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HOUSE BILL 1624
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Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/02/95.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
Increasing to
five years the time after a preliminary plat is approved before a final plat
must be submitted for approval.
AN ACT Relating to
increasing to five years the time after a preliminary plat is approved before a
final plat must be submitted for approval; and amending RCW 58.17.140.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 58.17.140 and 1986 c
233 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
Preliminary plats of
any proposed subdivision and dedication shall be approved, disapproved, or
returned to the applicant for modification or correction within ninety days
from date of filing thereof unless the applicant consents to an extension of
such time period or the ninety day limitation is extended to include up to
twenty-one days as specified under RCW 58.17.095(3): PROVIDED, That if an
environmental impact statement is required as provided in RCW 43.21C.030, the
ninety day period shall not include the time spent preparing and circulating
the environmental impact statement by the local government agency. Final plats
and short plats shall be approved, disapproved, or returned to the applicant
within thirty days from the date of filing thereof, unless the applicant
consents to an extension of such time period. A final plat meeting all
requirements of this chapter shall be submitted to the legislative body of the
city, town, or county for approval within ((three)) five years of
the date of preliminary plat approval((: PROVIDED, That this three-year
time period shall retroactively apply to any preliminary plat pending before a
city, town, or county as of July 24, 1983, where the authority to proceed with
the filing of a final plat has not lapsed under an applicable city, town, or
county ordinance containing a shorter time period that was in effect when the
preliminary plat was approved. An applicant who files a written request with
the legislative body of the city, town, or county at least thirty days before
the expiration of this three-year period shall be granted one one-year
extension upon a showing that the applicant has attempted in good faith to
submit the final plat within the three-year period)). Nothing contained in
this section shall act to prevent any city, town, or county from adopting by
ordinance procedures which would allow ((other)) extensions of time that
may or may not contain additional or altered conditions and requirements.
Passed
the House March 8, 1995.
Passed the
Senate April 4, 1995.
Approved by the Governor April 17, 1995.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 17, 1995.
