14-101486cirY OF
Federal
April 23, 2014
IVIr. Michael Roesch
12321 27,h Street East
Edgewood, WA 98372-1956
CITY HALL
Way 33325 8th Avenue South
Federal Way, WA 98003-6325
(253) 835-7000
www.cityoffederalway.com
P/LE
Re: File #14-101486-00-AD; CONDITIONAL TWO-YEAR EXTENSION APPROVAL
Roesch Short Plat Extension, Parcel 332204-9212, Federal Way .
Dear IVIr. Roesch:
The Community and Economic Development Department has received your April 1, 2014, request to extend
the preliminary short subdivision approval granted to the Roesch Short Plat for two additional years. The
referenced application is a four -lot short subdivision granted approval by the city on April7, 2009. Previously,
a two-year extension was granted in April of 2012, which expired on April 7, 2014. The city's subdivision
regulations allow the director to administer extensions if criteria within .Federal Vay Revised Code (FWRC)
18.05.090(2) can be satisfied.
Your request for a two year extension is conditionally approved based on the responses to extension criteria
presented to the Director of Community and Economic Development Department.
CONDITIONS
1. The applicant shall be subject to current transportation impact fee as a replacement for the
prior pro-rata share mitigation in place at the tune of preliminary approval. The impact fee
shall be calculated and paid at the time of the short plat recording
2. The applicant shall be subject to the adopted 2009 King Count' Surface lVater Design LVlanual
(KCSWDIVl and Federal Way Addendum requirements as a replacement for the prior 1998
manual.
TIME EXTENSION CRITERIA
The following is an excerpt of the plat time extension criteria from FWRC 18.05.090. In the interest of clarity,
staff reviewing the request has responded to each criterion using information provided by the applicant and
relevant city policies justifying the extension approval. An extension request shall satisfy the following criteria
to be approved:
(a) Except for the first request for time extension, the applicant has made substantial progress to complete
the plat;
Mr. THichael Roesch
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April 23, 2014
Staff Response — The applicant has recently submitted additional engineering materials to City of Federal
Way staff. Staff finds.. criterion (a) has been met.
.�s (b) Tres e,ar circa n'st;iac;beyond the applicant's control -vhich prevent compliance with the time limits;
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Staff Response -ThO recent economic downturn combined with a difficult financing environment has
prevented the development of the proposed lots. Such circumstances are beyond the applicant's control;
therefore, staff finds criterion (b) has been met.
(c) The extension will not create or continue conditions that constitute a code violation or an attractive
nuisance, contribute to erosion and sedimentation problems, or impact the public health, safety, and
welfare;
Staff Response — Site conditions have remained unchanged and unimproved since the development was
granted approval; therefore, code violations, attractive nuisances, erosion/sedimentation problems, and
public health, safety, and welfare should not arise due to the extension approval. Staff finds criterion (c)
has been met.
(d) Whether either physical conditions in the vicinity of the plat or codes and requirements of the city,
applicable agencies, and utility providers have changed to such a degree since initial approval that it
would be contrary to the public interest to extend the life of the plat.
Staff Response — Staff finds criterion (d) will be met with the conditions below:
(i) Whether the adoption of new codes and/or standards would substantially affect project layout and
storm drainage design;
Staff Response —The project's preliminary approval was vested to stormwater design criteria of the
1998 King County Surface Water Design Manual (KCSWDM). City adoption of the 2009 KCSWDM took
effect February 16, 2010. In order to maintain consistency with regulations set forth in the city's
National Pollution Dircharge and Elimination System (NPDES) municipal stormwater permit, the applicant
will be required to design a flow control and detention facility utilizing the 2009 KCWDM and City
of Federal Way Addendum to the 2009 KCSWDM.
(ii) The adequacy of mitigation and/or uripact fees to address the cost of mitigation at the end of the
expiration period;
Staff Reeponse — At the time of preliminary approval, the city's form of traffic mitigation was a pro-rata
share contribution toward Transportation Improvement Projects (TIP) affected by one or more PM
peak hour trips generated by the applicant's proposal. As of October 20, 2009, the city has instituted
a transportation impact fee assessed to each lot, replacing the pro-rata share method. Due to the time
elapsed from the initial analysis that identified the affected capital projects, and the delay of the
applicant's proposed build out of the short plat, the applicant will be subject to the current
transportation impact fee regulations set forth in FWRC Chapter 19.91.
(iii) \Uhether the delayed project is an impediment to other development projects in the vicinity as a
result of traffic concurrency reserved capacity.
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l-fr. INfichael Roesch
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April 23, 2014
Staff Response — Traffic Division staff has determined the delay of an additional two years will not be
an impediment to other development projects in the vicinity, and the capacity reserve certificate
associated with the preliminary short plat approval remains valid for this extension.
CLOSING
This two year extension approval expires April 7, 2016, or two years following the date of the prior extension
approval. Please be advised that unless a future extension is granted, the Roesch Short Plat shall be completed
per the conditions of preliminary approval, or the short subdivision shall expire by limitations set forth in
FWRC 18.30.260. If you have any questions regarding this extension, please contact Associate Planner
Matthew Herrera at 253-835-2638, or matt.herrera@cityoffederalway.com.
Sincerely,
Isaac Conlen, Planning Manager for
Patrick Doherty, Director
c: Matthew I Ierrera, associate Planner
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To whom it may concern,
Short Plat file # 07-100344-00-PC ,/ og — I0024Q 0 0 Su
Regarding: extension
I am asking for an extension on the above short plat. The last few years have been a hardship on the
project do to the slow Realestate market, and low demand for buildable lots. In the recent past we have
seen an improvement to the economy and the market. We would like to move forward with the short
plat approval process. We have submitted additional engineering and we are asking that Federal Way
would extend the short plat planning deadline an additional 2 years that we could complete the project.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Thank you r .
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Michael Rd sch
253-405-8522
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CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
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