Tami - 11/30/2016 - 245
City of Yelm
Memorandum
To: Grant Beck, Community Development Director
From: Tami Merriman, Associate Planner
Date: August 5, 2016
Subj: 9349 Prairie Wind Street SE
Grant
At the final building permit within a subdivision, the Community Development Department
reviews the subdivision to make sure that the development meets the conditions of approval.
Open spaces, street trees, sidewalks, and utilities are inspected to make sure that everything is
functioning and landscaping is alive. Any repairs or improvements must be completed prior to
the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy.
In order to receive the Certificate of Occupancy, all inspections must be approved and signed
off. This includes a water final, sewer final, sidewalk final, and building final. These inspections
are required to make sure the water and sewer systems are functioning properly, the sidewalks
are in good repair, and that the home is safe for human occupancy.
In June 2016, Northwest Family Homes opened a construction utility account. Around July 6,
2016 John Rowland alerted the Site Plan Review Committee that the final home in McKenzie
Meadows was near completion, and an inspection of the subdivision was needed. A punch list
of repairs was created. On July 18, 2016 the developer provided a letter to requesting an
assigned savings for the repairs so that the new home owners could move in. At this time, the
STEP system was not approved, the sidewalk not improved, and the house final was not
completed.
On July 22, 2016, the occupants had the utility account changed into their name for billing and
started moving into the home.
At this time, there is still no final for sewer, sidewalk, or Certificate of Occupancy.
It was my understanding that a construction utility account was for water only. The account
could not be transferred to a new homeowner account without notification from the sewer
department that the system had been approved.
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