10-105215CITY OF CITY HALL FILE
4i.. Federal Wa 33325 8th Avenue South
Mailing Address: PO Box 9718
Federal Way, WA 98063-9718
(253) 835-7000
www.cityoffederalway.com
December 16, 2010
Mr. Jon Fasthorse
Wolford Trucking
22014 West Bustian Road
Woodinville, WA 98072
RE: FILE #10-105215-00-AD; ALAVEHIOS SHORELINE ACCESS INQUIRY
30020 20`h Place SW, Federal Way, WA
Dear Mr. Fasthorse:
This letter responds to your inquiry about using the Puget Sound shoreline to access a demolition project
at the above -referenced address located on the sound. This site contains three, single-family homes
(cabins) landward of the ordinary high watermark (OHWM). Two of the homes are immediately adjacent
to the shoreline and are proposed to be demolished and replaced with an accessory dwelling unit (ADU)
and a gazebo. You inquired about requirements necessary to back the debris container down the beach at
low tide and park it in front of the job site; and walk an excavator down the beach approximately 400 feet
from the end of the paved roadway to the job site.
Background
Property owners Jim and Carol Alavekios have obtained preliminary approval to convert two beach
cabins into an 800 square -foot ADU and a 520 square -foot gazebo., On July 6, 2009, the City issued
building permits for the new ADU under File #06-105589-SF and for the gazebo under file #06-105593-
SF. The building permits expire on June 7, 2011. To date, demolition permits have not been obtained.
Shoreline Permits
A shoreline substantial development permit is not required to construct the new buildings or demolish the
existing buildings pursuant to WAC 173-27-040(2)(g) as the new ADU and gazebo are considered to be
construction on shorelands by an owner of a single-family residence and appurtenance for their own use,
and thus exempt from the shoreline substantial development permit review. The exemption may include
limited use of Puget Sound shorelands for demolition and/or construction actions.
In order to approve an exemption from substantial shoreline development permits, a formal written
request to exempt the project and specific actions from the shoreline substantial development permit
process must be submitted to the City for review. The fee for a shoreline substantial development permit
exemption is $91.50. A master land use application and bulletin #143 - Exemption from Shoreline
Management Act Substantial Development Permit Requirement are enclosed.
1 The subject site is located in an RS 15.0 zoning district, which only permits one dwelling unit per lot. An ADU is necessary as
there is an existing single-family residence on the subject property located south of the cabins.
Mr9 Fasthorse
December 16, 2010
Page 2
The exemption request must include the following information:
• The timing, extent, and duration of all proposed demolition activity to be conducted from the
beach.
• The timing, extent, and duration of all proposed construction activity to be conducted from the
beach.
• The specific type, weight, and age of all vehicles proposed to be on the beach.
• How approval to use private portions of the beach will be obtained.
■ Explain why these actions cannot be conducted from a barge at high tide or from the lawn area
south of the cabins.
• Provide a map of the routes of travel on the beach, all staging areas, all parking areas, and other
vehicle use areas associated with beach access including those not located on the beach.
Right -of -Way Permits
Access to the beach is via the street end at 20 Avenue SW. As this is a city right-of-way, any road
closure, or removal of the existing street end barricade will require that a right-of-way permit be obtained
from the Public Works Department. Please contact Engineering Technician Kathy Messinger at 253-835-
2725 or at Kathy.messinger@cityoffederalway.com for information about these permits.
Demolition Permits
As noted above, permits are required to demolish the existing buildings. Please contact Development
Specialists at 253-835-2607 for information about these permits.
Should you have any questions about this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me at 253-835-2642 or
at deb.barker@cityoffederalway.com.
Sincerely,
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Deb Barker
Senior Planner
enc: Master land use application
Bulletin #143 - fxemption from Shoreline Management Act Substantial Development Permit Requirement
c: Jim and Carol Alavekios, 9832 NE 27`h Street, Bellevue, WA 98004
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From: "caroly@johnlscott.com" <caroly@johnlscott.com>
To:<greg.fewins@cityoffederalway.com>
Date: 4/29/2005 8:17:45 AM
Subject: Fw: Diaconou's Cabin
----- Original Message -----
From: "caroly@johnlscott.com" <caroly@johnlscott.com>
To: "fernando.fernandez"<fernando.fernandez@cityoffederalway.com>
Sent: 29 Apr 2005. 8:09
Subject: Diaconou's Cabin
Hi Fernando and Greg:
Just to recap our phone conversations of 4-27-05 regarding the unpermitted construction on the Diaconou
cabin: Greg, you discussed with Jim that Fernando had gone down daily to the Diaconou cabin and
requested them to stop work on the cabin, but they continued to work on the cabin. If they did not stop,
then you would possibly need to call the police ..... as you were very frustrated with the Diaconous refusing
to honor the "stop work order' placed on the cabin by the City of Federal Way.
Fernando, you discussed with me that you had gone down to the Diaconou cabin and that you allowed
them to replace the underside braces and beams on the cabin because the cabin was at risk of falling
down. You asked me to advise you if there was any cement work done, as they had to get a building
permit to do this foundation repair.
I advised the city thru email that Dave Sweet told Jim Alavekios that the Diaconous planned to do a
complete remodel of the cabin with new windows, new roof line, stucco exterior, and new foundation.
Dave Sweet told Jim that they only needed the electrical permit to redo the wiring as the remainder was
only "repairs" and did not need a permit. Please advise us thru email what permits are required for the
Diaconous to do the above work on their cabin.
I told Fernando that the workers were continuing to use our bulkhead to remove the debris from the
Diaconou cabin and place it in the dumpster placed on the Oliver property. I also advised Fernando that
the Diaconou's workers had severely damaged our bulkhead taking out large chunks of cement and
removing our handrails from the bulkhead without our permission. Both Diaconous and Dave Sweet
refuse to put in writing that they will fix the damage to our bulkhead and take responsibility. John
Diaconou's main reply was that we should repay him for the debris taken by Dave Sweet from our property
and placed in his dumpster.
I asked Fernando if the Diaconou's would be getting soil's reports for their cabin permit as we had to,
because I just wanted to check that we all have to operate by the same rules of the city of Federal Way. I
also told Fernando, that in the past, the Diaconous enjoyed bragging regarding building their home on a
well in 1992 without informing the city, telling the city that the rockery on the cliff was found underneath the
dirt, and that even tho the city required them to take out the kitchen on the cabin when they built the upper
house, they put the kitchen back in the cabin after the upper house was complete. They thought this was
quite funny to pull so much on the city ...... but, in the same tone, they seem to want to hold our feet to the
fire to enforce every city law and permit which applys to our property. We are writing to you to ask that the
Diaconous have to operate by the same rules that we have to abide with.
Since we are no longer working with Dave Sweet, due to fraud, please send any communications
regarding this issue directly to us.
We are quite upset, since to date on this latest project on our cabin, we gave Dave Sweet approximately
Greg 1=ewins - Fw: ❑iaconou's Cabin _ _ Page
$10,000 on our foundation repair that he did not complete, left our cabin jacked up making it at risk of
falling down, and damaged our bulkhead even though we asked him many time to not trespass on our
property. We have also spent approximately $5000 for an architect to give the plans on repairing the
cabins, and approximately $6000 Dave Salmon .......so far. It doesn't seem fair that the Diaconous don't
pay the city any permit fees at all.
I'm sure your can understand our frustration. Please keep us updated as to our concerns.
Thanks,
Jim and Carol Alavekios