Affordable Housing Planning Resources

Short subdivision process

Allow for the division or redivision of land into the maximum number of lots through the short subdivision process provided in chapter 58.17 RCW.

HB 1923 Webpages:

Airway Heights short subdivision ordinance update information, including draft short subdivision ordinance (scroll down to City of Airway Heights Downtown Plan...).

Draft Codes

File Name	File Size	Category	Date Added
Algona_Proposed AMC Amendments_HB1923.pdf	1.5 MB	None	08/18/20 10:03 PM
Algona_Proposed AMC Amendments Staff Report_HB 1923.pdf	348.1 KB	None	08/18/20 10:03 PM
Fife - Short Plat Agenda Bill & Draft Amendments.pdf	1.4 MB	None	02/11/21 11:41 AM

Adopted Codes

File Name	File Size	Category	Date Added
Airway Heights_OrdC-945 Amending Code for Short Plat.pdf	500.5 KB	None	12/01/20 04:09 PM
East Wenatchee_Ord 2021-09_ Amending Title 16 EWMC-short plats.pdf	691.7 KB	None	06/22/21 04:17 PM
Fife_Adopted Short Plat Ordinance.pdf	3 MB	None	06/22/21 04:22 PM
Orting_Adopted Ordinance_Short Plat.pdf	6.3 MB	None	06/22/21 04:25 PM

Other Code Examples

• Background information on land subdivision regulations in Washington State: http://mrsc.org/Home/Explore-Topics/Legal/Planning/Subdivisions.aspx
• Brewster: Chapter 16.12 Short Plats and Short Subdivisions
• Cashmere: Chapter 16.16 Short Subdivisions and Short Plats
• College Place: Chapter 14.90 Subdivisions
• Covington: Chapter 17.20 Subdivisions and Short Subdivisions
• Ferndale: Chapter 17.12 Short Subdivisions and Short Plats
• Lynnwood: Chapter 19.50 Short Subdivisions
• Port Orchard: Chapter 20.86: Short Subdivisions
• Richland: Chapter 24.13 Short Subdivisions
• Sammamish: Chapter 19A.12 Subdivisions and Short Subdivisions
• Spokane: Section 17G.080.040 Short Subdivisions
• Also, for example ordinances allowing administrative approval of final plats by City staff rather than City Council, as allowed under Senate Bill 5674, (RCW 58.17.100, 58.17.170, and 58.17.190), see the files under “Other Resources and Information” below for Snohomish City and Marysville

Other Resources and Information

	File Name	File Size	Category	Date Added
	Snohomish City_Ordinance for Administrative Approval of Plats_Ord2353.pdf	711.7 KB	None	10/19/20 09:55 PM
	City of Marysville_Ordinance for Administrative Approval of Plats_Ord3075.pdf	3.5 MB	None	10/19/20 09:56 PM