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(1) The final binding site plan shall be drawn to have dimensions of 18 inches by 24 inches and must include the following:

(a) The name of the binding site plan;

(b) Legal description of the entire parcel;

(c) The date, scale, and north arrow;

(d) Boundary lines, right-of-way for streets, easements, and property lines of lots and other sites with accurate bearings, dimensions or angles and arcs, and of all curve data;

(e) Names and right-of-way widths of all streets within the parcel and immediately adjacent to the parcel. Street names shall be consistent with the names of existing adjacent streets;

(f) Number of each lot and each block;

(g) Reference to covenants and special restrictions either to be filed separately or on the face of the binding site plan;

(h) Zoning setback lines, building sites when required by city;

(i) Location, dimensions and purpose of any easements, notifying if the easements are private or public;

(j) Location and description of monuments and all lot corners set and found;

(k) Datum elevations and primary control points approved by the public works department;

(l) Descriptions and ties to all control points will be shown with dimensions, angles, and bearings;

(m) A dedicatory statement acknowledging public and private dedications and grants;

(n) Parking areas, general circulation, landscaping areas when required;

(o) Proposed use and location of buildings when required;

(p) Loading areas when required;

(q) Other restrictions and requirements as deemed necessary by the city.

(2) Accompanying the binding site plan shall be the following:

(a) A certificate giving a full and correct legal description of the lands divided as they appear on the binding site plan, including a statement that the division has been made with the free consent and in accordance with the desires of the owners. If the binding site plan is subject to a dedication, the certificate or a separate written instrument shall also contain the dedication of all streets and other areas to the public, an individual or individuals, religious society or societies or to any corporation, public or private, as shown on the binding site plan and a waiver of all claims for damages against any governmental authority which may be occasioned to the adjacent land by the established construction, drainage and maintenance of the road. The certificate or instrument of dedication shall be signed and acknowledged before a notary public by all parties having any ownership interest in the land divided and recorded as part of the final binding site plan.

(b) A survey must be performed for every binding site plan and certified by a licensed surveyor, licensed in the state of Washington, that the binding site plan survey is accurate and conforms to the provisions of these regulations and state law.

(c) Binding Site Plan Title Report. All binding site plans shall be accompanied by a title company certification (current within 30 days from filing of the binding site plan) confirming that the title of the lands as described and shown on the binding site plan are in the name of the owner(s) signing the binding site plan.

(3) Record with Auditor. When the city approves the proposed binding site plan, the applicant shall record the original of said binding site plan with the Snohomish County auditor. The applicant will also furnish the city with one paper copy bearing the auditor’s recording data.

(4) Development. All development must be in conformance with the recorded binding site plan. Development is subject to the time constraints of SMC 16.40.020(9). (Ord. 1398 § 6, 2015; Ord. 1110 § 2, 2002).