The ordinance codified in this title shall be hereinafter known as the "city of Pacific subdivision ordinance."
(Ord. 951, 1984)
The purpose of this title is to regulate the subdivision of land and to promote the public health, safety and general welfare in accordance with standards established by the state to prevent the overcrowding of and to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to promote effective use of land; to promote safe and convenient travel by the public on streets and highways; to provide for adequate light and air; to facilitate adequate provisions for water, sewerage, parks and recreation areas, sites for schools and schoolgrounds and other public requirements; to provide for proper ingress and egress; to provide for the expeditious review and approval of proposed subdivisions which conform to zoning standards and local plans and policies; to adequately provide for the housing and commercial needs of the citizens of the state; and to require uniform monumenting of land subdivisions and conveyancing by accurate legal description.
(Ord. 951, 1984)
This title shall apply to the division of land for sale or lease into two or more parcels.
Where this title imposes greater restrictions or higher standards upon the development of land than other laws, ordinances or restrictive covenants, the provisions of this title shall prevail. Where adopted public works standards impose greater restrictions or higher standards upon development than this title, the public works standards shall apply.
(Ord. 951, 1984; Ord. 2056 § 1, 2022)
The director is designated and assigned the responsibilities contained in this title, pursuant to the laws of the state of Washington, for reviewing subdivisions, short plats and dedications, and providing recommendations thereon to the city council.
(Ord. 951, 1984; Ord. 1363 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1505 § 10, 2001)
This title shall not apply to:
A.
Cemeteries and other burial plots while used for that purpose;
B.
Divisions of land into lots or tracts each of which is 1/128 of a section of land, or larger, or five acres or larger if the land is not capable of description as a fraction of a section of land; provided, that for purposes of computing the size of any lot which borders on a street or road, the lot size shall be expanded to include that area which would be bounded by the centerline of the road or street and the side lot lines of the lot running perpendicular to such centerline;
C.
Divisions made by testamentary provisions, or the laws of descent;
D.
Divisions of land into lots or tracts classified for industrial or commercial use when the city has approved a binding site plan for the use of the land in accordance with city ordinance;
E.
A division for the purpose of lease when no residential structure other than mobile homes or travel trailers are permitted to be placed upon the land when the city has approved a binding site plan for the use of the land in accordance with city ordinance;
F.
Boundary line (or lot line) adjustments, between platted or unplatted lots or both, which do not create any additional lot which contains insufficient area and dimension to meet minimum requirements for lot width, lot area or building setback;
G.
Divisions of land into lots or tracts if:
2.
The improvements constructed or to be constructed thereon are required by the provisions of a binding site plan to be included in one or more condominiums or owned by an association or other legal entity in which the owners of units therein or their owners' associations have a membership or other legal or beneficial interest;
3.
The city has approved a binding site plan for all such land;
4.
Such approved binding site plan is recorded in the county in which such land is located; and
5.
The binding site plan contains thereon the following statement:
All development of the land described herein shall be in accordance with the binding site plan, as it may be amended with the approval of the city and in accordance with such other governmental permits, approvals, regulations, requirements, and restrictions that may be imposed upon such land and the development and use thereof. Upon completion, the improvements on the land shall be included in one or more condominiums or owned by an association or other legal entity in which the owners of units therein or their owners' associations have a membership or other legal or beneficial interest. This binding site plan shall be binding upon all now or hereafter having any interest in the land described herein. |
H.
Divisions of land due to condemnation or sale under threat thereof by an agency or division of government vested with the power of condemnation.
(Ord. 1363 § 2, 1998; Ord. 1505 § 10, 2001)