8347 Revised Approval
City of Yelm
Community Development Department
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
Yelm, WA 98597
October 22, 2003
Mr. Larry Shorno
Rocky Mountain Development Center
P.O. Box 480
Yelm, WA 98597
Re: Preliminary Short Plat Approval, SHS-03-8347-YL
Dear Mr. Shorno:
The preliminary approval of the Rocky Mountain Development Center Short Plat, SHS 03 8347 YL is hereby revised as follows:
1b. The creation of Lot 1 and Lot 2 will remove Algiers Drive. Algiers Drive will be abandoned, and blocked from continuing to Creek Street.The access from Plaza Drive shall be a type
I driveway approach per detail 4-9 of the City of Yelm Development Guidelines with a 30 foot approach width, a six foot planter strip with a concrete apron and a 5 foot sidewalk. The
interior drive shall be clearly identified at Plaza Drive and Creek Street as a private driveway.
Private Street is defined at Section 3.025 of the Development Guidelines as a private vehicular access provided for by an access tract, easement, or other legal means to serve property
that is privately owned and maintained.
Section 4B.070 (B) of the Development Guidelines state that private streets will not be allowed when:
1. The street is connected to two public streets.
2. The intersection of the street with another is signalized. (150 LF of the private street starting from the Right-of-Way will then be required to be a public roadway).
3. The street could be used as a thoroughfare or “short cut”.
4. It would not be in the best interest of the public due to a threat to the public’s safety, health, and welfare.
Algiers is currently a private street which, upon the dedication of Plaza Drive as a public street as part of the short subdivision process, would connect two public streets and could
be used as a short cut. In order to meet the clear requirements of the Development Guidelines, Algiers must be blocked, as required by the short plat approval issued August 29, 2003,
and not appealed. In the alternative, Algiers may be delineated as a private commercial driveway serving future commercial development as required by revised condition 1.b.
Short Plat Approval is a Type II Administrative land use approval. An appeal of this decision can be filed within 14 days from the date of this letter, pursuant to Chapter 15.49 YMC,
Integrated Project Review Process.
Preliminary Short Plat approval is valid for five (5) years from the date of this letter. Upon failure to submit a final short plat prior to expiration of preliminary short plat approval,
no land division will be approved without submission and review of a new preliminary short plat. If you need additional information or assistance, please call the Community Development
Department at (360) 458-3835.
Sincerely,
Grant Beck, Director
Department of Community Development
c. Tami Merriman, Assistant Planner
Jim Gibson, Development Services Engineer
Gary Carlson, Building Official
Geoff Sherwin, Apex Engineering