19.20.010 Preliminary plat application.
A complete preliminary plat application and environmental checklist shall be submitted to the development and business services department for any platting or subdivision of land regulated under this title. A complete application shall contain the following materials:
A. Completed application form. Application shall be made on forms provided by the development and business services department and completed by the applicant.
B. Completed environmental checklist (one original and three copies). A completed State Environmental Policy Act checklist shall be prepared on forms provided by the development and business services department.
C. If requested by an applicant for preliminary plat approval, a preliminary plat shall be processed simultaneously with application for rezones, variances, planned unit developments, site plan approvals, and similar quasi-judicial or administrative actions to the extent that procedural requirements applicable to these actions permit simultaneous processing per RCW 58.17.070. The applicant shall submit to the development and business services department, in writing, any request to concurrently review other application(s) being processed simultaneously with the preliminary plat.
D. Eight copies of the preliminary plat which shall be prepared by a registered surveyor in the state of Washington and containing the following information:
1. The name of the preliminary plat, subdivision or dedication;
2. The date, scale, acreage, north arrow, vertical control datum and certification of the registered land surveyor. The scale shall be one inch equals 50 feet for sites two acres in size or less, and one inch equals 100 feet for sites greater than two acres in size. A scale for smaller projects may be used if approved by the city;
3. The name and address of the owner(s), developer(s), and any party(ies) of interest;
4. The legal description of all affected tracts and legal descriptions for all proposed lots or dedications;
5. Snohomish County assessor parcel numbers for all affected tracts;
6. Boundary lines of the tracts to be subdivided, and corresponding bearings and dimensions and actual dimensions of the tract to be platted, subdivided, or dedicated;
7. The location, width, and designations of all existing or platted streets or other public ways or easements within or adjacent to the proposed development and all other features such as buildings, utilities, watercourses, power lines, and section lines;
8. All parcels and tracts being reserved or dedicated as parks, playgrounds, streets, alleys or other public and semi-public uses;
9. The approximate dimensions of all lots and blocks with lot area, lot numbers and block designations;
10. The contours, with intervals of five feet or less which shall be referenced to mean sea level datum or such datum acceptable to the public works director. The contour intervals shall extend reasonably beyond the boundaries of the site;
11. The zoning of tracts and lands adjacent thereto;
12. The location of any sensitive areas as defined in LMC Title 17 as known to the applicant at time of submittal.
E. Eight copies of the conceptual utility plan containing the following information:
1. A layout showing location and sizes of sewer lines, catch basins, pumps or other drainage and sewage structures;
2. A layout of a proposed water distribution system;
3. The grades of proposed streets and methods of storm drainage;
4. A tree retention, land clearing and/or grading plan.
F. A vicinity map shall accompany the proposed plat. The vicinity map shall show all adjacent subdivision, streets and tract lines and bordering lines of adjacent property. It shall show how the streets and public ways in the proposed subdivision may connect with existing and proposed streets and public ways in neighboring subdivisions or unplatted property to produce an advantageous development of the entire neighborhood.
G. A master plan and schedule if the property is intended to be developed in phases.
H. Payment for preliminary plat fee (see Chapter 2.23 LMC).
I. Payment for any required application as per subsection (C) of this section; provided, that if an application is a combined planned unit development and plat, only the plat fee shall be assessed.
J. Payment for environmental checklist (see Chapter 2.23 LMC).
K. If deemed necessary by the public works director, and/or development and business services director, those items found in subsection (E) of this section.
L. One 11-inch by 17-inch reduction each of subsections (D) and (E) of this section.
M. Additional information may be determined to be needed due to site conditions or proposed improvements, in order for the city to review and approve the proposed development. Other information required may include, but not be limited to, critical area assessments, traffic impact assessments, preliminary engineering designs, etc. (Ord. 3399 § 2 (Att. A), 2021; Ord. 2463 § 6, 2003; Ord. 2074 § 3, 1996; Ord. 1314 § 6, 1983)