Transfer of Development Rights | Development Standards
the City limits of Sammamish shall be transferred into Sammamish pursuant to subsection 1. of this section.
d. The intent of the conservation easement shall be to encumber the property perpetually.
H. Sending site development limitations
3. The maximum number of sending site TDR certificates issued, and resulting in the recording of a conservation easement, shall not exceed 630.
1. Sending sites that the City has issued TDR certificate letter of intent for shall be limited to uses consistent with the purpose and intent of this chapter and with the criteria originally used as the basis for issuing the letter of intent to the sending site pursuant to SDC 21.06.070C. and SDC 21.06.070F. Failure to use the sending site in a manner consistent with the original certification may result in the City not issuing TDR certificates. 2. When only a portion of a site’s development rights have been conveyed and extinguished, the owner retains all rights on the remaining buildable portion of the property and may exercise them pursuant to Sammamish Municipal Code. 3. The conservation easement by its terms may reserve dwelling units that may be developed in the future. Transferred development rights explicitly identified in the conservation easement pursuant to SDC 21.06.070G. shall be separated from the property through the conservation easement. 4. The landowner shall not undertake any division, subdivision or partitioning of the property, whether by physical or legal process, which includes, but is not limited to, any subdivision, short subdivision, platting, binding site plan, testamentary division, or other process by which the property is divided into lots or in which title to different portions of the property are not held in unified
G. Documentation of restrictions
1. TDR certificates issued to sending sites by the City of Sammamish shall have a conservation easement restricting the deed and granted to the City of Sammamish, or an appropriate agent, recorded with King County and notice placed on the title of the sending parcel. 2. TDR certificates issued to sending sites pursuant to an interlocal agreement with another jurisdiction shall have a conservation easement restricting the deed recorded with King County and notice placed on the title of the sending parcel. 3. The director shall establish the form of conservation easements issued by the City of Sammamish; however, the conservation easement shall contain, at a minimum the following items: a. The number of development rights extinguished on the sending site through the TDR certificate issuance; b. The specific public benefit identified on the subject site pursuant to SDC 21.06.070C.; and c. The terms of use for the subject site, consistent with required protections of the identified public benefit;
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 381
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