903 Crystal Springs Road 062502City of Yelm
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
Yelm, Washington 98597
(360) 458 -3144
June 25, 2002
Wafts Tire Factory, Inc.
Mr. Walt Franczyk
P.O. Box 682
Roy, WA 98580
Re: Outside Storage and Off Site Parking
Dear Mr. Franczyk:
It has come to my attention that you are storing your used tires in a trailer outside
of your building. As you may remember in our meeting, we told you that it was
very important that you contain your business within the confines of the existing
building.
Yelm Municipal Code, Chapter 17.57.060 Storage states: "in the conduct of any
business, the storage of merchandise, raw materials, equipment, fixtures, scraps
or solid wastes shall comply with the following requirements:
A. Every reasonable effort shall be made by persons operating a business to
store all such materials within an enclosed building, with the following
exceptions:
1. Where such inside storage is not practical or desirable for reasons
related to health, fire or safety codes;
2. Where the outside storage of merchandise, manufactured products
or raw materials is normal and standard practice, such as in the
sale of automotive equipment, mobile homes, lumber, gardening
materials, nursery stock and the like, or on the site on construction
projects;
3. When materials or products are temporarily stored outside
incidental to shipping, delivery, loading or unloading thereof..,
B. Outside storage shall be maintained in an orderly manner consistent with
good housekeeping practices and shall be:
1. Effectively fenced and screened from all residential areas and
public rights -of -way (an eight -foot solid fence is presumed to
effectively screen outside storage, not all outside storage requires
an eight -foot solid fence);
2. Consistent with fire, safety, health and sanitary codes and industry
practices.
The Cit y of Yelm is an Equal Opporhmity Provider
The storage of the used tires must comply with 17.57.060(8)(1) above.
Refuse storage is regulated by Yelm Municipal Code Chapter 17.26.130(C),
which states;
1. Refuse container screening shall be required and be of a material and
design compatible with the overall architectural theme of the associated
structure, shall be at least as high as the refuse container, and shall in no
case be less than six feet high.
2. No refuse container shall be permitted between a street and the front of a
building.
3. Refuse collection areas shall be designed to contain all refuse generated
on -site and deposited between collections. Deposited refuse shall not be
visible from outside the refuse enclosure. (Ord. 561 § 3,1995; Ord. 555 §
14, 1995).
Storage of your refuse container on the lot adjacent to your business is not
allowed. It must be kept on your site, and screened from view.
Parking on the adjacent lot is also in code violation. To use the vacant lot for
parking, you must have an agreement with the property owner, and the parking
area must meet the requirements of the Yelm Development guidelines for
parking lots. This entails ingress and egress, surfacing, landscaping, lighting,
and stormwater retention and treatment.
To avoid further action by the City, please resolve these items by July 15, 2002.
If you have any questions, please contact me. I can be reached at (360) 458 -8496.
Sincerely,
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Tami Merriman
Planning Technician
cc: Victoria Allison, Windermere Property Management
Gary Carlson, Building Official, Code Compliance Officer