PL CV Mcfall.CullensRD.1.14.09
City of Yelm
Community Development Department
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
Yelm, WA 98597
Pre-Application Meeting
January 14, 2009
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: Clifford McFall
Project Proposal: Use of existing apartment above garage as a secondary dwelling unit.
Project Location: 9435 Cullens Road SE
Tax parcel number 21724110501
Zoning and Setbacks
The property is zoned Moderate Density Residential (R-6), which allows up to 6 units per acre with a minimum requirement of 3 units per acre.
Setbacks:
Front yard - 15' from R-O-W, with a 20' driveway approach.
Rear Yard - 25'
Side yard - minimum 5', total both sides 12'
Flanking Yard – 15’
Section 17.15.020 YMC states that specific types of uses permitted in the moderate-density (R-6) residential district: include a secondary dwelling unit which may be created on a single-family
lot for the exclusive use of persons related by blood or marriage to the owner/occupant of the property.
The secondary dwelling unit may consist of one or more rooms, including kitchen and cooking facilities; and may be created by new construction, conversion of, or addition to, either
the main residence on the lot or legal accessory building; provided, that:
a. For lots of record under one acre such conversion or addition shall not cause the maximum allowable building or development coverage of the lot to be exceeded and shall not itself
exceed 1,000 square feet,
b. For lots of record of one acre or more such conversion or addition shall not cause the maximum allowable building or development coverage of the lot to be exceeded and shall not itself
exceed a 28-foot by 56-foot manufactured home or a stick-built home of equal size,
c. Such conversion or addition shall be subject to the availability of public utilities or the approval of the Thurston County environmental health department,
d. Said conversion or addition shall comply with all rules and regulations of the building, plumbing, fire and other applicable codes,
e. A building permit and all other applicable permits shall be obtained prior to construction of such conversion or addition.
Current Situation
The said property contains an existing manufactured home with a garage as an accessory unit and an apartment above the garage which is considered an additional dwelling unit and is currently
being used as a rental. The existing apartment above the garage does not meet the intent of the (R-6) Moderate Density Residential section of the Yelm Municipal code in order to be
considered a secondary dwelling unit.