HomeMy WebLinkAboutGRD98-00004 - GRD Letters / Memos - 11/18/1998 GARY YANDO,DIRECTOR
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November 18, 1998
Rick Krueger
E 14241 State Highway 106
Belfair, WA 98526
WARNING NOTICE PER CHAPTER 17 .01.200 INTERIM RESOURCE ORDINANCE
Certified Mailing
RE: Grading Permit no. : GRD 98-0004 (.relocation of access road for
Hood Canal Heights preliminary plat) .,
Dear Mr. Krueger:
Mason County Department of Community Development is sending you
this letter in accordance with Enforcement Chapter 17. 01.200 C1 of
the Mason County Interim Resource Ordinance.
The conditions of your grading permit requires compliance with' the
25-foot setback requirements from the Type V stream on your site,
and compliance with all requirements of Aquatic Management Area
Chapter 17. 01. 110 of the Mason County Interim Resource Ordinance.
Plans submitted by you or your agent to the Planning Department
represented your project as meeting that setback.
It has come to our attention that a portion of the vegetation area
near Highway 3 has been graded, and that the stream has been routed
into a culvert. The activity was observed by planner Randy Neff
and Public Works engineer Rich Geiger on November 17, 1998, and
photographically documented. We understand from this field visit
that the activity has caused erosion and sedimentation. This
grading in the stream buffer and stream relocation activity is in
violation of the Mason County Interim Resource Ordinance and Mason
Environmental Policy; both regulations are administered by the
Mason County Department of Community Development. We understand
that Rich Geiger and Randy Neff instructed you to stabilize the
area and control erosion when they met you on site on November 17,
1998 . In confirmation of that information, you are hereby required
to stabilize the disturbed area immediately with the appropriate
erosion control measures to prevent siltation and further impact to
the stream, adjacent buffers and impacts offsite; intrusion by
equipment shall be the minimum to achieve stabilization, and the
disturbance in the vegetation buffer shall be the minimum necessary
for stabilization. With the exception of the above stabilization
for erosion control, no activities are to occur in the stream area
or its buffer.
Any proposal to modify a stream or its vegetation area requires
prior permit application and review, environmental (SEPA) review,
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and approval PRIOR to commencing the activity. Part of the
permit/SEPA review process involves notifying and receiving input
from other jurisdictional agencies including the Departments of
Fish and Wildlife and Ecology, and tribal authorities. Based on
the review and agency input, the Department of Community
Development determines if the proposal is possible in its proposed
form, needs revision, or if the stream and vegetation area should
remain undisturbed. In other words, application and review does
not automatically mean project approval . In addition the proposal
requires separate permit application to Washington State Department
of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Ecology.
Triple fees are assessed for after-the-fact permit application and
review, as follows :
Mason Environmental Permit $330 . 00
SEPA Environmental Checklist $330 . 00
Permit application forms are enclosed with this letter. Fees are
due upon submittal . Your proposal for restoration of impact to the
stream and its buffer will be addressed through this same permit
process. In addition we are enclosing Enforcement Chapter
17. 01.200 of the Interim Resource Ordinance for your information.
The chapter provides for enforcement procedures and fines as
described within. You are hereby required to respond within 20
days of this letter per Chapter 17.01.200 C1. Please also refer to
the conditions of your permit which require certain time-frames for
correction of erosion control problems.
If you have any questions whatsoever, please feel free to call me
at (360) 427-9670 extension 294 .
Sin ly,
Gary Y Director
DEPARTME OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CC: Pam Bennett-Cumming, Senior Planner, Mason County DCD ,
Jerry Hauth, Director, Mason County Public Works
Randy Neff, Land Use Planner, Mason County DCD
Jim Parks, Skokomish Tribe Natural Resources Department
Doris Small, Chris Burns, WA ST Dept of Fish and Wildlife
Kerry Carroll, Department of Ecology - - Water Quality
Mike Wnek, Project Engineer