23.28.030

A. The Director shall approve an application for a lot boundary adjustment if it is determined that: 1. No additional lot, tract, parcel, site, or division is created by the proposed adjustment; 2. No lot contains insufficient area and dimensions to meet the minimum requirements for development as calculated under the development standards of the zone in which the lots affected are situated and under any applicable regulations for siting development on parcels with riparian corridors, wetlands, wetland buffers, or steep slopes in Chapter 25.09 or Section 23.60A.156 . Adjusted lots shall continue to be regarded as existing lots for purposes of Chapter 25.09 . Any required nondisturbance area shall be legibly shown and described on the site plan, and a covenant shall be required as set out in Section 25.09.335 ; 3. Every proposed adjusted lot shall conform to the following standards for lot configuration, unless a modification is authorized under subsection 23.28.030.A.4: a. If an adjusted lot is proposed with street frontage, then one lot line shall abut the street for at least 10 feet; b. No adjusted lot shall be less than 10 feet wide for a distance of more than 10 feet as measured at any point; c. No adjusted lot shall have more than six separate lot lines. The lot lines shall be straight lines unless the irregularly shaped lot line is caused by an existing right-of-way or existing lot line; and d. If a lot to be adjusted abuts upon an alley, and that alley is either improved or required to be improved according to the standards of Section 23.53.030 , then no adjusted lot shall be proposed that does not provide alley access, except that access from a street to an existing use or structure is not required to be changed to alley access. Either the proposed adjusted lots shall have sufficient frontage on the alley to meet access standards for the zone in which the property is located or an access easement from the adjusted lot or lots shall be provided to the alley that meets access standards for the zone in which the property is located. 4. Modification. The standards of subsection 23.28.030.A.3 may be modified if at least one of the following criteria applies: a. One or more of the existing lots prior to the lot boundary adjustment is irregular in shape; b. Topography, natural obstructions, configuration of existing lot lines prior to lot line adjustment, existing platting patterns, or street alignment prevent the reconfiguration of one or more lots according to the standards of subsection 23.28.030.A.3; c. Location of existing principal structures that are retained on lots existing prior to the proposed lot boundary adjustment require a reconfiguration of one or more lots that cannot reasonably meet the standards of subsection 23.28.030.A.3; d. Location of existing easements or feasibility of access to portions of the property prevents the reconfiguration of lot lines that meet the standards of subsection 23.28.030.A.3; or e. The lot boundary adjustment establishes an irregular lot line that resulted from an adverse possession claim. 5. No adjusted lot shall be approved for development without a determination that it is capable of being served by existing or extended infrastructure for drainage; a determination that the lot has water supply and sanitary sewage disposal; and a determination that there is access for vehicles, utilities, and fire protection; 6. The lot boundary adjustment is consistent with applicable provisions of this Title 23 including, for lots in the Shoreline District, conformance with the applicable provisions of Section 23.60A.168 . B. An application for a lot boundary adjustment on a parcel containing an environmentally critical area or buffer shall include the information described in Section 25.09.330 , unless the Director determines that some of the information listed is not necessary for reviewing the application. (Ord. 127376 , § 13, 2025; Ord. 126157 , § 7, 2020; Ord. 125603 , § 5, 2018; Ord. 124843 , § 5, 2015; Ord. 124378 , § 8, 2013; Ord. 124105 , § 9, 2013; Ord. 123809, § 4, 2012; Ord. 122050 § 2, 2006; Ord. 116262 , § 4, 1992; Ord. 110570 § 1(part), 1982.)