DV-19-00001 Marian Meadows Development Agreement Master File

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statement as Kittitas County Code (KCC) Title 17 does not allow for this type of activity in the use tables for the Rural -5 zone (KCC 17.15.060) nor is it allowed in PUDs located outside of an Urban Growth Area (KCC 17.36.020). In the response to County Staff First Review document found in the resubmitted information, the applicant states in red text that findings 34.1 and 34.4 of Ordinance 2018-006 give explicit approval to the proposed commercial RV services and retail. CDS Staff disagree with this statement as there are no conditions of approval giving approval of these proposed commercial uses. These uses shall be removed from the proposal as they do not conform to Kittitas County Code 17.15.060 nor are they allowed in PUDs located outside of an Urban Growth Area (KCC 17.36.020). The Community Standards and Guidelines document provided as Exhibit D is still under review by the Kittitas County Building Official. Further comments will be provided as they become available or with the second round of Staff review, whichever occurs first. At this time, this exhibit should be updated to reflect that the Commercial Forest Setback of 200 feet from property lines abutting lands zoned Commercial Forest shall be adhered to pursuant to KCC 17.57. The northern and eastern boundaries of the Marian Meadows PUD currently abut lands zoned Commercial Forest. CDS Staff acknowledges that the provided engineering documents (plat layout) show the 200 foot commercial setback as requested, however the Community Standards and Guidelines document now provided as Exhibit E of the resubmitted packet do not reflect the Commercial Forest Setback of 200 feet from property lines abutting lands zoned Commercial Forest. This affects the northern and eastern boundaries of the Marian Meadows PUD and shall be reflected in the Community Standards and Guidelines document. • A Technical Memorandum was provided by the applicant from Raedeke Associates, Inc. regarding condition 4 of Ordinance 2018-006 which states "The non -fish stream mapped at the southern portion of the site shall be reassessed during high spring flows to determine necessary setbacks under KCC 17A.07 to be incorporated into a stormwater management plan". This memo states that the site visited three times: February 27, March 13, and March 20, 2018 at which times the site was covered by snow. Based in part on these site visits, Raedeke determined that the Type N Stream in question does not actually exhibit the characteristic of a stream and that no evidence of evidence of flow was observed. County staff agrees with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife comments that photos should have been included with this memorandum of each site visit to verify what was observed on the ground. Further a site visit must occur during spring high spring flows when snow is not on the ground to accurately assess the Type N Stream in question. The Raedeke Technical Memorandum shall be updated accordingly. Since it is necessary for this update to occur during spring high flows and after snow has melted from the site, and condition 4 is not required to be met through the development agreement, County staff will not require this to be updated for further processing of the development agreement, however it will be required before condition 4 can be met to allow for any platting/development in the vicinity of the Type N Stream. CDS Staff acknowledges that photos from the March 13 and March 20, 2018 site visits Page 2