Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: CD - Community Development

Directors' Update: June 5, 2024

Business Meeting: June 11, 2024

Summary:

To grant final plat approval, authorize the Chair of BOCC to sign hard copy final plat drawing and direct Community Development staff to record the hard copy final plat drawing.

Hard copy final plat drawing will be provided at the business meeting. All conditions of preliminary plat approval have been completed for the Subdivision of Douglas Lane Acres (LP19-00001).

Publications: N/A

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Karen Witherspoon and Mindy Brooks

Resolution

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) granted preliminary plat approval to Steven and Sarah Johnson for the Type IV Subdivision Application - Formal Long Plat (file number LP19-00001) Subdivision of Douglas Lane Acres on April 26, 2022, with four pages of preliminary plat conditions of approval giving five years to complete the preliminary plat conditions of approval; and

WHEREAS, the project is described as follows: the creation of a nine (9) lot cluster subdivision named “Subdivision of Douglas Lane Acres” to include the construction of a new private road “Douglas Lane” of roughly 1,300 linear feet. Proposed Lots 2 through 9 will be served by a new Group B Public Water System and individual septic systems. Proposed Lot 1 has one existing single-family residence and one existing accessory dwelling unit served by an existing shared well and individual septic system; the parcel is 67.45 acres in size; and

WHEREAS, the proposed site is located at 2431 SR 508, Onalaska on parcel number 032629001002 in Lewis County, WA – Section 22, Township 13 North, Range 01 East, WM; and

WHEREAS, at the time of preliminary plat submittal in 2019, Lewis County Code (LCC) 16.05.050 designated preliminary plats as Type IV applications which required the BOCC to consider the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner during a closed record public meeting. The Type IV process required the BOCC’s consideration of the preliminary plat to be based on the record established by the Hearing Examiner’s open record public hearing. The Type IV process also required that final plat drawings be approved during a public meeting and signed by the Chair of the BOCC prior to recording the final plat drawing; and

WHEREAS, in 2021, during the preliminary plat review process of this application, the Lewis County Code sections were amended designating that future preliminary plats would be reviewed through a Type III process with the Hearing Examiner issuing the preliminary plat decision and the final plat review being conducted administratively at the end of the project which reduced the processing times during both the preliminary plat process and final plat process; and

WHEREAS, the final plat of the Subdivision of Douglas Lane Acres is the last subdivision to be completed requiring the Type IV process and signature of the Chair of the BOCC prior to recording; and

WHEREAS, the final plat application and final plat drawing for the Subdivision of Douglas Lane Acres were submitted to Community Development on April 26, 2024, and the documents were routed to the various department staff to verify conditions of preliminary plat approval have been completed; and

WHEREAS, the final plat application and final plat drawing have been reviewed by the various department staff which have determined the conditions of preliminary plat approval for their specific department have been completed; and

WHEREAS, after review and acceptance by the various department's staff, the final plat application and final plat drawing have been determined by Community Development staff to have met all of the preliminary plat conditions of approval and final signatures of all required county departments have been affixed to the final plat drawing; and

WHEREAS, the final signature necessary prior to recording is the Chair of the BOCC; and

WHEREAS, Community Development recommends the BOCC grant final plat approval, sign the final plat drawing and direct the Community Development staff to record the final plat.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners accepts the Community Development Department's determination the final plat has met all preliminary plat conditions of approval and is ready for final signatures and recording; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners finds that approval of LP19-00001 is in the public interest, grants final plat approval to the Subdivision of Douglas Lane Acres, authorizes the Chair, or the Vice Chair on behalf of the Chair, of the Board of County Commissioners to sign the hard copy final plat drawing for recording of the final plat drawing and directs Community Development staff to record the final plat.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 11th day of June, 2024.