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Development Services Division 210 West 6th Avenue Kennewick, WA 99336 Phone: (509) 585‐4280 [EMAIL REDACTED] CITY OF KENNEWICK INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY SHORT PLAT APPLICATION Any division of land for sale or lease must be in accord with KMC Title 17 and RCW 58.17. A division into two or more, but not to exceed nine parcels may be accomplished by the administrative approval of a short plat. Exempted is any new parcel of forty acres or more. The general application form (attached) must be completed and accompanied by the items listed below. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. 1. A title report showing the names and addresses of all persons with an interest in the land being subdivided dated no later than allowed per KMC 17.13.040; 2. Those plats proposing individual on-site waste disposal systems as the means of sewage disposal must include a preliminary review from the Benton-Franklin Health District indicating the proposal generally complies with health district regulations or give specific conditions necessary to bring a proposal into compliance with said regulations; 3. Application fee (see Fee Schedule) 4. Submit one copy for the review process of the short plat map drawn in ink with a sheet size of eighteen inches by twenty-four inches, to a scale not to exceed one inch equals one hundred feet, unless otherwise approved by the Director. A copy must be submitted after final approval for signatures. The plat map must be of the entire contiguous parcel and must show the following: The name of the property owners and boundaries of abutting property; Street address designated by the City shown in brackets in each parcel (when assigned) A completed survey showing the boundaries of each lot, the total short subdivision, and a description of all monuments set; The legal description of the boundary of the short subdivision; The location of all existing structures to remain, existing septic tanks, wells and drainfields with dimensions to the new property lines. The location of existing roads, rights-of-way, easements or other important features both adjacent and within; The location of roads, utilities, easements, or rights-of-way proposed for the short plat; Names of all parties having an interest in the land agreeing to division of property and the dedication of any rights-of-way or easements. If not practical, must be on original when submitted for the Administrator's signature; Notary Acknowledgement for owner(s) signature certificate; A vicinity map; Parent parcel tax ID number; and All existing and planned intersection locations and widths to include public and private roadway intersections, driveways, and recorded access easements for roadways shall be shown for a distance of 300 feet from the plat edges along any adjacent roadways, The City Traffic Engineer may consider exceptions to this requirement; Approval certificates as listed in KMC 17.13 for Plat Map: 5. Survey closure notes ---PAGE BREAK--- Development Services Division 210 West 6th Avenue Kennewick, WA 99336 Phone: (509) 585‐4280 [EMAIL REDACTED] SYNOPSIS OF ORDINANCE NO. 5206 CRITICAL AREA PROTECTION STANDARDS To assure compliance, all preliminary plats within 200 feet of a critical area must show the location of the critical area. This will provide the opportunity for the City to determine if appropriate conditions, deemed necessary to protect the critical area, should be included with the City's approval of the plat. Critical areas are defined as follows: KMC 18.58.010 DEFINITIONS 1) "Critical Areas" include any of the following areas or ecosystems: Aquifer recharge areas, fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas, frequently flooded areas, geologically hazardous areas, and wetlands, as defined in RCW 36.70A and Title 18.58. The general location of which are shown on maps on file with the Planning Department, including the following areas and ecosystems: 2) “Aquifer Recharge Areas” are areas that, due to the presence of certain soils, geology, and surface water, act to recharge ground water by percolation. 3) “Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas” are areas necessary for maintaining species in suitable habitats within their natural geographic distribution so that isolated subpopulations are not created as designated by WAC 365-190-080(5). These areas are guided by the State’s Priority Habitats and Species list and include the following: Areas with which state or federally designated endangered, threatened, and sensitive species have a primary association; Habitats of local importance, including but not limited to areas designated as priority habitat by the Department of Fish and Wildlife; Naturally occurring ponds under twenty acres and their submerged aquatic beds that provide fish or wildlife habitat, including those artificial ponds intentionally created from dry areas in order to mitigate impacts to ponds; Waters of the state, including lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, inland waters, underground waters, salt waters and all other surface waters and watercourses within the jurisdiction of the state of Washington; Lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers planted with game fish by a governmental or tribal entity; State natural area preserves and natural resource conservation areas; and Land essential for preserving connections between habitat blocks and open spaces. 4) "Frequently Flooded Areas" means lands in the floodplain subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year and those lands that provide important flood storage, conveyance and attenuation functions, as determined by the Planning Director in accordance with WAC 365-190-080(3). Frequently flooded areas perform important hydrologic functions and may present a risk to persons and property. Classifications of frequently flooded areas include, at a minimum, the 100-year floodplain designations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Flood Insurance Program. 5) “Geologically Hazardous Areas” means areas that may not be suited to development consistent with public health, safety or environmental standards, because of their susceptibility to erosion, sliding, earthquake, or other geological events as designated by WAC 365-190-080(4). Types of geologically hazardous areas include: erosion, landslide, seismic, mine, and volcanic hazards. ---PAGE BREAK--- 6) “Wetlands” are those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from non-wetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, street, or highway. Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from non-wetland areas to mitigate the conversion of wetlands. Identification and delineation of Wetlands is also a product of the Washington State Wetland Identification and Delineation Manual. (KMC 18.59.010).