HomeMy WebLinkAboutM_Principles of Acceptability_230106_v1DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
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Principles of Acceptability of Lot Line Adjustment
M E M O R A N D U M
DATE: January 6, 2023
TO: Official File / LUA22-000390, LLA
Lot Line Adjustment
FROM: Clark Close, Principal Planner
SUBJECT: Principles of Acceptability of a Lot Line Adjustment
Section 4-7-060B, lists four principles of acceptability that the Administrator or designee
considers, along with all other relevant information, when making a decision on a Lot Line
Adjustment application. A lot line adjustment shall be consistent with the following
principles of acceptability:
Check the appropriate box and give analysis, if necessary:
Correcting: Adjust lot lines including the elimination of a common lot line in
order to correct property line or setback encroachments;
Staff Analysis: The adjusted lot lines shifts the shared Lot 11/12 lot lie south by
0.125 so both lots are 32 feet wide, as originally intended with the recording of
the final plat.
Improving: Create better lot design, or improve access;
Staff Analysis: Tri Point Homes is submitting a LLA for the purpose of setting both
Lot 11 and Lot 12 of the River Trail at Elliott Farm final plat to both be 32 feet
wide. This would allow the townhouse product to meet the minimum four-foot
(4’) boundary line side yard setback requirement. No changes are proposed to
the lot depth or lot access.
Approval Criteria:
a. An additional lot, parcel or tract shall not be created; and
b. The subject lots, parcels or tracts are within the same zoning district; and
c. The proposed adjustments shall not cause the lots, parcels or tracts to
increase the nonconformity with respect to applicable zoning (see RMC 4-2),
subdivision and other code requirements pertaining to lot design, building
location, and development standards; and
d. The adjusted lot line(s) is shared by the subject lots.
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Staff Analysis: No additional lots or tracts were created as part of this lot line
adjustment. The adjusted lot line is shared by the subject lots. Both lots are
located within same zoning designation and the lot line adjustment does not
increase nonconformity with the current Residential-14 (R-14) zoning district.
Non-Evasive: Lot line adjustments shall not serve to eliminate or circumvent any
state or local requirements, including but not limited to frontage improvements,
payment of fee-in-lieu, payment of latecomer fees or the installation of required
infrastructure.
a. Assessment of fees, right-of-way dedication and frontage improvements for
the entire length of the property line(s) bordering rights-of-way may be
required as a condition of approval for a lot line adjustment.
b. Lots, parcels or tracts that are increased in area by lot line adjustments shall
not be permitted to be subdivided for five (5) years following the date upon
which the lot line adjustment is recorded or three (3) years following the
approval of a lot line adjustment, whichever is longer, unless the following is
met:
i. The subdivision application includes all lots, parcels and tracts involved in
the lot line adjustment in the overall subdivision; or
ii. All required infrastructure, including but not limited to frontage
improvements, required infrastructure and utility lines are constructed
along the frontage of all lots included in the lot line adjustment.
Staff Analysis: The proposed lot line adjustment does not create an opportunity
to eliminate or circumvent any state or local requirements. No right-of-way
dedication or frontage improvements would be required as a result of the
proposed lot line adjustment. The applicant has not proposed any future land
divisions involving the subject properties.