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PL-052505 Fire District Mill Pond City of Yelm Community Development Department 105 Yelm Avenue West P.O. Box 479 Yelm, WA 98597  Pre-Application Meeting May 25, 2005 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: Thurston County Fire District #4 Project Proposal: Temporarily place a mobile office building at the existing Mill Pond Fire Station Project Location: 709 Mill Road, Yelm Zoning and Setbacks The property is zoned Low Density Residential (R-4), Chapter 17.12 YMC. This district allows public safety and emergency response facilities as a special use. As this is not a residential structure, commercial setbacks shall be used. These are: Side yard setbacks 10 feet Rear yard setbacks 20 feet Applications to develop, remodel, or improve properties and structures within this zone shall require review and approval of a site plan in accordance with Chapter 17.84 YMC. Parking The requirements for off-street parking and their design shall be regarded as the minimum; however, the owner, developer, or operator of the premises for which the parking facilities are intended shall be responsible for providing adequate amounts and arrangement of space for the particular premises even though such space is in excess of the minimum set forth. Chapter 17.72 Business and professional offices require one (1) space per 300 square feet of gross floor area. Based on the existing building (11,808) and the new building (500), the total parking spaces required would be 40. Yelm Development Guidelines 4G.110 states; “in all commercial and industrial developments, parking areas shall be so arranged as to make it unnecessary for a vehicle to back out into any street or public right-of-way. A parking plan shall be submitted to the Community Development Department for review and approval a the time of application for site plan review. All required parking areas must be paved, striped and landscaped. Ingress/Egress Ingress and egress at the site shall be consistent with the Yelm Development Guidelines, section 4B.140. Existing vehicular access to the site is by Mill Road, and 104th Ave. No additional accesses shall be created. Landscaping: Chapter 17.80, Type I, II, III, IV Existing landscaping is adequate for the site, however the placement of the new building shall be enhanced by a type II landscape. 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. Type II landscaping is characterized by an 8 foot landscape strip between uses and a 5 foot strip around buildings of any combination of evergreen and deciduous trees (with no more than 50 percent being deciduous), shrubs, earthen berms and related plant materials or design features may be selected; provided, that the resultant effect is to provide partial screening and buffering between uses and of softening the appearance of streets, parking and structures. A conceptual landscaping plan is required with the application for site plan review. Final landscaping and irrigation plan is required as element of civil construction drawings, with installation prior to occupancy. The refuse area must be large enough to accommodate a dumpster and recycle bin. Refuse areas must be screened with an enclosure of a material and design compatible with the overall architectural theme. A six foot wall or fence shall enclose any outdoor refuse collection point. The fence shall be a solid material such as wood or masonry. SEPA An environmental checklist is not required. Application and Process Site Plan Review, Chapter 17.84, is an administrative process. Minimum application requirements are located in Section 17.84.060 and are listed on the application form. A project of this size can expect completed review in approximately 10 to 12 weeks. Land use approval typically contains conditions of approval that the applicant must complete prior to receiving a building permit. Upon satisfactory completion of all conditions of land use approval, the applicant can submit building plans for approval.