Completeness Letter_HTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
33325 8th Avenue South
Federal Way, WA 98003-6325
253-835-7000 www.cityoffederalway.com
Megan Espinoza
SMR Architects February 27, 2024
114 South Mail Street, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98104
mespinoza@smrarchitects.com
RE: File #24-100317-00-UP and 24-100318-SE; LETTER OF COMPLETE APPLICATION
Health Through Housing, 1400 South 320th Street, Federal Way
Dear Megan Espinoza:
The Community Development Department has received your February 1, 2024, Use Process III and State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Master Land Use (MLU) application. The proposal includes a change of use of the
Extended Stay Hotel to use as permanent supportive housing with 86 efficiency dwelling units. Interior
improvements include offices, gathering room, TV room, warming kitchen, and laundry facilities. Minor upgrades
to the site include revisions to the surface parking and new covered outdoor open space.
Pursuant to Federal Way Revised Code (FWRC) 19.15.045 and 14.10.020, within 28 days of receiving an application,
the city shall determine whether all information and documentation required for a complete application has been
submitted.
NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION
Please consider this correspondence a formal Letter of Complete Application. Pursuant to FWRC 19.15.045 and
14.10.020, the application is deemed complete as of February 22, 2024. This determination of completeness is
based on a review of your submittal relative to applicable requirements referenced within FWRC 19.15.040 and
14.10.020. The submittal requirements are not intended to determine if an application conforms to city codes;
they are used only to determine if all required materials have been submitted.
A 120-day time line for reviewing the Process III application has started as of this date. The city’s development
regulations allow the department 120 days from the date that an application is deemed complete to act on the
application. However, the 120-day time line will be stopped any time the city requests corrections and/or
additional information. You will be informed of the status of the 120-day time line when you are notified in
writing that corrections and/or additional information are needed.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION/OPTIONAL DNS
Formal processing and review of your applications will now begin. A Notice of Application and Optional DNS
(NOA/DNS), enclosed, will be posted on the city’s website, posted on-site by the applicant, published in the
Federal Way Mirror, and mailed to the persons within 300 feet of each boundary of the subject property within 14
days of this letter, pursuant to FWRC 19.65.070(2) and 14.10.040. The department also has the responsibility to
notify other agencies that may have jurisdiction over your development project or an interest in it. The
department is issuing the notice under the optional DNS process and will use a single integrated comment period
to obtain comments on the notice of application and the likely threshold determination for the proposal.
Megan Espinoza
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February 27, 2024
24-100317-00-UP Doc. I.D. 83722
The city will prepare one Public Notice Board that the applicant will be responsible for posting on site
by March 8, 2024. Further posting instructions and the notice board will be available for pick-up at Will Call at
the Permit Center/Receptionist Area on the 2nd floor of City Hall on March 1, 2024.
CLOSING
The Development Review Committee (DRC) staff will continue to review the proposal and will prepare initial
technical review comments that will be forwarded to you in a separate correspondence at a later date. Technical
review comments may result in a request for additional information and revisions in order to comply with
applicable code requirements.
Any questions concerning your application may be directed to me at becky.chapin@cityoffederalway.com or 253-
835-2641.
Sincerely,
Becky Chapin
Senior Planner
enc: Notice of Application and Optional DNS (NOA/DNS)
c: Andrew Norton, Plans Examiner
Rocky Hansen, Development Services Reviewer
Kathy Davis, Senior Traffic Engineer
Brian Asbury, Lakehaven Water & Sewer District
Scott Gerard, South King Fire