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The Community Development Director shall review the application and shall issue a certificate of compliance, conditional certificate of compliance, or notice of violation. The determination shall be based on the following criteria:

A. A certificate of compliance shall be issued for a parcel created prior to August 13, 1974, which resulted from a division of land in which fewer than five parcels were created; or

B. A certificate of compliance shall be issued for any lot created as part of a recorded formal plat, short plat, binding site plan, or subdivision approved by Pierce County or the City of Lakewood pursuant to Chapter 58.16 or 58.17 RCW; or

C. A certificate of compliance shall be issued for any lot created as the result of a recorded boundary line adjustment or lot combination approved by Pierce County or the City of Lakewood; or

D. A certificate of compliance may be issued where documentation is provided showing that the creation of the lot was exempt from the provisions of the Pierce County or City of Lakewood subdivision regulations.

E. A conditional certificate of compliance shall be issued for any parcel which does not, or at the time of creation did not, comply with the provisions of state law and local ordinances regulating the division of land. A conditional certificate of compliance may include conditions as follows:

1. If the current owner was not the owner at the time of the initial land division, the conditional certificate of compliance shall impose conditions which would have been applicable to a division of land on the date the current owner acquired the property; or

2. If the current owner was the owner at the time of the initial land division, the conditional certificate of compliance shall impose conditions which would be applicable to a current division of land. [Ord. 591 § 14, 2015.]