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                         SENATE BILL 5241

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

 

By Senators Swecker, Patterson, Rasmussen, Morton, Stevens and Benton

 

Read first time 01/18/1999.  Referred to Committee on State & Local Government.

Transferring agricultural property to immediate family members.


    AN ACT Relating to the development of property transferred to immediate family members; adding a new section to chapter 35.63 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35A.63 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.70 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 36.70A RCW.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.63 RCW to read as follows:

    Notwithstanding any zoning provision pertaining to minimum lot sizes, property that is zoned agricultural and is at least twenty-five acres in size may be developed, so long as:

    (1) The property is transferred to an immediate family member; and

    (2) Each lot that is created contains sufficient area for a single-family residence and an on-site sewage disposal system using any method of on-site sewage disposal appropriate for the lot under standards that exist when the lots are created, as determined by the local health department with a lot and on-site sewage disposal system submitted for final approval to the legislative body of the city or town within five years of the date of creation of the lot.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 35A.63 RCW to read as follows:

    Notwithstanding any zoning provision pertaining to minimum lot sizes, property that is zoned agricultural and is at least twenty-five acres in size may be developed, so long as:

    (1) The property is transferred to an immediate family member; and

    (2) Each lot that is created contains sufficient area for a single-family residence and an on-site sewage disposal system using any method of on-site sewage disposal appropriate for the lot under standards that exist when the lots are created, as determined by the local health department with a lot and on-site sewage disposal system submitted for final approval to the legislative body of the city within five years of the date of creation of the lot.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 36.70 RCW to read as follows:

    Notwithstanding any zoning provision pertaining to minimum lot sizes, property that is zoned agricultural and is at least twenty-five acres in size may be developed, so long as:

    (1) The property is transferred to an immediate family member; and

    (2) Each lot that is created contains sufficient area for a single-family residence and an on-site sewage disposal system using any method of on-site sewage disposal appropriate for the lot under standards that exist when the lots are created, as determined by the local health department with a lot and on-site sewage disposal system submitted for final approval to the legislative body of the county within five years of the date of creation of the lot.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  A new section is added to chapter 36.70A RCW to read as follows:

    Notwithstanding any zoning provision pertaining to minimum lot sizes, property that is zoned agricultural and is at least twenty-five acres in size may be developed, so long as:

    (1) The property is transferred to an immediate family member; and

    (2) Each lot that is created contains sufficient area for a single-family residence and an on-site sewage disposal system using any method of on-site sewage disposal appropriate for the lot under standards that exist when the lots are created, as determined by the local health department with a lot and on-site sewage disposal system submitted for final approval to the legislative body of the county, city, or town within five years of the date of creation of the lot.

 


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