Sammamish Unified Development Code

Purpose and Interpretation | Zoning Districts

E. Interpretation—Zoning maps

3. A code interpretation request must:

Where uncertainties exist as to the location of any zone boundaries, the following rules of interpretation, listed in priority order, shall apply: 1. Where boundaries are indicated as paralleling the approximate centerline of the street right-of-way, the zone shall extend to each adjacent boundary of the right-of- way. Non-road-related uses by adjacent property owners, if allowed in the right-of-way, shall meet the same zoning requirements regulating the property owner’s lot; 2. Where boundaries are indicated as approximately following lot lines, the actual lot lines shall be considered the boundaries; 3. Where boundaries are indicated as following lines of ordinary high water, or government meander line, the lines shall be considered to be the actual boundaries. If these lines should change the boundaries shall be considered to move with them; and 4. If none of the rules of interpretation described in subsections 1. through 3. of this section apply, then the zoning boundary shall be determined by map scaling.

a. Be in writing and shall be clearly labeled “Request for Code Interpretation.” Failure to satisfy this requirement relieves the director of any obligation to acknowledge or otherwise process the request; b. Identify the person seeking the code interpretation and provide an address to which correspondence regarding the requested code interpretation should be mailed; c. Identify the specific section or sections of the City of Sammamish’s development regulations for which an interpretation is requested; d. Identify the parcel or site, if the code interpretation request involves a particular parcel of property or site; e. Identify the code enforcement action, if the code interpretation request involves a code enforcement case; f. Be accompanied by the fee required as set forth by the adopted fee resolution; and g. Be limited to a single subject, which may require interpretation of one or more code sections. 4. Within 21 days after receiving a code interpretation request, the director shall acknowledge receipt of the request. The director shall mail the acknowledgment to the person submitting the request at the address provided in the request. The acknowledgment shall include the following information, as applicable:

F. Interpretation—Public request—Acknowledgment—Notice

1. A person may request a code interpretation by submitting a request in accordance with this chapter. The director may also issue a code interpretation on the director’s own initiative. 2. A request for a code interpretation must be submitted in writing to the director.

Effective | January 1, 2022

Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 193

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