§ 21.61.050. Review and approval procedure.

Townhouse developments shall be approved pursuant to the regulations and procedures established in the platting and Subdivision Ordinance, as modified below, and the standards of this chapter.

A.

Review. The department shall review and approve the creation of four or fewer townhouse lots. Approval by the department does not involve a public hearing, but will be subject to notification of adjacent property owners. The decision of the department is subject to the appeal process as identified in Chapter 21.81. The hearing examiner will review the creation of five or more lots as provided for through the subdivision process.

B.

Platting. A subdivision plat or short plat shall be required for all townhouse developments so that individual dwelling units are divided into lots with common walls located on lot lines. When a townhouse development is platted, construction of townhouse dwellings may commence prior to final plat or final short subdivision approval, provided:

1.

The proposed subdivision has received preliminary approval or the short subdivision has received conditional approval, and the necessary legal instruments have been filed to assure construction of required public improvements;

2.

Partial or complete construction of structures shall not relieve the subdivider from, nor impair county enforcement of conditions of subdivision approval;

3.

Units may not be rented or sold, nor occupancy permits issued until final plat or final short plat approval.

C.

Site Plans. An application for a townhouse development shall include a site plan drawing or drawings at a scale not smaller than one hundred feet to the inch, showing all the information required for a preliminary plat plus the following:

1.

Site boundaries;

2.

Streets bounding or abutting the site;

3.

Proposed building including dimensions, setbacks, identification of types and the number of dwelling units in each residential type;

4.

Location and dimensions of open spaces;

5.

Location and dimensions of garbage disposal areas;

6.

The location and design of off-street parking facilities, showing their size;

7.

Circulation plan, vehicular and pedestrian, and points of ingress and egress from the site, and their relationship to ingress and egress of neighborhood properties;

8.

Existing buildings and indication of future use or disposition;

9.

Landscaping plan;

10.

Typical front and side elevations and exterior architectural treatment of the proposed units;

11.

The existing and proposed contours at two foot intervals and which locates existing streams, lakes, marshes and other natural features.

D.

Townhouse developments with more than four units are subject to design review requirements of Sections 21.70.090 and 21.70.110D.

(Ord. 11499 § 20, 1997: Ord. 11274 § 1 (part), 1996)