Env Rev More Info
City of Yelm
Community Development Department
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
Yelm, WA 98597
February 14, 2005
Mr. Don Findlay
P.O. Box 310
Gig Harbor, WA 98335
Dear Mr. Findlay:
The City has performed a preliminary review of your environmental checklist, and requires further information before we can complete our environmental review.
This site shares a well with the small home located at the southeast corner. Please provide evidence that you have the property owners’ agreement to abandon the shared well, or show
that the agreement gives you the right to abandon the well without the other party’s agreement.
There is an existing residence and well located on the property to the south of this site. Please show the location of this well and its 100-foot radius.
Due to the steep slope on the west side of the property, the City has a concern about placement of the City STEP sewer tanks on lots 10, 12, 16, and 24. We are also concerned about
setback requirements and driveway placements for these lots. Please provide to us, a map showing reasonable house design setbacks, driveway placements and sewer tank placements for
these lots.
The proposal of using Tract D as an emergency access is not acceptable. The International Fire Codes states that fire apparatus access roads shall be provided and maintained in accordance
with locally adopted street, road, and access standards.
Section 16.16.060 states that every subdivision of 25 or more housing units shall provide more than one vehicular access from a collector street. A possibility to consider for this
plat, is to phase your project so that the last 5 lots are built at the time of future road connection to the South.
The City requests that you reconfigure Lot #30 and Tract B so that Lot 30 fronts entirely on Road B. Tract B would then be more rectangular in shape, and abut both Road B and Cullens
Road.
The Traffic Impact Analysis discusses the improvements required for Cherry Meadows, and the fact that this development may be required to provide off-site improvements in the event that
Cherry Meadows does not construct its required off-site improvements prior to this plat. The analysis should be completed at this time to include what improvements would be required
if the Cherry Meadows subdivision is not constructed at the time of this subdivision, or the plat approval will be conditioned to limit final plat approval to after the Cherry Meadows
improvements are complete.
Please submit the additional information above. If you have any further questions, please feel free to give me a call.
Sincerely,
Tami Merriman
Assistant Planner
cc: Cathie Carlson, Parametrix