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A. General Requirements:

1. The final short subdivision application and plat will be filed with the Plat Administrator on forms provided by the Public Works Department.

2. All required street and utility improvements must be constructed by the applicant and must be accepted by the City of George or a subdivision bond or other approved security shall be submitted in an amount sufficient to cover one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the estimated cost of completing all required utility extensions and street improvements as determined by the Public Works Director. Upon completion of the required public improvements and prior to acceptance by the Council, the subdivider/developer must submit a maintenance bond or alternative security approved by the City Attorney in an amount determined by the City Engineer and approved by the Public Works Director. The maintenance bond amount shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the actual cost of construction. An alternative security shall be in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) nor more than one hundred (100%) of the actual cost of construction. The amount shall be determined on a case by case basis based upon the City Engineer's estimated cost of repair or maintenance should repair or maintenance be required. The subdivider/developer shall submit documentation of the cost of construction to the City Engineer for his review and approval and use in determining the required bond or alternative security amount. Said bond shall be in effect for one (1) year from the date of acceptance.

3. The instrument of dedication of all streets, right-of-ways, parks, playgrounds, easements, reservations, irrigation water right-of-ways, and any area to be dedicated to public use, together with any restrictions or limitations thereon shall be submitted as a part of the final plat.

4. The application shall be accompanied by the following:

a. A plat certificate from a title company licensed to do business in the State of Washington dated within thirty (30) days of the date of filing of the final plat and application with the Plat Administrator confirming that the title of the lands as described and shown on the plat is in the name of the owners signing the subdivision plat or instrument of dedication.

b. A certificate from the Grant County Treasurer indicating that all taxes and assessments on the property included in the final plat, subdivision, or dedication have been paid according to the provisions of RCW 58.08.030 and RCW 58.10.040 as now enacted or hereafter amended.

c. A certificate from the city Finance Director indicating that there are no delinquent special assessments or liens on the property included in the

d. final plat, subdivision, or dedication.

e. A check payable to the city in the amount established by a resolution of the council to cover the cost of checking the final short plat without improvements, together with all contracted staff review expenses, publication costs and any consultant fees incurred to be able to review and process the application. (Amended by Ordinance 2009-04, August 18, 2009)

e. All covenants proposed to run with the land.

5. The final short plat (twelve (12) sets of prints plus the original tracing, AutoCad discs, and a reproducible mylar copy) shall include all items in Section 18.13.030 (B4) and any additional information and modifications requested in the preliminary approval. At the discretion of the Plat Administrator, the requirement that twelve (12) copies of the final plat be submitted may be waived. Processing of the final plat may require fewer than twelve (12) copies.

The final plat shall be prepared in a neat and legible manner in black permanent drawing ink on mylar drafting film. All documents, maps, and survey notes shall contain the name of the subdivision, the name(s) of the subdivider(s), the name of the registered land surveyor responsible to the subdivider(s). The trimmed size of the final plat shall be eighteen inches (18") by twenty-four inches (24") with a one and a half inch (1½") margin on the top or left margin and a one half inch (½") border on the remaining three (3) margins. The final plat shall be recorded on two (2) or more sheets if the scale necessary to accommodate the map on one (1) sheet would unduly congest the drawing.

6. The final short plat subdivision plat shall be approved or disapproved within twenty (20) days from the date of filing of the final plat with the Plat Administrator. This time period shall be binding unless the applicant consents to an extension of time in writing.

7. No final short subdivision plat may be approved unless the city makes a written finding of fact that the proposed subdivision is in conformance with any applicable zoning ordinances, or other land use controls which may exist.

8. No final short subdivision plat shall be approved for any subdivision which lies in whole or in part in an irrigation district organized pursuant to Chapter RCW 87.03 unless there has been provided an irrigation water right-of-way pursuant to RCW 58.17.310 as now enacted or hereafter amended.

B. Specific Requirements:

1. The final plat shall clearly show the following information:

a. The lines and names of all streets or other public ways, parks, playgrounds and easements intended to be dedicated for public use, or granted for use of inhabitants of the subdivision.

b. The lines and names of all existing or platted streets or other public ways, parks, playgrounds and easements adjacent to the final plat, subdivision, or dedication, including municipal boundaries, township lines, and section lines.

c. The lengths and bearings of all straight lines, curve radii, arcs, and semi-tangents of all curves.

d. All dimensions along the lines of each lot, with the true bearings and also any other data necessary for the location of any lot lines in the field.

e. Suitable primary control points, approved by the City Engineer or descriptions and ties to such control points, to which all dimensions, angles, bearings, and similar data given on the plat shall be referred.

f. The location of all permanent monuments.

g. The names of all subdivisions immediately adjacent thereto.

h. The date, true north point, scale, datum plane, and date of survey.

i. The boundary of the tract, the courses and distances marked thereon, as determined by a field survey made by a registered and qualified land surveyor of the state and to close with an allowable error not to exceed one foot (1') in five thousand feet (5,000') and not to exceed one foot (1') in ten thousand feet (10,000') in the Central Business District.

j. The elevations of all permanent monuments based on a datum plain approved by the City Engineer.

k. A vicinity sketch map of not more than four hundred feet (400') to the inch. Except that the City Engineer, subject to a request prior to plat submittal, may approve an alternative vicinity map scale exceeding four hundred feet (400') to the inch.

l. Street names.

m. Certification by registered land surveyor of accuracy of plat and survey.

n. Statement by owner dedicating streets, right-of-ways, and any sites for public use.

o. Location and dimensions of all irrigation water right-of-ways.

p. Provide legal description of the plat boundaries.

2. All linear dimensions shall be given in feet and decimals of a foot to the nearest hundredth.

3. The scale of the final plat shall not be more than one hundred feet (100') to the inch. Except that the City Engineer, subject to a request prior to plat submittal, may approve an alternative plat map scale not to exceed one hundred feet (100') to the inch.

4. If the plat constitutes a replat, the lots, blocks, streets, etc., of the original plat shall be shown by dotted lines in their proper positions in relation to the new arrangement of the plat, the new plat being so clearly shown in solid lines as to avoid ambiguity.

5. The final plat shall be accompanied by improvement plans and specifications including utilities, streets, grades, and appurtenances as provided for in Section 18.13.100, improvements.

6. The subdivider's land surveyor shall set all required monuments and shall stake all lot corners as shown on the final plat before the plat is submitted for final approval.

7. The final plat shall contain the legal description of the subdivision and the following dedication, acknowledgment, and endorsement statements shall appear in the following sequence in black permanent ink either by hand or mechanical device:

Dedication

The owner of the land described herein fee simple is ________________. The owner declares this plat and dedicates to the public forever, all streets, roads, alleys, easements or whatever public property there is shown thereon for any and all public purposes not inconsistent with the uses shown on this plat.

Dated _______________________

Signed_______________________

Acknowledgment

State of Washington

County of Grant

I certify that I know or have satisfactory evidence that __________________________ signed this instrument and acknowledged it to be his/her and voluntary act for the uses and purposes mentioned in the instrument.

Dated _______________________

Notary Public

Print or Type Name of Notary Public

My appointment expires ________________________

Surveyor's Certification and Declaration

I hereby certify that this plat is a true and correct representation of the lands actually surveyed.

I hereby declare that the plat of _________________________________ is based on actual survey and subdivision of a portion of Section ____ Township ____ North, Range ____ East, W.M., that the distances and courses and angles are shown thereon correctly to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief; and that proper monuments have been set and lot corners are staked on the ground.

____________________________

Licensed Land Surveyor

EXAMINED AND APPROVED BY THE GEORGE PLAT ADMINISTRATOR

____________________________

PLAT ADMINISTRATOR

EXAMINED AND APPROVED BY THE GEORGE MAYOR ON ______, 19___

____________________________

MAYOR

ATTEST:

____________________________

City Clerk

This is to certify that all taxes and assessments which are now due and payable according to the records of Grant County have been fully paid.

___________________________

Treasurer

____________________________

Date

Filed for record at the request of the City of George this ____ day of ______________, 19__ at ___ __m., and recorded in Volume____ of Plats, on Page ________, records of Grant County, Washington.

____________________________

Grant County Auditor

____________________________

Deputy County Auditor

8. Submit all lot, block, and boundary closures to the City Engineer with the final plat submittal.