July 13 council packet proposed simplifying boundary line adjustment code

What the records say

The July 13, 2026 City Council packet listed an ordinance amending MMC 22G.110, the section of Marysville Municipal Code covering boundary line adjustments ¹. The agenda bill says Community Development sought to update and simplify the chapter, reducing it from 16 sections to five ¹. The summary states the only substantive change is adding a criterion to disallow boundary line adjustments that cause a lot or lots to have split zoning when they did not originally have split zoning ¹. The packet says the intent of a boundary line adjustment is to allow boundaries of legal lots to be adjusted, remedy encroachment issues, or allow property owners to sell portions of their property to a neighbor; boundary line adjustments cannot create lots ¹. The packet also says the Planning Commission recommended approval after a May 12, 2026 public hearing ¹. The recommended motion was to adopt the ordinance, with the ordinance number left blank in the record ¹. The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.

• The packet listed an ordinance amending MMC 22G.110, Boundary Line Adjustments, and a recommended motion to adopt it ¹.
• The agenda bill says the amendment would simplify the BLA code, reducing it from 16 sections to five, and add a criterion disallowing BLAs that create split zoning where none existed ¹.
• The item was listed under New Business for the July 13, 2026 meeting ¹.
• The ordinance number was left blank in the packet ¹.

Why it matters

Boundary line adjustments are the process property owners use to adjust legal lot lines, remedy encroachments, or sell a portion of a property to a neighbor, and the code says they cannot create new lots ¹. Analysis: The proposed simplification and split-zoning restriction are relevant to property owners considering those lot-line changes, but the records do not establish whether the council adopted the ordinance.

What changed / what's next

• The proposed amendment would update and simplify MMC 22G.110 and add a split-zoning restriction for boundary line adjustments ¹.
• The supplied packet includes the ordinance text and agenda bill, but it does not establish the meeting outcome, so it is not known from these records whether the ordinance was adopted ¹.