16910 SR 507 SE Letter 4-3-09April 3,
Cle of Yelm
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
YE LM Yelm, Washington 98597
2009 (360) 458 -3244
FIT STOP
Nic Younis
PO Box 13278
Olympia, WA 98508
Re: Washing Machine drain.
Nic,
Thanks for your quick response to the washer drain being attached to the storm
system. Let me restate the City of Yelm's position.
The City of Yelm draws its drinking water from a shallow aquifer, thus ground
water is considered environmentally sensitive and is protected by ordinance. The
use of the storm water system for liquid waste of any kind is also prohibited by
the Uniform Plumbing Code.
Attached for your convenience is an email from Thurston County Environmental
Health regarding the use of showers. The use of a washing machine would have
been included if the proponent would have proposed the use.
At the time of Site Plan Approval the intent was for the drain field to be
abandoned and connection to City of Yelm Services. As with all plans they can
change and 2 years later no development has been proposed.
Expansion of your business to include additional showers or washing machines
will be governed by Thurston County Environmental Health. Based on the
attached email, expansion of the drain field, is not allowed and would require
connection to City Sewer. Thank you.
Sincerely
Gary Carlson
Building Official
City of Yelm
The City of Yelm is an Equal Opportunity Provider
Tami Merriman
From: Jim Gibson
ent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:01 AM
i'o: Grant Beck; Tami Merriman; Gary Carlson
Subject: Firehouse Fitness - Sewer Approval
Here is the approval from Thurston County for the Firehouse Fitness Center. I have placed a copy of this email in the civil
file.
Jim Gibson P-E,
City of Yelm, Development Review Engineer PO Box 479 Yelm,WA. 98597 Ph. 360.458.8438 Fx. 360.458.3144
jimg @ci.yelm.wa.us
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From: Randy Freeby ( mailto :Freebyr @co,thurston.wa.us]
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:59 AM
To: Jim Gibson
Subject: Firehouse Fitness, Jim Coran
The proposal presented to us for a Fitness Center at 16910 SR 507 is acceptable to Thurston County Environmental
Health.
The proposal stated a use of 2 employees and up to 70 patrons per day with a projected flow not to exceed 225 gallons of
sewage per day based on water -use figures from a similar establishment. This projected use is consistent with expected
sewage flow figures from this type of establishment with no showers.
Therefore the only specific condition that we have related to the use of the onsite sewage system is that no showers be
fllowed in the building.
When the establishment connects to the city sewer, we no longer will require a restriction to the waste water flow.