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t <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT <br />501 N. Anderson St., Ellensburg WA 98926 <br />Land Use Permitting (509) 962-7231 Construction Permitting (509) 962-7239 <br />Jamey Ayling, Director <br />Phone: (509) 962-7232 Fax: (509) 925-8655 E -Mail: aylingj@ci.ellensburg.wa.us <br />DATE: February 16, 2023 <br />FROM: Laura Wilson, Planner <br />FILE #: P23-006 <br />RE: Kittitas County 6th St. Parking Lot Pre -Application <br />LOCATION: 205 W 6th Ave, Ellensburg <br />Applicable Land Development Code requirements outlined in ECC 15.550.080 Parking Lot Design <br />and Construction Standards for the above -referenced project include the following: <br />1. The property is zoned Central Commercial. It fronts three streets: N Water St., W 7th Ave, <br />and W 6th Ave. <br />2. There are no critical areas on the properties, so a critical area application is not required. <br />3. Because the project is proposing over 20 parking spaces, a SEPA is required. A site <br />development permit will be required. The property will also require a boundary line <br />adjustment to combine the parcels. <br />4. ECC 15.550.080 provides guidance on Parking lot design and construction standards. <br />Some of those standards are expanded in further detail in the following comments. Some of <br />those code refences are: <br />• For Parking lot location standards along street frontages, see ECC 15.510, Site <br />Orientation <br />• For pedestrian access provisions within parking lots, see ECC 15.520.040, Internal <br />pedestrian access and design. <br />• For lighting standards, see Chapter 15.580 ECC, Outdoor lighting. <br />• For parking lot screening and internal landscaping, see ECC 15.570.050(A), Surface <br />Parking Lot Landscaping. <br />5. ECC 15.510 Site Orientation. <br />The parking lot would need to comply with the Site Orientation standards found in ECC <br />15.510. N Water St and W 7th Ave are secondary streets and W 6th is a storefront street. <br />The following standards are applicable to N. Water Street and W 7th Ave which are <br />secondary streets: <br />*No more than 50% of the street frontage can be occupied by off-street parking and <br />driveways. *Departures will be considered pursuant to ECC 15.210.060 and ECC <br />15.510.120. There is no parking adjacent to the street frontage along 7th Ave, but there is <br />