1.5.2 Final Project Approval

Kitsap County will not recommend final project approval or the granting of certificates of occupancy, and will not release financial securities until the following applicable items have been completed:

1.5.2.1 Simplified Drainage Review and Abbreviated Drainage Review

For projects requiring a Simplified Drainage Review or an Abbreviated Drainage Review, the conditions of the review approval shall be met, except that final landscape planting may be delayed to the appropriate season for said planting.

1.5.2.2 Simplified Drainage Review – Engineered, Abbreviated Drainage Review – Engineered, and Full Drainage Review

For projects requiring Simplified Drainage Review – Engineered, Abbreviated Drainage Review – Engineered, or Full Drainage Review, (except that these final approval requirements may be modified on a case by case basis by Kitsap County):

1. Completion, to the satisfaction of the director, of all work indicated on the plans.

2. Certification, by the project engineer, of the as-built live and dead storage pond volumes, as applicable.

3. Certification, by the project engineer, that all pond side slopes are 2H: 1V or flatter for fenced ponds, and 3H: 1V or flatter for unfenced ponds.

4. Infiltration verification for infiltration facilities designed to meet Minimum Requirements #5, 6, and 7 as required per Volume II, Chapter 5.

5. Record drawings

6. Submittal of a complete set of record drawings including an electronic version in portable document format (PDF) along with two sets of full-sized copies. Record drawings shall include:

   1. The complete approved plan set, except for erosion control and grading, and including all road and drainage plans, profiles and associated details.

   2. Record drawings shall incorporate all deviations, both horizontal and vertical, to the original approved design. Items not built shall be crossed out. Record drawings shall be accurate, clean, clear and easily readable.

   3. The record drawing set shall be stamped "RECORD DRAWING" and shall be signed and sealed by a professional engineer or land surveyor, and shall contain the following statement:

   4. “I hereby certify that, based on field verification, the constructed stormwater facilities represented by this record drawing will perform as intended, subject to proper operation and maintenance.”

7. Submittal of a recorded (with the Kitsap County Auditor) Maintenance Covenant for maintenance of private storm drainage facilities, which gives Kitsap County the right to inspect the facilities and guarantees the County that the facilities will be properly maintained. A standard Maintenance Covenant form is available from DCD.

8. Review and approval by the director of the final plat map and associated documentation, if applicable.

9. Submittal of Recorded (with the Kitsap County Auditor) Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions; maintenance easements; agreements with adjacent property owners; conservation easements; and similar documents as required in the approved plans, State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) conditions, or conditions of preliminary approval.

10. Fulfillment of all conditions of approval.

11. Permanent stabilization and restoration of the project site. Final replanting may be delayed to the appropriate season, provided that temporary soil stabilization measures are in place and financial security is provided to ensure the completion of work.

12. Submittal, by the project engineer, of the Operation and Maintenance Manual for privately maintained and/or non-standard stormwater facilities (see Volume II, Chapter 7 for requirements).

13. Payment of any outstanding fees.

14. Submittal of any required maintenance bonds.

1.5.2.3 Changes to a Previously Approved Stormwater Site Plan

Changes to a previously approved stormwater site plan shall be in accordance with KCC 12.10.100.