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AN ORDINANCE relating to testamentary lot division; and amending Ordinance 13694, Section 42, as amended, and K.C.C. 19A.08.070.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 13694, Section 42, as amended, and K.C.C. 19A.08.070 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. A property owner may request that the department determine whether a lot was legally created. The property owner shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that a lot was created in compliance with applicable state and local land segregation statutes or codes in effect at the time the lot was created.
B. A lot shall be recognized as a legal lot:
1. If before October 1, 1972, it was:
a. conveyed as an individually described parcel to separate, noncontiguous ownerships through a fee simple transfer or purchase; or
b. recognized as a separate tax lot by the county assessor;
2. If created by a recorded subdivision before June 9, 1937, and it was served by one of the following before January 1, 2000:
a. an approved sewage disposal;
b. an approved water system; or
c. a road that was:
(1) accepted for maintenance by the King County department of transportation; or
(2) located within an access easement for residential use or in a road right-of-way and consists of a smooth driving surface, including, but not limited to, asphalt, concrete, or compact gravel, that complied with the King County road standards in effect at the time the road was constructed;
3. If created by an approved short subdivision, including engineers subdivisions;
4. If created by a recorded subdivision on or after June 9, 1937; or
5. If created through the following alternative means of lot segregation provided for by state statute or county code:
a. at a size five acres or greater, created by a record of survey recorded between August 11, 1969, and October 1, 1972, and that did not contain a dedication;
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