§ 18.28.030. Preliminary action.

A.

Applications shall be filed and processed in accordance with Chapter 18.10.

B.

The proposed division shall be approved when the department finds that:

1.

Each lot within the proposed division meets the access requirements of Section 15.04.081. For purposes of determining the required easement or access width for residential development, the density shall be the maximum allowed by the applicable zoning classification. Road construction shall be governed by the Thurston County Road Standards Section 15.04.081 Thurston County Code (as adopted or hereafter amended).

2.

Encroachment from the lots to a public road is provided in a manner approved by the public works department, which may specify that encroachments be combined and may designate encroachment locations.

3.

The proposed development conforms to the Comprehensive Plan and to all other applicable county ordinances and regulations.

4.

The owner agrees to dedicate right-of-way adjacent to existing county rights-of-way when the existing right-of-way is insufficient to meet adopted standards. Acreage calculations may extend to the center line of adjacent public rights-of-way.

5.

The proposed development is designed to avoid drainage problems. To that end, approval of the division may be conditioned on provision of public or private drainage easements, proper location of roads or lot lines, and construction of improvements for drainage control.

6.

If the lots are to be served by septic tanks, soil data and percolation rates may be required by the Thurston County health department. Notations regarding the conditions for health department approval may be required to be inscribed upon the final large lot subdivision map.

C.

Preliminary approval shall be determined within fifty-eight calendar days of receipt of a complete application, as provided in Section 18.10.030A, where no construction of improvements, fulfillment of conditions, or environmental review are required (Type I action).

D.

Preliminary approval shall be determined within one hundred calendar days of receipt of a complete application, as provided in Section 18.10.030B, where environmental review is required (Type II action).

E.

Preliminary approval shall be effective for three years.

(Ord. 12290 § 3, 2000; Ord. 11835 § 3, 1998; Ord. 11398 § 10 (part), 1997: Ord. 8023 §§ 11, 12, 1985: Ord. 6629 § 39 (part), 1980)

(Ord. No. 14773, § 10(Att. I), 7-24-2012)