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SPR Approval City of Yelm 105 Yelm Avenue West POBox 479 Yelm, Washington 98597 (360) 458-3244 April 5, 1999 Jacquie Hill and Robin Christie 17439 Heather Lane Yelm, WA 98597 Re Site Plan Approval for SPR-998232- YL, Conversion of Residential to Commercial for building located at 202 Yelm Avenue West. Dear Ms Hill and Ms Christie The City of Yelm has completed its review of the above referenced project. Site plan approval has been granted based upon the following findings of fact, conclusions and conditions of approval 1 Transportation Finding Yelm is a small compact community most directly affected by two state highways which bisect the community The two state highways are used by local residents for transportation throughout the city and for access to commercial and residential areas throughout the community In lieu of widening existing streets, the City has elect to create certain alternatives, Y-1, Y-2, Y-3 which will avoid the need to significantly widen existing streets, and particularly Yelm Avenue New developments do in fact burden the city's central streets, and unless the bypass alternatives are accomplished, the City would have to require developers to pay the cost of the internal street widening The city plans show and the City finds that adequate facilities will be accomplished better and in a timely fashion by bypass facilities as a substitute for the widening of existing facilities As a result, the City finds that the regional plans in fact benefit projects in all areas on the City and will accomplish the goal of providing adequate facilities to City standards within a reasonable time to serve the demands created by the proposed project. Conditions of Approval a The applicant shall mitigate traffic impacts to the transportation system Mitigation includes payment of the Transportation Facility Charge (TFC) for the number of new pm peak hour trips generated by the project. Based on the conversion of 1281 sq ft. from a residential to commercial use the total number of new pm peak hour trips generated by the site is 2 07 The TFC is $1,552 50 and was paid in full by the applicant on March 12, 1999 2 Sewer System Finding The conversion of the building from reSidential to commercial does not create an Ms Hill and Ms Christie April 5, 1999 Page 2 additional use in daily use volumes Conclusion The conversion of use does not require the applicant to purchase additional sewer capacity from the City of Yelm 3 Water Finding The conversion of the building from residential to commercial does not create an additional use in daily use volumes Conclusion The conversion of use does not require the applicant to purchase additional water capacity from the City of Yelm 4 Storm Water Finding The required paved parking area creates additional impervious surface, however the impervious surface is under 5,000 square feet and does not require an engineered stormwater plan and facility The Stormwater Manual does require all development to retain stormwater on site regardless of the amount of impervious surfaces Conclusion The parking area shall be designed to slope away from the street and all stormwater runoff created by on-site impervious surfaces shall be retained on site 5 Fire Safety Finding There is an existing fire hydrant located at Railroad Avenue and Jefferson Street. Conclusion The existing fire hydrant provides adequate fire protection No improvements are required by the applicant. 6 Landscaping Finding YMC, Chapter 17 80 requires all development to provide on site landscaping The site has existing mature landscape around the perimeter of the buildings Conclusion The existing landscape shall be considered adequate 7 ParkinQ Finding The conversion of use from residential to commercial creates different parking needs YMC, Chapter 17 72, Off-Street Parking and Loading, requires 1 parking stall for every 250 square feet of gross floor area in a retail establishment. All parking and loading areas are required to be paved to City standards Chapter 17 72 states "Consideration from the site plan review committee, planning commission and the city council should be given as to the requirements/standards for off-street parking as they pertain to the Central Business District. Conclusion The gross floor area of the building is 1281 square feet, therefore the code requires Ms Hill and Ms Christie April 5, 1999 Page 3 five paved parking stalls The site is located in the Central Business District and the minimum parking requirements shall be considered met, providing the applicant provide two paved on-site parking stalls The remaining three stalls can be provided by the existing on-street parking 8 Signaae. Finding Chapter 15 24, On-Premises/Off-Premises Sign Regulations, allows one monument or one free standing sign for buildings with a gross floor area under 5,000 square feet. Each Building is allowed one square foot of wall signage for each lineal foot of store frontage at the main point of entrance The applicant did supply a conceptual plan for a monument sign with the site plan review application Conclusion The monument and any wall sign will need a sign permit from the City Building Department. Please contact Tim Peterson, 458-8410, for information regarding a sign permit. Site Plan Approval is a Type II Administrative Approval An appeal of this decision can be filed within 14 days from the date of this letter, pursuant to Yelm Municipal Code, Chapter 1549, Integrated Project Review Process The Site Plan Approval is valid for eighteen (18) months from the date of this letter If you need additional information or assistance, please call me at 458-8408 c;;:~~ Gf/l Catherine Carlson City Planner cc James Scott Shelly Badger Ken Garmann Tim Peterson