surveyed and marked with proper monuments as provided by ORS Chapter 92.060, and indicating the initial point of the survey, and giving the dimensions and kind of such monument, and its reference to some corner established by the U.S. Survey or giving two or more objects for identifying its location.
(Ord. 2242, 4/16/2024)