Sammamish Unified Development Code

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E. Surface water management

of this section shall be installed to serve each lot or a bond or similar security shall be deposited with the City of Sammamish and may be assigned to a purveyor to assure the construction of required water facilities in Group A systems as defined by board of health regulations, within two years of recording; and d. For a zone reclassification, the timing of installation of required water system improvements shall be included in the approving ordinance. 2. An on-site, individual water system is adequate and the plat or short plat may receive preliminary and final approval, and a building or change of use permit may be issued if: a. The water purveyor has indicated that service cannot be provided in compliance with the purveyor’s approved water system plan; and b. The Seattle-King County department of public health has approved the proposed method of water supply in accordance with the applicable King County board of health rules and regulations and this section. The applicant shall provide appropriate information to demonstrate to the department and the Seattle-King County department of public health that a private individual water system will be adequate. The Seattle- King County department of public health may require installation of private individual water systems prior to final approval of a plat or short plat where information is insufficient to show an adequate water supply can be made available.

All new development shall be served by an adequate surface water management system that is properly maintained as follows: 1. The proposed system is adequate if the development proposal site is served by a surface water management system approved by the department as being consistent with the design, operating and procedural requirements of the King County surface water design manual and KCC Title 9 as adopted by SDC 21.03.050; 2. For a subdivision or zone reclassification, the phased installation of required surface water management improvements shall be stated in the approving ordinance. Such phasing may require that a bond or similar security be deposited with the City of Sammamish; and 3. A variance request from the requirements of the King County surface water design manual and KCC Title 9 as adopted by SDC 21.03.050 shall be reviewed as set forth in KCC 9.04.050 and does not require a variance from this Title unless relief is requested from a building height, setback, landscaping or other development standard set forth in SDC 21.04.030 through SDC 21.05.020. 4. All surface water management facilities shall be adequately maintained to the built condition and in accordance with all approved permits for the life of the development.

F. Adequate streets

1. All new development shall be served by adequate streets. Streets are adequate if the development’s traffic impacts

344 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code

Effective | January 1, 2022

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