No. 63-10

TOWN OF CATHLAMET

RESOLUTION NO. 280-10

A RESOLUTION IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF ANY BUILDING PERMITS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE COLUMBIA RIDGE ESTATES SUBDIVISION(S)

 WHEREAS, the Town of Cathlamet has the authority to issue, or withhold from issuing, building permits and impose building and construction standards and conditions to protect and ensure the public health and safety; and

 WHEREAS, the Town of Cathlamet, when it approved of the Columbia Ridge Estates Subdivision, (with its multiple phases of development), imposed special conditions upon the developers and subsequent owners of home sites and/or lots within the Columbia Ridge Estates development which included that the landowners, and not the Town, through a viable Home Owners' Association (HOA), would be perpetually responsible for the building and the ongoing maintenance of streets, lighting and other infrastructure improvements; and

 WHEREAS, several of those development conditions have not been satisfactorily met or performed: including but not limited to (1) failure to construct to proper standards certain streets or roadways intend to permit fire and emergency vehicle traffic through the development; and (2) the failure to create and maintain a viable HOA as the mechanism for the landowners to perform their infrastructure maintenance duties;

 IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CATHLAMET:

 That a moratorium on the issuance of any further building permits for new construction of homes in Columbia Ridge Estates is imposed until such time as the roadway through the development is completed to required standards; any outstanding fees, costs or charges owed to the Town of Cathlamet are paid in full; and a viable Home Owners' Association representing the owners of all phases of the Columbia Ridge Estates subdivision is organized and properly functioning as determined by a review by the Mayor of the Town.

DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular/special session this 17th day of May, 2010.

ATTEST:

Tina Schubert, Town Clerk-Treasurer

Approved as to form:

Thomas M. Doumit, WSB #28209

Town Attorney

Publish May 27, 2010 and June 3 & 10, 2010