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Upon the following subjects, the public use and interest shall be deemed to require as a minimum the standards set out below:

A. Each lot shall contain sufficient square footage to meet minimum zoning requirements and Uniform Plumbing Code requirements or regulations established by the city engineer.

B. Adequate bridges and storm drainage facilities shall be provided.

C. Where any abutting city or county street has insufficient width to conform to minimum street width standards for the city of Aberdeen, sufficient additional right-of-way as determined by the city engineer shall be deeded to the city of Aberdeen.

D. If the lots are to be served by septic tanks, soil data and percolation rates may be required by the city engineer. Notations regarding the conditions for approval may be required to be inscribed upon the short plat. The city engineer may request recommendations from the Grays Harbor Health District for determining suitability for septic tanks and drain fields.

E. Lots within a short subdivision shall be designed so that lots adjacent to primary and secondary arterials do not require direct access; except that, if the subdivider presents proof that direct access to such lots is necessary to the development of his property and the city engineer so finds, the city engineer may permit direct access. This shall not apply to any parcels of one one-hundred-twenty-eighth of a section, or five acres or more.

F. Access to the boundary of all short subdivisions shall be provided by an opened, constructed and maintained city or county street; except, that access to the boundary of a short subdivision by private street may be permitted where such private streets are otherwise permitted by this chapter.

G. The maximum number of lots that may be served by a private street shall be four, unless modification is granted by the Aberdeen city council. In all other cases, access to any lot shall be by an opened, constructed and maintained city or county street. In no case shall this mean that the city council may grant an exception to RCW 58.17.

H. If the subdivider uses a private street, each lot having access thereto shall have a responsibility for maintenance of such private street. Any private street shall also contain a drainage and utilities easement.

(Prior code § 11.04.200)