365 Tap-In Restrictions For Floodplain PropertiesRESOLUTION 36b:
Tap-In Restrictions for Fooodplain Properties
. WHEREAS, the City of Yelm has a service area which includes land parcels that
are within the 100-year floodplain as determined by FEMA (Federal Emergency
Management Agency), as of the RD (Rural Development) funding obligation date, July
30, 1997; arid
WHEREAS, RD financing has been arranged to construct improvements within the
City of Yelm service area; and
WHEREAS, RD has established policies to restrict utility service where proposed
improvements would be placed in Designated Wetland Areas, Prime Agriculture Land,
and Important Farmland,
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City of Yelm that
For purposes of complying with RD requirements, the FEMA 100-year floodplain
map in effect as of RD funding obligation date, July 30, 1997, will be adopted as
the floodplain .map;
2. That Tap-In Restrictions will be enforced to deny future sewer connections to the
system, when verification is not made by applicants, that planned improvements
to properties requesting connection to the system, will be constructed outside the
100-year floodplain, identified as of RD funding obligation date, July 30, 1997,
provided however,
a. That an exclusion to these Tap-In Restrictions will be granted for (1) all
road and utility crossings set forth in the (a) Yelm Comprehensive
Transportation Plan (August 1.992), (b) Yelm Water Reuse Project (July
1995), (c) Yelm Comprehensive Water Plan (August 1992), and (d) the
Private Utility Planning for Yelm Area (for electricity, gas, telephone, cable),
as excerpted in Appendix G to the Yelm Comprehensive Plan (February
1995), (2) all property within the Thurston Highlands Southwest Yelm
Conceptual Master Plan, as approved October 12, 1994, (3) all lands
identified after July 30, 1997 by FEMA as 100-year floodplains, (4) lots of
record within the City described and depicted in Ordinance 595, dated
January 8, 1997, and .
b. That administration of this policy shall provide for an application for waiver
to the Tap-In Restriction, which will be reviewed by the City of Yelm on a
case-by-case basis. If the City .recommends a waiver, such
recommendation shall be submitted to RD or its successors for final
approval
ENACTED this 2 ~ thday of August 1997
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Kat ryn M. olf, Mayor
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