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Every subdivision shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 58.17 RCW, this title and all future amendments or applicable federal, state or local laws. After final plat, short plat, or binding site plan approval, any subsequent division of platted or short platted lots, parcels, tracts, sites or divisions shall be allowed only if the procedures of this title are first followed, and these requirements shall be applicable to all plats approved prior to the effective date of this title. The provisions of this title shall not apply to the following:

A. Cemeteries and other burial plots while used for that purpose.

B. Divisions of land into lots or tracts each of which is one-thirty-second of a section of land, or larger, or 20 acres or larger if the land is not capable of description as a fraction of a section of land; provided, the division meets the minimum lot size zoning requirements for the area involved and provided further, that for the purpose of computing the size of any lot under this item which borders on a street or public way, the lot size shall be expanded to include that area which would be bounded by the center line of the street or public way and the side lot lines of the lot running perpendicular to such center line.

C. Divisions made by testamentary provisions or the laws of descent; provided, that each lot shall meet all applicable minimum lot size requirements.

D. The transfer of contiguous unplatted lots if:

1. The lots were created in compliance with all applicable state and City subdivision regulations in effect at the time of the creation of said lots; or

2. The lots transferred and remaining lots are improved with dwellings; provided, that transfers pursuant to subsection (D)(1) or (D)(2) of this section shall not be effective until the proponent is issued a certificate of compliance from the Community and Economic Development Department. A certificate shall be issued when the owner or applicant shows that the lot conforms to the criteria above.

E. A division which is made by subjecting a portion of a parcel or tract of land to Chapter 64.32 RCW, the Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums), or Chapter 64.34 RCW (the Condominium Act) if the City has approved a binding site plan for all of such land.

F. A division for the purpose of leasing land for facilities providing personal wireless services while used for that purpose. “Personal wireless services” means any federally licensed personal wireless service. “Facilities” means unstaffed facilities that are used for the transmission or reception, or both, of wireless communication services including, but not necessarily limited to, antenna arrays, transmission cables, equipment shelters, and support structures. [Ord. 591 § 4, 2015; Ord. 500 § 2, 2009; Ord. 60 § 1, 1996.]