This chapter shall be known as the boundary line adjustment ordinance of the city of Marysville, and the requirements set forth in this chapter are applicable to all boundary line adjustments.
(Ord. 2852 § 10 (Exh. A), 2011)
These regulations shall apply to all boundary line adjustments within the incorporated area of the city of Marysville.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a method for approval of boundary line adjustments which does not create any additional lot, tract, parcel, building site or division, while ensuring that such boundary line adjustment satisfies public concerns of health, safety and welfare. The boundary line adjustment ordinance shall not be utilized as a substitute for comprehensive subdividing or short subdividing in accordance with the requirements of the city's subdivision ordinance and Chapter 58.17 RCW.
It is further the purpose of this chapter to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this title.
It is the specific intent of this chapter to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon the property owner and applicant, and no provision or term used in this chapter is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the city or any of its officers, employees, or agents, for whom the implementation or enforcement of this chapter shall be discretionary and not mandatory.
Nothing contained in this chapter is intended to be, nor shall be, construed to create or form the basis for any liability on the part of the city, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure to comply with this chapter, or by reason or in consequence of any inspection, notice, order, certificate, permission or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this chapter, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of the city related in any manner to the enforcement of this chapter by its officers, employees, or agents.
(Ord. 2852 § 10 (Exh. A), 2011)
The community development director shall have the duty and responsibility of administering the provisions of this chapter with the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to implement and administer this chapter.