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Planning commission sets precedent: requires on‑the‑ground verification of lot corners before approving contested lot‑joiners
Summary
After a lengthy technical debate, the commission recommended approval of a disputed lot‑joiner conditioned on physically verifying or placing boundary monuments on the ground, citing state code interpretation and input from the state ombudsman; the motion carried.
King County planners and commissioners spent more than an hour on Oct. 9 debating survey methods and statutory requirements for lot‑joiners after a plat submitted by surveyor Mike Stewart relied on record maps rather than field monument verification. The commission ultimately recommended conditional approval, requiring that measurements be "physically verified on the ground or the corner markers be located and/or set" before the county records the amended plat.
Shannon, the planning staff member, told the commission the submission had been the subject of multiple reviews, that the county had consulted the state…
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