ORD 2576 ORDINANCE NO ,
AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 17 . 07 of the Camas
Municipal Code by revising the regulations for boundary line
adjustments .
The Council of the City of Camas do ordain as follows .
Section I
Chapter 17 . 07 of the Camas Municipal Code relating to boundary line adjustments is
ibit " A " attached hereto and by this reference incorporated
amended to provide as set forth in Exh
herein .
Section II
This Ordinance shall take force and be in effect five ( 5 ) days from and after its
publication according to law .
PASSED BY the Council and APPROVED by the Mayor thisrday of December ,
2009 .
SIGNED : 4
Mayor
ATTEST,:
Clerk
APPROVED as to form :
City Attorney
Exhibit " A "
Chapter 17 . 07 BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENTS
Sections :
17 . 07 . 010 Purpose and Intent .
17 . 07 . 020 Review Procedures
17 . 07 . 030 Application Requirements
17 . 07 . 040 Approval Criteria
17 . 07 . 050 Recording
17 . 07 . 060 Expiration
17 . 07 . 010 Purpose and Intent .
It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to provide an efficient and timely process that allows consistent
review of boundary line adjustments to ensure such actions do not create nonconformities with zoning
and other city regulations , to provide a permanent record of boundary line adjustments , and to ensure
provisions are made for necessary access and utility easements .
17 . 07 . 020 Review Procedures .
Boundary line adjustments shall be processed as set forth in CMC Chapter 18 . 5 5 .
17 . 07 . 030 Application Requirements
No application will be deemed complete nor a decision issued until a complete application is submitted to
the city . A complete application consists of the following :
A . A completed application on a form provided by the city . The application shall include the
signatures of all owners of the lots involved in the boundary line adjustment , and submitted
together with the application fee ;
B . A brief narrative that includes a statement of the purpose for the boundary line adjustment,
demonstrating how the request can or will meet the approval criteria in Section 17 . 07 . 040 ;
C . A neat and readable plan , drawn to a standard decimal ( engineer) scale , that includes the
following information :
1 . Property lines , with those that remain in their existing location shown as a solid line ,
those that are being moved or removed shown as a dashed line , and those that have been
relocated shown as a solid line and clearly identified as a relocated line ;
2 . Dimensions of all property lines and total square footage of the lots , before and after the
adjustment ;
3 . Location and footprint of all structures on the site and their setbacks from existing and
newly created property lines ;
4 . Location and purpose of all easements and utilities on the site ;
5 . Location , purpose of any newly created or extended easements proposed ;
6 . Location of adjacent public roads and points of access from the public road ( s ) . If a lot
does not front on a public road , demonstrate how and where access is provided ; and ,
7 . The location of any known critical areas located within the lots .
D . Copies of documents that verify current ownership and legal descriptions of all parcels involved
in the boundary line adjustment, such as deeds or title reports ; and ,
E . Other documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with other applicable city permits or
regulations .
17 . 07 . 040 Approval Criteria
The approval authority shall approve , approve with conditions , or deny a request for a boundary line
adjustment in writing based on findings addressing the following criteria .
A . No additional lots , sites , parcels , tracts , or divisions are created .
B . The adjustment will not create nonconforming lots , with respect to zoning dimension and area
standards , zoning setbacks and lot area coverage standards identified in CMC Chapter 18 . 09 or to
fire , building , other applicable codes .
C . The degree of nonconformance on existing nonconforming lots with respect to zoning dimension
and area standards , zoning setbacks , and floor area ratio are not increased , except that a one time
exception may be allowed to create a lot that exceeds the maximum lot size permitted in the
underlying zone . Any future partitioning/reduction of the oversized lot must comply with the lot
size requirements of the underlying zone .
D . All lots have legal access to a public road . Existing required private road improvements and
easements are not diminished below city street standards for lots that are served by a private road ,
and shall not create unreasonably restrictive or hazardous access to a property ;
E . The boundary line adjustment will not result in a lot that contains area in two zone designations .
F . Boundary lines adjustments that are used to circumvent subdivision or short subdivision
procedures set forth in this title are not allowed . Factors which indicate that the boundary line
adjustment process is being used in a manner inconsistent with statutory intent include : numerous
and frequent adjustments to existing contiguous lot boundaries , and/or a large number of
contiguous lots being proposed for boundary line adjustments at the same time .
G . Approval of a boundary line adjustments shall not result in the need for a reasonable use
exception as defined in CMC 16 . 51 .
H . Existing easements for utilities conform to adopted standards for their intended function , or they
are extended , moved or otherwise altered to an approved location . The applicant shall be
responsible for the relocation of any installed utilities .
17 . 07 . 050 Recording
Upon approval , prior to recording the boundary adjustment, the following must be submitted to the
community development department for review .
A . Survey of the Boundary Line Adjustment . If the approval authority finds , based upon an exhibit
to the legal descriptions , that conformance with existing area and dimensional or use standards
will clearly be satisfied without the need of a survey , the approval authority may waive the
requirement for a survey , otherwise a survey shall be prepared by a Washington State licensed
professional land surveyor .
B . Legal descriptions of the proposed property configuration .
C . The applicant will be responsible for recording the boundary line adjustment , including an exhibit
that corresponds to the drawing approved by the city , with the Clark County auditor ' s office . A
copy of the recorded documents must be returned to the planning division within one year .
17 . 07 . 060 Expiration
The boundary line adjustment application shall expire if it has not been recorded within one year from the
date of approval unless a different time frame is specified in a decision for a consolidated review . Upon
written request from the applicant prior to the expiration date , the community development director is
authorized to grant one extension , not to exceed six months .
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