Letter to Foster
City of Yelm
Community Development Department
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
Yelm, WA 98597
December 9, 2004
Sara Foster
14104 89th Avenue SE
Yelm, WA 98597
Dear Ms. Foster:
This is in response to your letter dated December 8, 2004, and hand delivered to City Hall, regarding an ‘application by Pacland for a commercial site’.
As of this date, there has been no such application, which is why there has been no public notice and the application not made available to the public. Pacland and Center Investments
did submit a conceptual site plan for a pre-submission meeting with the Community Development Department. This process is not an application but rather a mechanism for a potential applicant
to find out the development requirements in the City of Yelm. I have attached for your information both the conceptual site plan and the notes prepared by the Department covering the
requirements for this type of development. As you can see from the notes, the Department covered both the concerns you raise in your letter, and would expect that, if the developer
chooses to proceed, both these issues will be addressed as part of the application materials.
If an application is made for the development of this parcel, the owners of property within 300 feet of the proposed site will be notified by mail of the pending application. In addition,
the environmental determination will be published in the Nisqually Valley News. The Department also publishes a list of recent applications on the City web site (www.ci.yelm.wa.us),
which is updated weekly. From the home page, choose the Community Development Department and the menu item Agenda’s/Permits to find the recent permit list. In that same section you
can find the agenda for the upcoming site plan review committee meetings to follow pre-submission meetings.
Finally, if an application is submitted, your letter will be added to the file as public comment for consideration through the permitting process.
Sincerely,
Grant Beck, Director
Department of Community Development