DA-15-00001 Palomino Fields Master File

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The following uses are permitted: Single family homes not including mobile homes or trailer houses; Residential accessory buildings; All types of agriculture and horticulture not otherwise restricted or prohibited herein; The raising of animals (excluding swine and mink), providing an area of not less than one acre is available, The Preliminary Plat proposal encompasses a total of approximate 120.8 acres consisting of multiple tax parcels. The land is currently undeveloped and unused. The land in the past has been used as agricultural land. The land is served by the Ellensburg Water Company with full irrigation rights that will provide each of the proposed lots with adequate irrigation for maintaining irrigated pastureland for horse grazing. This site is located off of Reecer Creek Road. Proposed water supply, storage and distribution system sewage/disposal/treatment Plan solid waste collectjon Plan; Utility Extension Agreement: The applicant for this proposal intends to request a Utility Extension Agreement to be entered into by the City of Ellensburg and the applicant. This Utility Extension Agreement would allow the City of Ellensburg to provide the proposal with municipal water and sewage treatment by the City of Ellensburg's sewage treatment facility. Both the water and sewer facilities of the City of Ellensburg have the capacity to serve this property. Both the water and sewer facilities have distribution and collection systems located adjacent to the proposal. If the applicant is denied the option of entering into a Utility Extension Agreement with the City of Ellensburg then the applicant would proceed to develop water and sewer facilities on the site of the proposed development. Option 1: Applicant Development of Group A Water System as an Alternative to City Of Ellensburg Water Service: If the City of Ellensburg declines to provide the project with water service, the applicant, who owns a number of senior water rights associated with the proposed project, will develop a Group A water system to serve the property. One of the senior water rights would be converted from a surface water right to a ground water right and used to serve the domestic water required for this proposal. This water right would then be used as the basis to form a Group A water system which would be approved by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). The Group A water system would be managed by LCU, Inc, an approved Satellite Management Agency approved by the DOH and Kittitas County. Irrigation water would be provided through the other existing rights. Option 2: Applicant Development of Class A Reclaimed Water System as an Alternative to City Of Ellensburg Sewer Services: The applicant has an agreement with LCU, Inc., a private utility company, to produce a plan for providing sewer services to this proposal through the development of a Class A Reclaimed Water system as provided for in RCW 90.46 if the City of Ellensburg declines to serve the proposal with sewer collection service. This planning for said Class A reclaimed Water System will start if the applicant is denied access to the City of Ellensburg utilities through an Utility Extension Agreement. LCU, Inc. is currently in the process of building the first Class A Reclaimed Water System in the county in the Ronald area. The system that is proposed for this project will be similar in design and operation as the approved Ronald Class A Reclaimed Water Facility. The Class A Reclaimed Water Facility will be approved through the Washington State Department of Health and permitted by the Washington State Department of Ecology. The existing community drain fields may be used within the design of the Class A Reclaimed Water Facility. This reclaimed water facility will be operated by a qualified operating entity and will serve the property included within this proposal. That service area will be compatible with the service area of LCU, Inc.'s Group A Water System that will be also serving the property that this proposal covers. 4 of 3