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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUP2020-00001 - COM Permit / Conditions - 9/11/2020 " son County Permit Center Use: RuO 2-02o - 000 MASON COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES Date Stamp RECEIVED Building,Planning,Environmental Health,Community Health SEP 11 2020 615 W.Alder St.—Bldg.8,Shelton,Wa 98584 Phone:(360)427-9670 ext.352 ♦ Fax:(360)427-7798 615 W. Alder Street SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION U Special Use Permit: $1320.00 Rcv'd By: 6d Public Hearing: $2330.00 A "Special Use" is one that possesses unique characteristics due to size, nature, intensity of use, technological processes involved, demands upon public services, relationship to surrounding lands, or other factors. The purpose of this application is to provide for adequate oversight and review of such development proposals, in order to assure that such uses are developed in harmony with surrounding land uses, and in a manner consistent with the intent of the Development Regulations for Mason County; Ordinance No. 82-96. Acceptance of this application by Mason County does not guarantee approval of request. Type of Special Use Permit: ❑ Communications Tower Fire Station Facility ❑ Oversize Construction X Other: Applicant(s) Name North Mason Regional Fire Authority Mailing Address Po Box 277, Belfair,WA 98528 Phone 360-275-6711 E-mail bbakken@northmasonrfa.com Property Owners Name (if different than applicant) Site Address: 490 NE Old Belfair Highway, Belfair WA 98528 Brief Legal Description: Two parcels that total 3.59 acres located in the portion of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 29, T23N, R1W, WM. Belfair, Mason County, Washington 12329 11 90060 12329 11 00030 Tax Parcel # - - Zoning: Rev.Feb 2019 Page I of 3 Project Description Please see attached Project Description ❑ Please provide a site plan that includes the following: 1. Indicate Scale and North Arrow. 2. Property line dimensions, easements, and right-of-ways. 3. The location of all existing and proposed structures. Include square footage of existing and proposed structures. 4. Setback distance, in feet from all property lines and structures. 5. Existing and proposed road access to and from the site. 6. Parking spaces. 7. Location of on-site sewage tanks and drain-fields. 8. Location of drinking water supply. Include location on the proposed site and surrounding parcels. 9. Steep bluffs, wetlands, streams, and bodies of water. 10. Surface and storm water run-off routes. ❑ On a separate piece of paper(#of pages: 2 ), state your reasons for requesting a Special Use Permit and be sure to address the following six criteria. Your request will be evaluated based on these criteria. 1. Will the proposed use be detrimental to public health, safety, and welfare? 2. Will the proposed use be consistent and compatible with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan? 3. Will the proposed use introduce hazardous conditions, at the site, that cannot be mitigated through appropriate measures to protect adjacent properties and the community at large? 4. Is the proposed use served by adequate public facilities, which are in place, planned as a condition of approval or as an identified item in the County's Capital Facilities Plan? 5. Will the proposed use have a significant impact upon existing uses on adjacent lands? 6. If located outside of an Urban Growth Area, will the proposal result in the need to extend urban services? ❑ Provide a list (preferably printed on mailing labels or legal sized envelopes) of all property owners' mailing addresses within 300 feet of your parcel boundaries. Ma" $akkeif 11/06/2020 Applicant's Signature Date Rev.Feb 2019 Page 2 of 3 Publication Cost Agreement Publication cost is the responsibility of the applicant. Final permit processing will not occur until advertising fees have been paid to the newspaper by the applicant. The Shelton-Mason County Journal will bill the applicant directly. I / WE understand that I / WE must sign and date the attached acknowledgment indicating and that I / WE understand that is MY / OUR responsibility. I / WE must submit the signed page as part of application in order for it to be considered as complete. Euxt rakkeii 11/6/2020 Beau Bakken Fire Chief Signature of Property Owner Date Print Name OR Signature of Applicant Date Print Name Rev.Feb 2019 Page 3 of 3 North Mason Regional Fire Authority Special Use Permit Application Project Description: North Mason Regional Fire Authority(NMRFA) is seeking a Special Use Permit (SUP)to construct a new fire response and administration facility at 490 NE Old Belfair Hwy, Belfair, WA. The new facility will replace the existing station (built in 1971)to improve emergency response capacity and efficiency, while providing an energy efficient, durable public asset that reduces operational costs and reflects positive stewardship of community resources. The property in question consists of two adjacent parcels (123291190060, 123291100030) currently zoned R-4, sitting within the Belfair Urban Growth Area (UGA).The two parcels are north of and immediately adjacent to the existing NMRFA station,which is located in the same zoning classification. The subject parcels will be joined into a single property using Mason County's Boundary adjustment. Emergency response facilities are allowed in the R-4 zone with a Special Use Permit under current zoning guidelines. 1. Will the proposed use be detrimental to public health, safety, and welfare? To the contrary, the project will enhance all three by improving the NMRFA's ability to effectively respond to emergencies in the region. NMRFA is an essential service whose coverage area is 132 square miles of northeast Mason County. With such a large geographic response area, expanded capacity and efficiency of operations is critical to the health,safety and welfare of the approximately 22,000 community residents served. Granting the SUP will allow the Authority to modernize and expand operations to better serve the community that overwhelmingly supported the bond effort to fund the new project at this location. 2. Will the proposed use be consistent and compatible with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan? The existing NMRFA station location predates the Comprehensive Plan by a substantial margin and is an asset around which population growth and community development are necessarily planned. In the most basic sense,the SUP is clearly compatible with and supports the Comprehensive Plan approach to smart growth management, since the service already exists at the location under consideration. From a more meaningful long-term standpoint,the improvement of emergency response within the UGA will promote the plan objectives for urban growth and density by providing additional emergency response capacity in an area where significant population growth is expected. 3. Will the proposed use introduce hazardous conditions, at the site,that cannot be mitigated through appropriate measures to protect adjacent properties and the community at large? The proposed use does not introduce hazardous conditions but does serve to mitigate existing potential risk exposure that can result over time from changing best management practices.The existing NMRFA Station 21 has operated at the immediately adjacent location to the subject property for almost 50 years. Emergency response necessarily involves impacts to traffic, stormwater, and utilities. The proposed SUP to relocate the facility improves the situation in the following ways: L 0 The existing response egress apron is integrated directly with public parking and apparatus return routing.The arrangement creates a very large, loosely defined frontage onto Old Belfair Hwy where the public and emergency vehicles may be exiting or returning at any given time. The proposed new location and layout will separate public parking and maneuvering completely from emergency response vehicle routing on site,while providing improved wayfinding.This improves safety and efficiency for both the public and fire personnel. • The existing station sits at a low point in the topography on the highway frontage, along an incline that rises toward the north.The building itself is further set below the adjacent highway grade. Responding vehicles must climb away from the station and approach the highway shoulder to have a clear view of oncoming traffic.The new station location and arrangement is at an elevated portion of the natural incline, positioned six feet higher in elevation than the existing station, and will allow apparatus to have a clearer view immediately upon exiting the bays, as well as being more visible to approaching traffic. • With approval of the SUP,the new facility and vehicular routing will be located further from sensitive wetlands areas. The topography of the proposed site lends itself to containment of stormwater on site,with adequate space to accommodate storm events and allow for very slow rates of infiltration without overflowing or discharging storm water offsite in excess of what would naturally occur. • New development automatically triggers the need for full compliance with current technology and best practices for treatment of domestic waste. New on-site septic disposal designed for the appropriate staff count and fixture loading will mitigate potential for failure of aging systems. Septic drain field and tank to be located where potential impact to wetlands and neighbors, or interference with storm water management, is minimized. 4. Is the proposed use served by adequate public facilities,where they are in place, planned as a condition of approval or as an identified item in the County's Capital Facilities Plan? The proposed use exists in virtually the same location within the Belfair UGA as the exiting fire station. The current fire station is currently served by the available public facilities and services.These services include water, power, internet from public service providers and sewer capacity is nearby on the Old Belfair Highway.The new fire station would be served by the exact same services. S. Will the proposed use have a significant impact upon existing uses on adjacent lands? The proposed use will not have significant impact upon existing uses on adjacent lands. Current uses on the lands surrounding the location of the existing fire station are primarily mixed use and residential. The locating of a new fire station to the immediate north of the existing fire station will not impact surrounding land uses. 6. If located outside of an Urban Growth Area,will the proposal result in the need to extend urban services? N/A—the proposal is within the Belfair Urban Growth Area.