Chair: Sue Lani Madsen

Vice Chair: James Johnson

Members:

• Keith Nelson
• Margie Hall
• Vacant

Regular meetings are the 2nd Monday of each month at 10:00 AM at the Lincoln County Public Works Building:

Please call or email to confirm the meeting.  Meetings may be canceled due to lack of agenda items.

Topic: Lincoln County Planning Commission
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Timber and Forest Practices (Click Here)

• Request to waive Moratorium
• FP Conversion Option Harvest Plan Application
• Forest Management Plan Outline
• Lincoln County Forestry Supplement to Guidelines for Forest Land Management Plan (WA DOR)
• Click here to research the soils for your site.  There is a great deal of information available here.

See Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Washington Department of Revenue (DOR) for their requirements regarding land classification.

Reading and understanding legal descriptions may be difficult for many people.

A licensed surveyor may also be useful in assisting you with reading and writing legal descriptions.  We encourage you to contact a surveyor.

List of commonly used surveyors in Lincoln County

If you have found a surveyors marker (brass cap, aluminum tag, etc), you may find the Land Surveyor’s (LS #) license number.  To look up this number and find out more about this surveyor, visit the WA Dept. of Licensing website (click here). WA Dept. of Licensing website (click here).

If you are a surveyor subdividing property in Lincoln County, you will need the appropriate signature blocks on your plats.

• Short Plat
• Long Plat
• Checklist for recording survey maps (WAC 332-130)
• Land Description Guidelines (WAC 332-130-040)

Survey Monuments Database at the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Survey records from the US BLM are available at http://www.blm.gov/or/landrecords/survey/ySrvy1.php

Title 18 Code

Shoreline Master Plan

Critical Areas Ordinance

Lincoln County Outdoor Burning Information and Public Notice

WDFW Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA)

The Board of Adjustment has been replaced with a Hearing Examiner.

Title 8 – Chapter 8.40 E911 Addressing

• Address Request Form
• County Road Name Request Form
• Private Drive Name Request Form

How does the addressing system work in Lincoln County?

Addresses in Lincoln County are based on a one square mile grid (section grid). All addresses begin at 0 in the southwest corner of the county.  For each mile there are 1000 addresses (500 odd/500 even) and their direction is either North or East.  Example: 27234 State Route 25 N.  The road is State Route 25 and this segment runs generally North/South.  Furthermore, it is a little more than 27 miles north of the southern county line. (If it was an E/W road it would be so many miles East of the western county line.)  As you are heading in the direction of the road (North or East in the county) odd numbers are on the left side and even numbers are on the right.  Please contact Lincoln County Planning (725-7911, gis@co.lincoln.wa.us) if you are unsure of your address.

Cities and towns in Lincoln County are NOT addressed in this same manner.  Their addresses begin at a point of their choosing and may go north, south, east, and west.  Contact the city for addresses in their jurisdiction.  The Seven Bays area is the one exception within county jurisdiction.  Their addresses are based on Plat #, Block #, Lot #, and do not have a north or east directional.  Edwall falls under county jurisdiction and standard county addressing applies.

County addresses are formatted as House number, street, type (Rd), post-directional.  City addresses are house number, pre-directional, street, type.  Only county roads are typed as RD (road).  Other types apply to city streets and named private roads.

Your address must be posted within 30 days of habitation such that it is clearly visible from the main road.  The sign must have Arabic numerals at least 3 inches tall on a contrasting background.  We recommend purchasing a quality metal sign with reflective lettering for easy viewing at night and durability.  White letters on a blue background are preferable.

How do I go about naming a private road?

1. You must fill out a private drive name request form.
2. Choose a name significantly different from current names  found in the Master Street Address Guide for Lincoln County.
3. Submit your request to the Planning Department.

When choosing a road name to request for your road, keep in mind that we cannot duplicate a road name.  Changing the suffix does not solve this.  Ponderosa Pt is too close to Ponderosa Cir for instance.  Also note that the suffix Rd is reserved for County roads only.  Remember to think about what the next person buying property on the lane will think of the name you have chosen.

The GIS department provides Detailed Maps via this website.

Division of Large Rural Lots of 20 to 40 acres have just a few regulations.   Creating lots under 20 acres requires a platting process.  Up to 4 lots are allowed under the short-subdivision rules.  Creating more than 4 lots falls under the long-subdivision rules.  You should speak to the County Planner (725-7911) about subdividing property.  Back taxes may be due if the property is being converted from a forest or open space tax designation.  Speak to the Assessor’s office regarding all tax questions.  A moratorium on non-conversion of forest ground may apply if timber has been harvested within the last 6 years on the parcel.

This language needs to be on all plats.

“Lincoln County has no responsibility to build, maintain, improve or otherwise serve the private roads within this subdivision of land. By approving this plat or subsequently by allowing building permits to be issued for property on a private road, Lincoln County assumes no obligations for said road(s). The lot owner(s) acknowledge that Lincoln County has no obligation of any kind to establish, examine, survey, construct, alter, repair, improve, maintain or provide drainage or snow removal for the private road(s). Should the private roadway(s) be petitioned for establishment as a County road, the lot owners shall be required to bear the expense to upgrade the road to prevailing County road standards and that Lincoln County is hereby granted the right of ingress and egress to all private roads within or serving this plat.”

Title 16 – Land Divisions

Binding Site Plan Application

Boundary Line Adjustment Application

Large Lot Division Application

Short Plat Application

Subdivision Application

Exemption Request