21.74.010 General Provisions | Redmond Zoning Code

21.74.010 General Provisions.

A. Purpose. The intent of this chapter is to:

1. Provide criteria, regulations, processes, and standards to govern the division of land within the City;

2. Ensure that public facilities and services necessary to support development are adequate to serve the development at the time development occurs; and

3. Promote the public health, safety, and general welfare in accordance with standards established by the state subdivision law, as set forth in RCW 58.17.010

1. Compliance. All division and redivision of land into lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership shall comply with the requirements of this chapter except where specifically exempted herein. Subdivisions, short subdivisions, binding site plans, boundary line adjustments, unit lot subdivisions, plat alterations, and plat vacations are all considered divisions or redivisions of land for purposes of this chapter.

2. Exemptions. The following divisions of land are exempt from the provisions of this chapter except where expressly indicated.

a. Cemeteries. Cemeteries and other burial plots, while used for that purpose;

b. Testamentary Divisions. Divisions made by testamentary provisions or the laws of descent; provided that a map is recorded with King County Records and Elections at the time the land is divided and that all lots created must meet all requirements of this chapter;

i. A division of land relating to the acquisition or exchange of land by public agencies, for public use except human occupancy, including but not limited to subdivisions made for road construction purposes;

ii. A division of land for the sole use of the installation of linear utility facilities, such as electric power lines, telephone lines, water supply lines, sewer service lines, cable lines, or other utility facilities of a similar or related nature;

iii. Division of land due to condemnation or sale under threat thereof by an agency or division of government vested with the power of condemnation; if sale is made under threat of condemnation, such threat must be evidenced by the government agency filing an affidavit so stating with the King County Auditor;

d. A division for the purpose of leasing land for facilities providing personal wireless services while used for this purpose.

e. A division of land into lots or tracts of less than three acres that is recorded in accordance with RCW Chapter 58.09, and is used or to be used for the purpose of establishing a site for construction and operation of consumer-owned or investor-owned electric utility facilities. This subsection does not exempt a division of land for electric utility facilities from any other provision of this chapter. Furthermore, this subsection only applies to electric utility facilities that will be placed into service to meet the electrical needs of a utility's existing and new customers.

C. Compliance. All divisions of land shall comply with this chapter and the provisions of the Redmond Zoning Code. Any portion of a lot that was used to calculate compliance of the lot with the standards of the Redmond Zoning Code or its predecessor, the Redmond Community Development Guide, shall not be subsequently subdivided or segregated from such lot or lots, or sold or transferred separately from such lot or lots.