P Campbell
City of Yelm
Community Development Department
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
Yelm, WA 98597
Pre-Application Meeting
January 12, 2005
Land Use 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: Lee Anne Campbell
Representative: Tom Gauthier
Project Proposal: Subdivide and construct 2 single family homes
Project Location: 201 3rd Street NW, Corner of 3rd and Jefferson
Zoning and Commercial (C1), Chapter 17.26
Setbacks: For residential development in the commercial zone, we use the most similar residential setbacks.
Front Yard: 15-feet, with a 20-foot driveway approach
Side Yard: Minimum one side 5-feet, total both sides, 12-feet
Flanking yard setbacks are 15 feet
Rear Yard: 25 feet
17.26.030 Permitted Use:
Apartments at a density of 16 units per acre as part of a mixed use development. All other residential uses are allowed provided the development occurs on existing lots of record, one
acre or less.
Dividing this parcel into 2 single family lots requires a short subdivision. Short subdivision regulations can be found in Chapter 16 of the Yelm Municipal Code.
Parking: Chapter 17.72 requires residences to provide 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit.
Landscaping: Chapter 17.80, Type II, III, & V
Type II landscaping is intended to provide visual separation of uses from streets, and visual separation of compatible uses so as to soften the appearance of streets, parking areas,
and building elevation. This landscaping is used around the perimeter of a site, and adjacent to buildings to provide visual separation between compatible uses. For residential subdivisions,
fencing may be used.
Type III landscaping is intended to provide visual relief where clear sight is desired. This landscaping includes street trees and vegetation required with frontage improvements and
landscaping to provide an attractive setting and overstory canopy.
Type V landscaping is required if above ground stormwater treatments are used.
A conceptual landscaping plan is required with the application for Preliminary Plat Review. Final landscaping and irrigation plan is required as element of civil construction drawings,
with installation prior to final approval.
Traffic: The City has adopted a Transportation Facility Charge (TFC) of $750.00 per pm peak trip. The Ordinance provides a default table that the applicant can use to determine new
pm trips generated. A single family dwelling creates 1.01 new pm peak hour trips. The TFC charge per dwelling unit is $757.50. One of the units would be credited for the previous
residential use.
If the applicant feels the proposed use would not generate the default number of trips as designated in the TFC Ordinance, an analysis prepared by a Washington State Licensed Engineer
can be submitted to the City for review and consideration.
Chapter 16 YMC. Subdivision and Chapter 14.12 YMC Open Space
All residential developments are required to provide 5% of the gross area in open space or pay a fee in lieu of. For the 12,000 sq. ft. property, 600 sq. ft. of open space would be
required. In this instance, the fee in lieu of is appropriate. The fee is $0.77 per sq. ft. or $462.00.
SEPA: The project is exempt from Environmental Review.
Application/Process
Development of the site as a residential subdivision requires Preliminary Short Plat, and Final Plat Approval. Preliminary Short Plat review is an administrative process. Preliminary
Plat approval is valid for 5 years.
Preliminary subdivision approval typically contains conditions of approval that the applicant must complete prior to receiving final subdivision approval or permits for construction.
Following land use approval the applicant is required to submit civil construction drawings to the Community Development Department for review and approval, and satisfy all conditions
of preliminary subdivision approval.
Upon satisfactory completion, the applicant submits the final documentation for final plat approval. Final Plat approval takes approximately 6-8 weeks from the time the City receives
a completed application packet.