Approval letterFebruary 7, 2002
Mr. Erling Birkland
Yelm School District
P.O. Box 476
Yelm, WA 98597
Re: SPR-01-8298-YL Mill Pond School, Portable Classrooms - Notice of Final Decision
Dear Mr. Birkland:
The Site Plan Review Committee has considered your application for the above referenced project and finds that as conditioned below, the proposed project is consistent with the Yelm
Comprehensive Plan and all applicable City policy’s and development standards.
Pursuant to Chapter 15.49, Integrated Project Review Process, a project which is subject to Site Plan Approval is a Type II Permit and can be appealed to the City Council. An appeal
must be filed within 14 days of the date of this notice. Site Plan Approval is valid for 18 months from the date of this letter.
The affected property owners may request a change in property tax valuation from the Thurston County Tax Assessor’s Office.
The project is approved subject to the following conditions of approval:
The applicant has made application for the installation of a 28’X64’ portable classroom. The original site plan shows area reserved for this portable classroom, plus one other classroom.
The approval and conditions listed below, take in account the placement of two portable classrooms, with a maximum of 60 students per portable. The applicant, when ready to place the
second portable, need not apply for Site Plan Review again, but must apply for a building permit.
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 elected to create certain alternatives,
Y-1, Y-2, and 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 of 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:
1. The applicant shall mitigate transportation impacts based on the new p.m. peak hour trips generated by the project. The project is classified as Institutional - Elementary School.
The Transportation Facility Charge (TFC) shall be based on 0.02 new peak hour trips per new student, with an average of 60 students in each portable. The applicant will be responsible
for a TFC of $900.00 per portable, which is payable at time of building permit.
New Trip Generation Rate x per student x $750.00 = TFC
0.02 x 60 = 1.2 x $750.00 = $900.00 Per Portable Classroom
Parking:
Finding: Yelm Municipal Code Chapter 17.72 requires one parking stall for each ten students enrolled.
Conclusion: The City finds that existing parking meets the minimum requirements of Chapter 17.72.
Water
Finding: The site is currently connected to the City’s Water system, including an irrigation meter.
Conclusion: The additional buildings will not be connected to the City water system. No further connections are required.
Sewer
Finding: The site is connected to the City’s sewer system.
Conclusion: The additional buildings will not be connected to the City sewer system. No additional connections are required.
Stormwater
Findings: The proposed structures do not create more than 5,000 sq. ft. of impervious surface. Stormwater runoff from these structures will be captured and distributed by gutter drywells.
Conclusion: No additional stormwater facilities will be required.
Fire
Findings: Fire protection is provided by the Thurston County Fire District #2. As development occurs there will be additional demands for fire service. The site has adequate hydrant
placement, and fire truck access.
Conclusion: No additional hydrants or fire access are required.
Landscaping and Setbacks
Findings: Landscaping and screening are necessary to promote safety, to provide screening between compatible land uses, to safeguard privacy and to protect the aesthetic assets of the
City. Chapter 17.80, Landscaping, requires the applicant to provide on-site landscaping for all development proposals.
Finding: Chapter 17.80, Landscaping states that whenever a non-residential activity is proposed adjacent to a residential zone or use, a minimum fifteen-foot buffer area of Type I landscaping
shall be provided along the property boundary between the uses.
Finding: Chapter 17.48, Open Space/Institutional District states that “If adjacent properties are in any residential district, the side yard minimum setback shall be twenty-five feet,
and rear yard setback shall be a minimum of twenty-five feet.
Conditions of Approval:
1. The setback to the north of the portables shall be twenty-five feet.
2. The landscape buffer between all of the portable classrooms, and the residentially zoned properties to the North, shall be 15 feet, and landscaped with a Type I buffer.
3. The applicant shall submit a final landscaping plan to the Community Development Department for review and approval.
Other
Conditions of Approval:
Applicant shall assure that all access to, in, and around the structures is ADA compliant.
A building permit from City of Yelm Community Development Department is required.
Applicant must provide a lighting plan showing adequate lighting, and any proposed additional lighting for the site.
If you have any questions or if I can be of further assistance please contact me at (360) 458-8496.
Sincerely,
Tami Merriman
Planning Technician
Cc: Cathie Carlson
Shelly Badger
Jim Gibson
Gary Carlson