16.04.002 Short plat review and approval.
A. A preliminary short plat is a Type II application, and the director shall make the final decision. A final short plat is a Type I application. Preliminary and final short plat applications shall be processed as set forth in GHMC Title 19.
B. Criteria of Approval. The director shall approve or conditionally approve a short plat only if the findings and conclusions in GHMC 16.04.004 are met.
C. Preliminary Short Plat Approval. The director shall disapprove or preliminarily approve the short plat, or return the short plat to the applicant for modifications within 30 days after the date of filing of a complete application, unless the applicant agrees to an extension of time. Preliminary approval shall be valid for three years from the date that the preliminary approval decision is mailed to the applicant. Within said three-year time frame, the applicant shall file a final short plat with the city.
D. Final Short Plat Approval.
1. Each final short plat filed with the city for record shall be consistent with the preliminary short plat and all conditions of preliminary short plat approval.
2. The director shall disapprove or approve the final short plat, or return the short final plat to the applicant for modifications within 30 days after the date of filing of the final short plat unless the applicant agrees to an extension of time.
3. Each final short plat filed with the city for record shall contain or be accompanied by the items listed in GHMC 16.08.003.
4. Each final short plat filed with the city for record shall contain the following certificates. The property owner and the land surveyor shall execute their respective certificates, required by GHMC 16.04.001 and Chapter 16.08 GHMC, prior to the director’s final decision. The certificates to be executed by city and county officials and employees shall be executed after the director’s final decision, if granted.
a. Mayor. A signature block and statement for the approval of the short plat.
b. City Clerk. A signature block and statement that the city clerk finds that there are no delinquent assessments outstanding on the property subject to this short subdivision approval.
c. City Engineer. A signature block and statement that the short plat complies with the applicable provisions of the city of Gig Harbor public works construction standards.
d. Short Plat Administrator. A signature block and statement that the short plat complies with the city’s development regulations under GHMC Titles 16 and 17.
5. Construction of Improvements. A final short plat shall not be filed for record until the applicant has constructed or bonded for all improvements required by the director in the preliminary approval decision on the short plat.
E. Short Plat Revisions. Revisions to a preliminarily approved short plat shall be processed as a new short plat application. (Ord. 1197 § 3, 2010; Ord. 701 § 2, 1996).