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cr-091504 Stevens house conversion M E M O R A N D U M City of Yelm Community Development Department Engineering Division   Pre-Application Meeting Date September 15, 2004 Civil Comments These comments are preliminary in nature and are not intended to represent final comments and or requirements for the City of Yelm. Until a complete application is made, the Community Development Department can only attempt to inform the applicant of general requirements as they appear in the form presented by the applicant at the time of pre-submission. Proponent: Bill Hicks and Robert Bromberg Project: Convert Existing House to Counseling Office Project Location: Stevens St and Second St. Yelm, WA 98597 Water The proposed site is currently connected to the City of Yelm’s water system. This building is served by a 5/8”-3/4” water meter. If the water meter needs to be up graded to a larger size a fee will be required. The fee is based on the new meter size. It is the responsibility of the project manager to review the water requirement. If additional water connections are needed, commercial water connections are based on a consumption rate of 240 gallons per day and are charged at a rate of $1,500 per a connection (fee subject to change) inside city limits. This existing building will be credited with one connection (240 gallons per a day). Additional water fees are payable at building permit issuance. Irrigation Meter: An irrigation meter may be installed for the purpose of irrigation. An approved backflow prevention device will be required for all landscape irrigation connections. Cross Connection Control: Washington State Department of Health, in WAC 246-290-490 states that all group A water systems with 1000 or more connections are required by the department of health to develop and implement a cross control connection program. This program requires all commercial buildings and irrigation systems to have a back flow prevention device installed on the water services. A list of approved devices can be located at the above referenced Washington Administrative Code. Sewer TC \l1 " The proposed site is currently connected to the City of Yelm’s STEP sewer system. A STEP sewer main located behind this building in the alley serves this site. On the proposed site is a 1,000-gallon shared sewer STEP tank located behind the building. The general location is between the house to the south and this location. At this time, it is not apparent if this tank will be large enough to support your intended building use, your licensed civil engineer must verify the tank size. Currently this tank is sized to accommodate two residential homes. If you intend to do and food preparation in this establishment a grease interceptor will be required before this type of use will be allowed at this location. Your civil engineer will have to provide calculations to show if the current tank size is adequate. Commercial sewer connections are based on a consumption rate of 240 gallons per day and are charged at a rate of $5,269 per a connection (fee subject to change) inside city limits. An inspection fee of $145.00 per a connection will also be required. This building will be credited with one sewer connection. Additional connection fees are payable a building permit issuance. Fire All projects need to have fire protection for the buildings. When reviewing proposals or projects for compliance with the International Fire Code (UFC) the following need to be addressed: Does the proposal have fire hydrant coverage? To meet this requirement the building must have coverage by fire hydrants. All parts of the buildings must be within hose pull of a fire hydrant. Another means of meeting fire code may be by installing a fire sprinkler system or utilizing fire lanes for fire truck access. Stormwater TC \l1 " Developments with over 5,000 square feet of impervious surface are required to provide stormwater facilities pursuant to the 1992 DOE Stormwater Manual. If stormwater mitigation is required the types of stormwater mitigation may be wet ponds, bioswales and filter strips. The stormwater disposal is 100% infiltration. There is 2 ways to accomplish this: open ponds and underground galleries. The open ponds are depressions that store stormwater and allow it to perk back into the underground aquifer. This project will be considered as a retrofit project and some stormwater controls will be required. The project engineer will have to design the stormwater facilities. Street Improvements TC \l1 " The proposed use is considered a “change of use” from the previous use; therefore frontage improvements will be required for this project. Stevens St is classified as a “neighborhood collector” roadway. The improvements will be completed during the Stevens St Realignment project currently under way. Second St will be required to be improved to “local access commercial”. The half street improvements would include 18’ asphalt, concrete curb and gutter, 6’ planter strip and 5’ sidewalk. These roadway improvements will be required before the building can be final for occupancy. ADA Requirements The American Disabilities Act required that facilities are ADA accessible. Facility improvements will have to meet current code. Review of these improvements will be determined upon further review of the civil and architectural plans.