351 Sewer and Water CapacityCITY OF YELM ,
RESOLUTION 351
WHEREAS, the City of Yelm wishes to identify the means of identifying sewer
and water capacity for purposes of sewer and water concurrency determinations and to
clarify its policy with regard to sewer capacity, sewer hook-up, water capacity; and
water hook-up, especially as it relates to the processing and issuing of subdivision,
binding site plan, and short plat approvals;
NOW, THEREFORE,. BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Yelm
that commencing November 13, 1996, the following terms will apply to all requests for
sewer and water hook-up. -
A. State law requires the City of Yelm to determine the adequacy and
availability of public services in considering development proposals for
approval. concurrency is a requirement of any approval. This resolution
. sets forth how such determination. will be made.
B. At the time of application for preliminary subdivision approval, binding site
plan approval, or short plafi approval, the City will make a determination as
to the. availability of Equivalent Residential Units (ERUs) in the sewer
system and City water system. If the City finds that sufficient ERUs are
available, the City will commit upon approval~to providing. sewer and water
service to that subdivision, binding site plan, or. short plat, subject to the
expiration provisions in paragraph C.
C. Except as provided. in paragraphs D, E, and F below, for all projects for
which a complete application is submitted on or after November 13, 1996,
the ERU -sewer and water reservation granted pursuant to paragraph B
shall expire at the earlier of the following dates:.(1) failure to file for a
building permit for a residence or authorized structure on an approved lot
within 24 months of final short plat or site plan approval creating the lot
(applies to each lot within the approved project), or (2). upon securing a
building permit, the expiration of the authority to construct pursuant to the
building permit without completing the authorized structure.
D: For all lots created prior to September 11, 1993, requests for sewer and
,water shall be on a first come, first served basis.
E. For projects vested between September 11, 1993 and November 13,
1996: (1) sewer rights shall be determined pursuant to Resolution 296,
adopted September 11, 1993 and (2) water rights shall 6e on a fist come,
.first served basis.
F. For projects reviewed.. under master plan approval requirements or
projects participating in sewer and/or water local. improvement districts or
latecomer reimbursemerit agreements, the vesting requirements.,of this
resolution shall apply unless specifically modified in writing, in which case
the writing shall supercede. ..
G. The Public Works Department shall maintain a listing of:
1. The total permit capacity of all City sewer and waterfacilities
pursuant to currently sewered subdivision, binding site plan, and
short plat approvals.
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2. The total number of ER'Us committed to the correction of existing
deficiencies.
3. The total number of ER''Us available for new development.
4. The total number of ER',Us committed to preliminary, but not f nal;
subdivision, binding site plan, and short plat approval:
5. The total number of ER;,Us committed to new final subdivisions,
binding site plans, and short plats vested under paragraph C, D, or
F above.
E. The Public Works Department~~ shall maintain the .above sewer and water
ERU availability list and shall update the list no less than monthly. The
.Public Works Departmenf shall make the list available to the public upon
. request.
F. The City will not commit to subdivision, binding site plan, or short plat
approval beyond 85% of permitted sewer or water capacity, nor any
iridividual hook-up (either residential or commercial) beyond 95% of
permitted sewer or water capacity, without an engineer's report certifying
that the City sewer and/or water systems are in fact operating within
designed limits and the new hook-ups authorized will not cause the
system to exceed permitted limits.
Kathryn M. W If, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ag s Bennick, City Clerk
PASSED AND APPROVED: ~ot1. /~ , 1996
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