17.11.070 Preliminary short subdivision application review procedures.
(1) The plat administrator shall, within the time provided in Chapter 36.70B RCW, respond to the applicant in one of the following manners:
(a) Preliminary approval is granted as submitted.
(b) Preliminary approval is granted with modifications requested.
(c) The proposed subdivision is denied and reasons stated.
(d) Preliminary approval is withheld until planning commission and/or council approval of dedications or waiver or deferral requests.
(2) The short subdivision preliminary application shall require approval of the plat administrator and the city engineer indicated by their dated signatures thereon to be valid.
(3) The decision of the plat administrator shall be final, unless an appeal by any aggrieved party is made to the planning commission of the plat administrator’s decision as provided in this code. Said appeal shall be in writing to the planning commission and submitted through the city clerk. The city clerk shall record and date the receipt of that appeal. The planning commission shall act on that appeal as provided in this code. The decision of the planning commission shall be final and conclusive unless any aggrieved party files with the city clerk a written appeal as provided in this code. The council shall hear that appeal as provided in this code for land use decision reviews on a closed record.
(4) Approval of the preliminary plat shall constitute approval for the applicant/subdivider to develop construction plans and specifications for all facilities and improvements and to prepare the final plat. (Ord. 393 § 1, 2007)