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AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SUBDIVISIONS,
AMENDING SECTION 18.38. 120 OF THE PORT
TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO AT.~)W FOR SUMMARY
SUBDIVISION OF PARCELS CREATING TWO OR LESS
LOTS OF 5000 SQUARE-FEET AREA WITHIN
ESTABLISHED PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE
COMPRISED OF LOTS OF SIMILAR SIZE .
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 18.38.120 of the Port Townsend Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
18,38.120 Design Criteria. A. Lots.
1. Ail lots shall conform with the requirements of any
official control relating to land use or development which may be
adopted to implement the city comprehensive plan; provided that in
the event of a discrepancy between the standards established in
this chapter and those contained in any other applicable control or
ordinance, the higher standard should apply.
2. The design, shape, size and orientation of lots shall
be appropriate to the use for which the lots are intended and the
character of the area in which they are located. Lot areas in
excess of minimum standards may be required for reason of
sanitation, steep slopes, slide hazards, poor drainage, flood
hazards, or other unique conditions or features which warrant
protection of the public interest.
3.. For the pUrpose of this chapter, minimum lot area
shall ((be)) meet 0ne of.the following standards ((as-~e~ews)):
a. Lots served by community water and sanitary
sewer, seven thousand two hundred square feet;
or
b.. Lots eliqible for summary approval pursuant to
Section 18.38.040 ¢C.) shall have a minimum lot area of five
thousand (5o000~ sGuare feet if both of the following conditions
~re met:
i. such eliqible lots abut platted property which
is divided into lots of less than seven
thousand two hundred (7.200) sGuare feet in
r a - ~, _
ii. Such eligible %0.ts do not abut ~nv unDlatted
pr0Dertv, excluding publicly-owned DroDerties.
ProPerties separated by a public street right-of-way shall not be
considered abutting properties for the purposes of this section.
c. Property in s~nqte ownership on the effective
date of this ordinance and which property is less than 14.400
scuare feet in area shall have a minimum lot area of five thousand
((B)) ~. All other lots shall meet requirements of the
Jefferson County health department and the Washington State
Department of Social and Health Services.
B. Roads.
1. Roads shall be designated with appropriate
consideration for existing and projected roads, anticipated traffic
patterns, topographic and drainage conditions, public convenience
and safety, and the proposed uses of land served.
2. Minimum roadway design standards shall be in
conformance with "city Design Standards," published by the
Washington State Department of Transportation, January, 1980, or
latest revision.
3. Cul-de-sacs shall have right-of-way diameters of one
hundred feet at the closed end.
4. Where necessary to join with existing roads, or to
provide for future overall are circulation, roads may be required
to extend to the outside boundaries of short subdivision.
5. Half-width roads shall be prohibited except adjacent
to existing half-width roads.
6. Design and construction of public roads shall conform
with "1984 Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge, and Municipal
Construction," prepared by Washington State Department of
Transportation and American Public Works Association, or latest
revision thereof.
7. Road grades, curves, and intersections shall provide
adequate sight distances for traffic safety.
8. Short subdivisions shall incorporate limited access
provisions where they are adjacent to arterial or collector roads.
C. Parks, Open Space, Community Sites and Facilities.
The provision of parks, open space , and/or community facilities is
not required, but is optional on the part of the subdivider, and
may weigh in consideration of the application.
D. Easement.
1. Easements shall be provided for utility installation
and maintenance and shall conform to standard width of five feet on
each side of interior lot lines and five feet along front lot
lines.
2. Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, a
drainage channel, or a stream, provision shall be made for a
drainage easement conforming substantially with the alignment of
the watercourse and an adequate width for maintenance and erosion
control purposes. This requirement shall not entail any
responsibility for watercourse maintenance on the part of the city
and arrangements for maintenance may be required to the
satisfaction of the city public works director.
3. Where configuration of the land in a short
subdivision is such that it is not feasible to dispose of road and
lot drainage by means of a natural watercourse and where volume of
runoff anticipated could cause damage if disposed of over
neighboring property, suitable easements and necessary drainage
works and maintenance arrangements shall be provided over the
neighboring property to the satisfaction of the city public works
director.
4. Buffer strips or protective easements may be required
and the minimum lot depth requirement may be increased where a plat
is adjacent to a railroad, an arterial road, a commercial or
industrial development, tidelands, shorelands, marshes or
streamways, or other land use from which separation or screening is
deemed advisable.
E. Unsuitable Land. Marshes, swamps, streamways, tidelands,
aquifer-recharge areas, and land subject to flooding or having bad
drainage, and land having steep slopes, or geological hazards and
such other land as the city public works department of Jefferson
County health department find unsuitable for the purpose of
building sites, may be included in the boundaries of a short plat
as community property, recreation area, or other similar open
space, or may be included as part of a lot; except any lot
containing such unsuitable land must also contain sufficient land
of suitable characteristics to meet city standards for construction
of a dwelling. (Ord. 2049 S.10, 1986: Ord. 1806, S.1.30, 1978).
Section 2. SeverabilitY. In the event any one or more of the
provisions of this ordinance shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect or invalidate any other
provision of this ordinance, but this ordinance shall be construed
and enforced as if such invalid provision had not been contained
therein; provided, that any provision which shall for any reason be
held by reason of its extent to be invalid shall be deemed to be in
effect to the extent permitted by law.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become
effective five days after its passage and publication.
Read for the first time on ~ 7; .~l. , and for the
second and third time and passed by the City Council of the City of
day of ~
1991.
Attest:
David A. Grove, City Clerk
Appro~ed as tg form:
Keith C. Harper, City Attorney
((Be~eee~-~e~))
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