Drafter
Clerk 04/18/2018
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to land segregation; and amending Ordinance 13694, Section 42, as amended, and K.C.C. 19A.08.070.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 13694, Section 42, as amended, and K.C.C. 19A.08.070 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. A property owner may request that the department determine whether a lot was legally created. The property owner shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that a lot was created in compliance with applicable state and local land segregation statutes or codes in effect at the time the lot was created.
B.((1.)) A lot ((created before October 1, 1972,)) shall be recognized as a legal lot((:)):
((a.)) 1. ((i))If before October 1, 1972, it was:
(((1))) a. conveyed as an individually described parcel to separate, noncontiguous ownerships through a fee simple transfer or purchase; or
(((2))) b. recognized as a separate tax lot by the county assessor; ((and))
((b.)) 2. ((i))If ((the lot was)) created by a recorded subdivision before June 9, 1937, and it was served by one of the following before January 1, 2000:
(((1))) a. an approved sewage disposal;
(((2))) b. an approved water system; or
(((3))) c. a road that was:
(((A))) (1) accepted for maintenance by the King County department of transportation; or
(((B))) (2) located within an access easement for residential use or in a road right-of-way and consists of a smooth driving surface, including, but not limited to, asphalt, concrete, or compact gravel, that complied with the King County road standards in effect at the time the road was constructed;
((2 A lot created on or after October 1, 1972, shall be recognized as a legal lot if it was created:
a. through the subdivision or short subdivision process; or))
3. If created by an approved short subdivision, including engineers subdivisions;
4. If creat...

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