Recordable surveys shall be required for all short plats and short subdivisions. All surveys shall be accomplished as required by Chapter 332-130 WAC and the Survey Recording Act (Chapter 58.09 RCW), except an additional recording will not be required for the “Survey Recording Act.”

All lot staking shall be completed by the certifying professional land surveyor prior to the recording of the short plat.

All short plat corners, including interior lot corners, shall be staked with steel rebar or metal pipe with a cap which permanently bears the land surveyor’s registration number. When the plat corner(s) or lot corner(s) falls in a body of water, over the edge of a steep slope or other inaccessible area, an offset corner will be permitted. When the boundary line of a short plat follows a meandering line, corners shall be set as directed by the City. A presubmittal meeting with City staff to discuss corner locations is recommended.

When the legal description of the short plat utilizes a partial or complete section subdivisional breakdown to establish the short plat boundaries, section subdivision survey information in accordance with the requirements of WAC 332-130-030 shall be shown on the short plat map.

All reference monuments used in the establishment of the short plat corners shall be identified, described, and noted as set or found on the short plat map. When appropriate, the short plat survey shall reference the recorded or previous survey that was the basis for the short plat survey.

When the short plat is adjacent to a constructed City street and the short plat corner(s) or its offset represents a one-sixteenth corner, quarter corner, section corner, or donation land claim corner that is not of record or is lost or obliterated, a City standard monument(s) shall be placed in the City street. In cases where a monument of record is found, the existing corner does not have to be replaced.

Whenever a short plat is adjacent to an existing City street or right-of-way, the centerline of that street shall be located on the short plat drawing. If the existing constructed City street or maintained street section falls outside of the documented right-of-way, the surveyor shall identify the existing edge of pavement and limits of the maintained street section on the short plat drawing and show its relationship to said centerline. [Ord. 591 § 52, 2015; Ord. 60 § 1, 1996.]