Development Standards | Transfer of Development Rights
a satisfaction of the sending site requirements outlined in SDC 21.06.070C. and calculations in SDC 21.06.070E. b. Responsibility for preparing a completed sending site application rests exclusively with the applicant. Application forms shall be available from the department of community development. c. Sending site landowners may obtain TDR certificates which can be transferred pursuant to SDC 21.06.070J. and used by receiving area landowners. The process for obtaining the TDR certificates is as follows: i. Following City review and approval of an application for TDR certificates by the sending site owner, the City shall issue a TDR certificate letter of intent. The letter shall contain the following: a) A determination of the number of development rights calculated for the sending site pursuant to SDC 21.06.070E. and SDC 21.06.070J.; and b) An agreement by the City to issue a corresponding number of TDR certificates in conversion for a conservation easement granted by the City or the City’s designated agent; and c) A summary of the expected terms of use for the sending site established through SDC 21.06.070G. ii. The sending site owner may use the TDR certificate letter of intent to market sending site development
transferred or used to obtain increased development rights within receiving areas. iii. The letter of intent shall expire 10 years from the date of issuance by the City of Sammamish. iv. As provided by the TDR certificate letter of intent, the City shall issue serially numbered TDR certificates to the sending site owner upon acceptance of a TDR conservation easement. The City shall have 90 days from the date the conservation easement is offered by the sending site owner in which to conduct, at its discretion, a review of the sending site records and/or a site inspection. v. A TDR conservation easement will not encumber a sending site until such time as a TDR certificate or certificates have been issued to sending site landowners pursuant to SDC 21.06.070J. except by owner preference. The director is authorized to create administrative rules to provide for phased development of a project incorporating TDRs.
2. Sending Sites Located Outside of Sammamish.
a. All development rights transferred through an interlocal agreement with another jurisdiction from sending sites located outside of the City limits of Sammamish shall be transferred into Sammamish pursuant to the terms of the interlocal TDR agreement with the relevant jurisdiction. b. All development rights that are not subject to the terms of an interlocal agreement with another jurisdiction and are transferred from sending sites located outside
rights to potential purchasers, but the certificate letter of intent shall have no value and cannot be
Errata Revisions | November 17, 2022 Effective | January 1, 2022
380 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
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