Article V Final Plat Procedure

That the final plat meets all standards established by Chapter 58.17 RCW and that all conditions of preliminary plat approval have been met. No agency shall modify the conditions of approval without the consent of the subdivider;

That the proposed final plat bears all the dedications, acknowledgments, and endorsements required by LCC § 16.05.240(2). The subdivider shall be responsible for obtaining the endorsement of the county treasurer and the signature of the property owner(s) and the signature of the subdivider's surveyor prior to filing;

That a title report from a title insurance company authorized to do business in the state of Washington confirms that title of the land in the proposed subdivision is vested in the name of the owner(s) whose signatures appear in the plat dedication. The report shall have been issued within 30 days of the filing of the final plat;

(4)

That all private facilities and improvements required to be provided by the subdivider have been completed and that any such required public facilities or improvements have been completed or that the requirements of LCC § 16.05.260 have been satisfied;

(5)

That any maintenance agreement required by LCC § 16.05.360 has been submitted with the final plat;

(6)

That the recommendation of any agency furnishing sewage disposal or supplying water as to the adequacy of the proposed means of sewage disposal and water supply has been received.

(Formerly 16.05.190; Ord. 1169 § 1, III, S, 2000; Ord. 1269 § 3, 2016; Ord. 1325 § 1 (Att. B), 2021)

§ 16.05.210 Disapproval of final plat.

If the administrator verifies the matters in LCC § 16.05.200, he or she shall approve the final plat unless:

The administrator finds that the preliminary plat approval violated controlling state or federal law; and

The administrator initiates a revocation procedure of the preliminary plat approval under LCC § 17.05.150.

If the administrator cannot verify the matters in LCC § 16.05.200, he or she shall disapprove the final plat, advising the subdivider in writing of the reason for the disapproval and of the appeal procedure.

Prior to disapproval under subsection (2) of this section, the administrator may provide courtesy notice to the subdivider of any curable issue, so as to allow cure and approval rather than disapproval.

(Formerly 16.05.230; Ord. 1169 § 1, III, W, 2000; Ord. 1269 § 3, 2016; Ord. 1325 § 1 (Att. B), 2021)

§ 16.05.220 Approval and recording.

The final plat shall become effective when the subdivider has filed the original copy of the final plat for record in the office of the county auditor, with the notation made of the fact thereof that the same has been approved by the administrator as herein provided. Failure to so file with the county auditor within 60 days after administrator action shall automatically cause a lapse of approval. The final plat shall be duly filed with and recorded by the county auditor upon receipt of the full amount of the filing fee according to the provisions of RCW 36.18.010. Two paper copies of the filed final plat shall be returned to the subdivider.

(Ord. 1169 § 1, III, V, 2000; Ord. 1269 § 3, 2016; Ord. 1325 § 1 (Att. B), 2021)

§ 16.05.240 Standard format.

Maps and Drawings. Every final plat shall consist of one or more sheets each 18 inches by 24 inches clearly and legibly drawn on stable base mylar polyester film. All drawings and lettering on the final plat shall be in permanent black ink. A margin line shall be drawn completely around each sheet leaving an entirely blank margin of two inches on the left side and one inch on the remaining sides. The plat scale shall not be more than 50 feet to the inch nor less than 200 feet to the inch. If more than one sheet is required, each sheet shall be numbered, indexed, and contain the subdivision name. All signatures shall be written in permanent black ink. Every final plat shall include an accurate map of the subdivided land based upon a complete survey thereof. The map shall include the following:

The perimeter of the plat shall be depicted with heavier lines than appear elsewhere in the plat;

All section, township, municipal, and county lines lying within or adjacent to the subdivision;

The location of all monuments or other evidence used as ties to establish subdivision boundaries;

The location of all permanent control monuments found and established within the subdivision;

(e)

The length and bearings of all straight lines; the radii, arcs, and semi-tangents of all curves;

(f)

The boundaries of the subdivision with complete bearings and lineal dimensions;

(g)

The length of each lot line together with bearings and other data necessary for the location of any lot in the field;

(h)

The location, width, centerline, and name of all streets within or adjoining the subdivision;

(i)

The location and width, shown with broken lines, and description of all easements;

(j)

The numbers assigned to all lots and blocks within the subdivision;

(k)

Delineation of the floodplain when present.

Written Data. In addition to map(s) and drawings, every final plat shall contain the following written data:

Subdivision name;

Legal description of the land within the subdivision;

The certification of the registered land surveyor who made or under whose supervision was made the survey of the subdivision, in substantially the following language:

I ____________, Professional Land Surveyor, do hereby certify that the Plat of ____________ is based on an actual survey and that the distances, courses, and angles are shown thereon correctly and that monuments have been set and lot corners staked on the ground as shown on the plat.

_______________________________________

Signature of Land Surveyor

A certificate of dedication or a separate written instrument which shall include the following:

Know all men by these present that ____________ do hereby declare this plat and dedicate to the public forever all roads and ways shown hereon together with the right to make all necessary slopes for cuts and fills, and the right to continue to drain said roads and ways over and across any lot or lots, where water might take a natural course, in the original reasonable grading of the roads and ways shown hereon.
Following original reasonable grading of roads and ways hereon, no drainage waters on any lot or lots shall be diverted or blocked from their natural course so as to discharge upon any public road rights-of-way, or to hamper proper road drainage. Any enclosing of drainage waters in culverts or drains or rerouting thereof across any lot as may be undertaken by or for the owner of any lot shall be done by and at the expense of such owner.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand(s) and seal this _____ day of _________________, 20____.
Signed and sealed _________________
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County of Lewis	}
This is to certify that on this _____ day of __________, 20____, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, personally appeared ___________ to me known to be the person(s) who executed the foregoing dedication and acknowledged to me that ____________ signed and sealed the same as __________ free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
Witness my hand and official seal the day and year last above written.
_______________________________________ Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at:
_______________________________________
_______________________________________

(e)

The endorsements of the required county officials which shall be as follows, but do not signify acceptance of any improvements of property into county ownership and the county will have no responsibility for their maintenance unless separate agreements to that effect are concluded:

(i) Examined for survey datum, rights-of-way layout, and design of bridges and other structures required by a resolution of approval and approved.
Dated ____________________________
_______________________________________ County Engineer
(ii) Examined for ability to conform to Lewis County Health District Regulations pertaining to water supply and sewage disposal and approved.
Dated ____________________________
_______________________________________ Health Officer, Lewis County Board of Health
(iii) I certify that all taxes and delinquent assessments for which the property may be liable as of this date have been paid and that deposits as required by law against taxes that may become payable in the year have been made.
Dated ____________________________
_______________________________________ County Treasurer
(iv) Examined for conformance to the conditions of preliminary plat approval and approved.
Dated ____________________________
_______________________________________ Community Development Dept. Administrator
(v) Examined and approved.
Dated ____________________________
_______________________________________ Director of Community Development Dept.
(vi) Filed for record at the request of _____, this ____ day of _____, 20___ at ____ minutes past ____ o'clock __M, and recorded in Volume ___ of Plats, on Page ____, Records of Lewis County, Washington.
_________________________________ Lewis County Auditor
_______________________________________ Deputy Auditor

(Ord. 1169 § 1, III, X, 2000; Ord. 1269 § 3, 2016; Ord. 1325 § 1 (Att. B), 2021)

§ 16.05.250 Surveys.

Accuracy. A traverse of the boundaries of the subdivision and all lots and blocks shall close within an error of one foot in 5,000 feet.

Orientation of Subdivision. Primary survey control points shall be referenced to section corners and monuments. Corners of adjoining subdivisions or portions thereof shall be identified and ties shown.

Permanent Control Monuments. Permanent control monuments shall be established at:

All angle points on the boundaries of the subdivision;

The intersections of the centerline of all roads within the subdivision;

The beginnings and ends of all curves on centerline;

Monuments shall be of the type shown on the monument and brass plug standard in the Lewis County road standards for urban and rural design.

(Ord. 1169 § 1, III, Y, 2000; Ord. 1269 § 3, 2016; Ord. 1325 § 1 (Att. B), 2021)

§ 16.05.260 Improvement agreement.

Prior to the approval of any final plat, the subdivider shall either install all required improvements and repair any existing streets or other facilities damaged in the development of the subdivision or else execute and file an agreement between himself and Lewis County specifying the period acceptable to the county within which he shall complete all remaining public improvement work to the satisfaction of the county. If he/she shall fail to complete such work within such period, the county may complete the same and recover the full cost and expense thereof from the subdivider or his surety. The agreement shall provide for the inspection of all improvements by the county. Such agreement may also provide for:

The construction of improvements in units;

The extension of time under conditions specified therein;

The termination of the agreement upon the completion of construction of improvements deemed by the county to be at least the equivalent of the improvements specified in such agreement and required to be constructed by the subdivider; and

For progressive remittances to the subdivider for any deposit money which the subdivider may have made in lieu of providing a surety bond, as provided in subsection (2) of this section; providing however, that no such progress payments shall be made for more than 90 percent of the value of any installment of work; and provided, that each installment of work shall be completed to the satisfaction of the county.

Bonds.

With the improvement agreement required by this article the subdivider shall submit a performance bond conditioned upon full construction of all required improvements in an amount equal to 125 percent of the estimated costs of said improvements. These estimated costs shall be verified by the county engineer. Said bond shall be executed by a surety company authorized to transact surety business in the state of Washington;

In lieu of a corporate surety, the subdivider may deposit with the county auditor cash or other securities not subject to impairment or discharge in bankruptcy and readily convertible into cash by the county, in an amount fixed by the county engineer at 125 percent of the estimated costs of said improvements.