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WA Rev Code § 58.09.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.09 - Surveys—Recording.|58.09.120 - Monuments—Requirements.

RCW 58.09.120 Monuments—Requirements.Any monument set by a land surveyor to mark or reference a point on a property or land line shall be permanently marked or tagged with the certificate number of the land surveyor setting it. If the monument is set by a public officer it shall be marked by an appropriate official designation.Monuments set by a land surveyor shall be sufficient in number and durability and shall be efficiently placed so as not to be readily disturbed in order to assure, together with monuments already existing, the perpetuation or reestablishment of any point or line of a survey.[ 1973 c 50 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 58.09.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.09 - Surveys—Recording.|58.09.130 - Monuments disturbed by construction activities—Procedure—Requirements.

RCW 58.09.130 Monuments disturbed by construction activities—Procedure—Requirements.When adequate records exist as to the location of subdivision, tract, street, or highway monuments, such monuments shall be located and referenced by or under the direction of a land surveyor at the time when streets or highways are reconstructed or relocated, or when other construction or activity affects their perpetuation. Whenever practical a suitable monument shall be reset in the surface of the new construction. In all other cases permanent witness monuments shall be set to perpetuate the location of preexisting monuments. Additionally, sufficient controlling monuments shall be retained or replaced in their original positions to enable land lines, property corners, elevations and tract boundaries to be reestablished without requiring surveys originating from monuments other than the ones disturbed by the current construction or activity.It shall be the responsibility of the governmental agency or others performing construction work or other activity to provide for the monumentation required by this section. It shall be the duty of every land surveyor to cooperate with such governmental agency or other person in matters of maps, field notes, and other pertinent records. Monuments set to mark the limiting lines of highways, roads, or streets shall not be deemed adequate for this purpose unless specifically noted on the records of the improvement works with direct ties in bearing or azimuth and distance between those and other monuments of record.[ 1973 c 50 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 58.09.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.09 - Surveys—Recording.|58.09.140 - Noncompliance grounds for revocation of land surveyor's license.

RCW 58.09.140 Noncompliance grounds for revocation of land surveyor's license.Noncompliance with any provision of this chapter, as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, shall constitute grounds for revocation of a land surveyor's authorization to practice the profession of land surveying and as further set forth under RCW 18.43.105 and 18.43.110.[ 1973 c 50 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 58.10.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.10 - Defective Plats Legalized.|58.10.010 - Defective plats legalized—1881 Code.

RCW 58.10.010 Defective plats legalized—1881 Code.All city or town plats or any addition or additions thereto, heretofore made and recorded in the county auditor's office of any county in Washington state, showing lots, blocks, streets, alleys or public grounds, shall be conclusive evidence of the location and size of the lots, blocks and public grounds and the location and width of each and every street or alley marked, laid down or appearing on such plat, and that all the right, title, interest or estate which the person or persons making or recording such plat, or causing the same to be made, or recorded, had at the time of making or recording such plat in or to such streets, alleys or public grounds was thereby dedicated to public use, whether the same was made, executed or acknowledged in accordance with the provisions of the laws of this state in force at the time of making the same or not.[Code 1881 § 2338; RRS § 9306. Formerly RCW 58.08.080.]
WA Rev Code § 58.10.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.10 - Defective Plats Legalized.|58.10.020 - Certified copy of plat as evidence.

RCW 58.10.020 Certified copy of plat as evidence.A copy of any city or town plat or addition thereto recorded in the manner provided for in RCW 58.10.010, certified by the county auditor of the county in which the same is recorded to be a true copy of such record and the whole thereof, shall be received in evidence in all the courts of this state, with like effect as the original.[Code 1881 § 2339; RRS § 9307. Formerly RCW 58.08.070.]NOTES:Rules of court: ER 803(a)(14).Certified copiesof instruments, or transcripts of county commissioners' proceedings: RCW 5.44.070.of recorded instruments as evidence: RCW 5.44.060.Copies of business and public records as evidence: RCW 5.46.010.Instruments to be recorded or filed: RCW 65.04.030.Photostatic or photographic copies of public or business records admissible in evidence: RCW 40.20.030.
WA Rev Code § 58.10.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.10 - Defective Plats Legalized.|58.10.030 - Resurvey and corrected plat—Corrected plat as evidence.

RCW 58.10.030 Resurvey and corrected plat—Corrected plat as evidence.Whenever the recorded plat of any city or addition thereto does not definitely show the location or size of lots or blocks, or the location or width of any street or alley in such city or addition, the city council of the city in which the land so platted is located, is hereby authorized and empowered by ordinance and the action of its proper officers, to cause a new and correct survey and plat of such city or addition to be made, and recorded in the office of the county auditor of the county in which such city or addition is located, which corrected plat shall follow the plan of the original survey and plat, so far as the same can be ascertained and followed, and a certificate of the officer or surveyor making the same shall be endorsed thereon, referring to the original plat corrected thereby, and the deficit existing therein, and corrected by such new survey and plat; and the ordinance authorizing the making of such plat shall be recorded in the office of the county auditor of said county and said certificate shall show where said ordinance is recorded, and such plat when so made and recorded, or a copy thereof certified as provided in RCW 58.10.020 shall be admissible in evidence in all the courts in this state.[Code 1881 § 2340; RRS § 9308. Formerly RCW 58.12.130.]
WA Rev Code § 58.10.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.10 - Defective Plats Legalized.|58.10.040 - Regulation of surveys and plats.

RCW 58.10.040 Regulation of surveys and plats.All incorporated cities in the state of Washington are hereby authorized and empowered to regulate and prescribe the manner and form of making any future survey or plat of lands within their respective limits and enforce such regulations by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be recovered by and in the name of such city, or imprisonment not exceeding twenty days for each violation of any ordinance regulating such survey and platting: PROVIDED, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to apply to additions to towns in which no lots have been sold.[Code 1881 § 2341; RRS § 9309. Formerly RCW 58.12.140.]NOTES:Platted streets, public highways—Lack of compliance, penalty: RCW 58.08.035.
WA Rev Code § 58.17.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.010 - Purpose.

RCW 58.17.010 Purpose.The legislature finds that the process by which land is divided is a matter of state concern and should be administered in a uniform manner by cities, towns, and counties throughout the state. The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the subdivision of land and to promote the public health, safety and general welfare in accordance with standards established by the state to prevent the overcrowding of land; to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to promote effective use of land; to promote safe and convenient travel by the public on streets and highways; to provide for adequate light and air; to facilitate adequate provision for water, sewerage, parks and recreation areas, sites for schools and schoolgrounds and other public requirements; to provide for proper ingress and egress; to provide for the expeditious review and approval of proposed subdivisions which conform to zoning standards and local plans and policies; to adequately provide for the housing and commercial needs of the citizens of the state; and to require uniform monumenting of land subdivisions and conveyancing by accurate legal description.[ 1981 c 293 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 271 § 1.]NOTES:Reviser's note: Throughout this chapter, the phrase "this act" has been changed to "this chapter." "This act" [1969 ex.s. c 271] also consists of amendments to RCW 58.08.040 and 58.24.040 and the repeal of RCW 58.16.010 through 58.16.110.Severability—1981 c 293: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1981 c 293 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 58.17.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.030 - Subdivisions to comply with chapter, local regulations.

RCW 58.17.030 Subdivisions to comply with chapter, local regulations.Every subdivision shall comply with the provisions of this chapter. Every short subdivision as defined in this chapter shall comply with the provisions of any local regulation adopted pursuant to RCW 58.17.060.[ 1974 ex.s. c 134 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 271 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 58.17.033 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.033 - Proposed division of land—Consideration of application for preliminary plat or short plat approval—Requirements defined by local ordinance.

RCW 58.17.033 Proposed division of land—Consideration of application for preliminary plat or short plat approval—Requirements defined by local ordinance.(1) A proposed division of land, as defined in RCW 58.17.020, shall be considered under the subdivision or short subdivision ordinance, and zoning or other land use control ordinances, in effect on the land at the time a fully completed application for preliminary plat approval of the subdivision, or short plat approval of the short subdivision, has been submitted to the appropriate county, city, or town official.(2) The requirements for a fully completed application shall be defined by local ordinance.(3) The limitations imposed by this section shall not restrict conditions imposed under chapter 43.21C RCW.[ 1987 c 104 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 58.17.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.035 - Alternative method of land division—Binding site plans.

RCW 58.17.035 Alternative method of land division—Binding site plans.A city, town, or county may adopt by ordinance procedures for the divisions of land by use of a binding site plan as an alternative to the procedures required by this chapter. The ordinance shall be limited and only apply to one or more of the following: (1) The use of a binding site plan to divisions for sale or lease of commercially or industrially zoned property as provided in RCW 58.17.040(4); (2) divisions of property for lease as provided for in RCW 58.17.040(5); and (3) divisions of property as provided for in RCW 58.17.040(7). Such ordinance may apply the same or different requirements and procedures to each of the three types of divisions and shall provide for the alteration or vacation of the binding site plan, and may provide for the administrative approval of the binding site plan.The ordinance shall provide that after approval of the general binding site plan for industrial or commercial divisions subject to a binding site plan, the approval for improvements and finalization of specific individual commercial or industrial lots shall be done by administrative approval.The binding site plan, after approval, and/or when specific lots are administratively approved, shall be filed with the county auditor with a record of survey. Lots, parcels, or tracts created through the binding site plan procedure shall be legal lots of record. The number of lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions shall not exceed the number of lots allowed by the local zoning ordinances.All provisions, conditions, and requirements of the binding site plan shall be legally enforceable on the purchaser or any other person acquiring a lease or other ownership interest of any lot, parcel, or tract created pursuant to the binding site plan.Any sale, transfer, or lease of any lot, tract, or parcel created pursuant to the binding site plan, that does not conform to the requirements of the binding site plan or without binding site plan approval, shall be considered a violation of chapter 58.17 RCW and shall be restrained by injunctive action and be illegal as provided in chapter 58.17 RCW.[ 1987 c 354 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 58.17.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.050 - Assessors plat—Compliance.

RCW 58.17.050 Assessors plat—Compliance.An assessors plat made in accordance with RCW 58.18.010 need not comply with any of the requirements of this chapter except RCW 58.17.240 and 58.17.250.[ 1969 ex.s. c 271 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 58.17.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.060 - Short plats and short subdivisions—Summary approval—Regulations—Requirements.

RCW 58.17.060 Short plats and short subdivisions—Summary approval—Regulations—Requirements.(1) The legislative body of a city, town, or county shall adopt regulations and procedures, and appoint administrative personnel for the summary approval of short plats and short subdivisions or alteration or vacation thereof. When an alteration or vacation involves a public dedication, the alteration or vacation shall be processed as provided in RCW 58.17.212 or 58.17.215. Such regulations shall be adopted by ordinance and shall provide that a short plat and short subdivision may be approved only if written findings that are appropriate, as provided in RCW 58.17.110, are made by the administrative personnel, and may contain wholly different requirements than those governing the approval of preliminary and final plats of subdivisions and may require surveys and monumentations and shall require filing of a short plat, or alteration or vacation thereof, for record in the office of the county auditor: PROVIDED, That such regulations must contain a requirement that land in short subdivisions may not be further divided in any manner within a period of five years without the filing of a final plat, except that when the short plat contains fewer than four parcels, nothing in this section shall prevent the owner who filed the short plat from filing an alteration within the five-year period to create up to a total of four lots within the original short plat boundaries: PROVIDED FURTHER, That such regulations are not required to contain a penalty clause as provided in RCW 36.32.120 and may provide for wholly injunctive relief.An ordinance requiring a survey shall require that the survey be completed and filed with the application for approval of the short subdivision.(2) Cities, towns, and counties shall include in their short plat regulations and procedures pursuant to subsection (1) of this section provisions for considering sidewalks and other planning features that assure safe walking conditions for students who walk to and from school.[ 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 § 51; 1989 c 330 § 2; 1987 c 354 § 5; 1987 c 92 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 134 § 3; 1969 ex.s. c 271 § 6.]NOTES:Severability—Part, section headings not law—1990 1st ex.s. c 17: See RCW 36.70A.900 and 36.70A.901.
WA Rev Code § 58.17.065 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.065 - Short plats and short subdivisions—Filing.

RCW 58.17.065 Short plats and short subdivisions—Filing.Each short plat and short subdivision granted pursuant to local regulations after July 1, 1974, shall be filed with the county auditor and shall not be deemed "approved" until so filed.[ 1974 ex.s. c 134 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 58.17.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.070 - Preliminary plat of subdivisions and dedications—Submission for approval—Procedure.

RCW 58.17.070 Preliminary plat of subdivisions and dedications—Submission for approval—Procedure.A preliminary plat of proposed subdivisions and dedications of land shall be submitted for approval to the legislative body of the city, town, or county within which the plat is situated.Unless an applicant for preliminary plat approval requests otherwise, a preliminary plat shall be processed simultaneously with applications 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.[ 1981 c 293 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 271 § 7.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 293: See note following RCW 58.17.010.
WA Rev Code § 58.17.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.080 - Filing of preliminary plat—Notice.

RCW 58.17.080 Filing of preliminary plat—Notice.Notice of the filing of a preliminary plat of a proposed subdivision adjacent to or within one mile of the municipal boundaries of a city or town, or which contemplates the use of any city or town utilities shall be given to the appropriate city or town authorities. Any notice required by this chapter shall include the hour and location of the hearing and a description of the property to be platted. Notice of the filing of a preliminary plat of a proposed subdivision located in a city or town and adjoining the municipal boundaries thereof shall be given to appropriate county officials. Notice of the filing of a preliminary plat of a proposed subdivision located adjacent to the right-of-way of a state highway or within two miles of the boundary of a state or municipal airport shall be given to the secretary of transportation. In the case of notification to the secretary of transportation, the secretary shall respond to the notifying authority within fifteen days of such notice as to the effect that the proposed subdivision will have on the state highway or the state or municipal airport.[ 1982 c 23 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 271 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 58.17.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.090 - Notice of public hearing.

RCW 58.17.090 Notice of public hearing.(1) Upon receipt of an application for preliminary plat approval the administrative officer charged by ordinance with responsibility for administration of regulations pertaining to platting and subdivisions shall provide public notice and set a date for a public hearing. Except as provided in RCW 36.70B.110, at a minimum, notice of the hearing shall be given in the following manner:(a) Notice shall be published not less than ten days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the county and a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the real property which is proposed to be subdivided is located; and(b) Special notice of the hearing shall be given to adjacent landowners by any other reasonable method local authorities deem necessary. Adjacent landowners are the owners of real property, as shown by the records of the county assessor, located within three hundred feet of any portion of the boundary of the proposed subdivision. If the owner of the real property which is proposed to be subdivided owns another parcel or parcels of real property which lie adjacent to the real property proposed to be subdivided, notice under this subsection (1)(b) shall be given to owners of real property located within three hundred feet of any portion of the boundaries of such adjacently located parcels of real property owned by the owner of the real property proposed to be subdivided.(2) All hearings shall be public. All hearing notices shall include a description of the location of the proposed subdivision. The description may be in the form of either a vicinity location sketch or a written description other than a legal description.[ 1995 c 347 § 426; 1981 c 293 § 5; 1974 ex.s. c 134 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 271 § 9.]NOTES:Finding—Severability—Part headings and table of contents not law—1995 c 347: See notes following RCW 36.70A.470.Severability—1981 c 293: See note following RCW 58.17.010.
WA Rev Code § 58.17.092 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.17 - Plats—Subdivisions—Dedications.|58.17.092 - Public notice—Identification of affected property.

RCW 58.17.092 Public notice—Identification of affected property.Any notice made under chapter 58.17 or 36.70B RCW that identifies affected property may identify this affected property without using a legal description of the property including, but not limited to, identification by an address, written description, vicinity sketch, or other reasonable means.[ 1995 c 347 § 427; 1988 c 168 § 12.]NOTES:Finding—Severability—Part headings and table of contents not law—1995 c 347: See notes following RCW 36.70A.470.