19.20.190 Dedications required.
A. Every subdivision shall include adequate provision for dedication of drainage ways, streets, alleys, easements, slope rights, parks and other public open spaces for general purposes as may be required to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
B. Protective improvements and easements to maintain the improvements shall be dedicated at the discretion of the city.
C. Convenient pedestrian and vehicular access to every lot by way of a dedicated street or permanent appurtenant easement shall be provided. Access from a dedicated street shall be required, unless the city engineer determines that the following conditions exist, and permits access by a permanent private easement:
1. Access by easement would not compromise the goals of the zoning code to provide for adequate light, air and usable open space between structures; and
2. The dedication and improvement of a street is not necessary or desirable to facilitate adequate water supply for domestic water purposes or for fire protection, or to facilitate adequate storm drainage; and
3. The dedication and improvement of a street is not necessary or desirable in order to provide on-street parking for overflow conditions; and
4. No potential safety hazards would result from multiple access points between existing and future developments onto a roadway without curbs and with limited sight lines; and
5. There is no potential for extending the street system.
D. If the city council concludes that the public interest will be served the city council may, in lieu of requiring the dedication to the public of land in a subdivision for protective improvements, drainage ways, streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks and other open space, allow the land to be conveyed to a homeowner’s nonprofit maintenance corporation. In that case the applicant shall, at or prior to the time of filing a final plat for approval, supply the director with copies of articles of incorporation and bylaws of the grantee organization and with evidence of the conveyance or of a binding commitment to convey. The articles of incorporation shall provide that membership in the corporation shall be conditioned upon ownership of land in the subdivision, that the corporation is empowered to assess the land for costs of construction and maintenance of the improvements and property owned by the corporation, and that the assessment shall be a lien upon the land. The city attorney shall review and approve the articles of incorporation and bylaws as to compliance with this provision. The city council may impose other conditions as it deems appropriate to assure that property and improvements owned by the corporation will be adequately constructed and maintained.
E. Any dedication, donation or grant as shown on the face of the plat shall be considered, to all intents and purposes, as a quit claim deed to the grantee or grantees, for his, her or their use for the purpose intended by the donors or grantors.
F. Dedicated streets and alleys shall meet the requirements of the development guidelines and public works standards.
G. All improvements to be dedicated to the city, such as roads, structures, sewers, and water systems, shall be designed and certified by or under the supervision of a registered civil engineer, licensed in the state of Washington, prior to the acceptance of such improvements. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 1016-08 § 2).