Application: On November 29, 2016 the City of Selah Planning Department received a Class 3 Use Review application from Hordan Planning Services, 410 N. 2nd Street, Yakima, WA 98901 on behalf of Forbes Mercy for an 80 foot communication tower in the One-Family Residential (R-1) zone and a variance application to allow the tower to exceed the 35 foot maximum building height of the R-1 zone. The site is located on the summit of the ridge about 4,000 feet east of the east end of Lookout Point Drive in the City of Selah. (Yakima County Assessor Parcel Number: 181311-13005). Access is from an existing easement that serves other communication towers in the vicinity.
The application was determined complete for processing on December 6, 2016. The decision on this application will be made within one-hundred twenty days of the determination of complete application.
Approvals, Actions and Required Studies: Class 3 Use Review, Variance.
Environmental Review: The City of Selah is the lead agency for this proposal under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). The City has reviewed the proposal for probable adverse environmental impacts and expects to issue a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS). The optional DNS process in WAC 197-11-355 is being used. This may be your only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal. The proposal may include mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is prepared. After all comments have been received and considered, a threshold determination will be made without an additional comment period. Comments received by 5:00 PM December 29, 2016 will be considered in making the determination. A copy will be sent to those who comment or may be obtained upon request. The determination will have specific appeal information and may be appealed within five business days of issuance.
Request for Written Comments on the Proposal: Written comments concerning the proposed Class 3 Use application, variance and environmental checklist will be accepted during the public comment period that ends at 5:00.p.m, on December 29, 2016. You may mail your comments to Selah Planning Department, 222 So. Rushmore Road, Selah, WA 98942, send them by fax at 1 (509)698-7372 or by e-mail at thomas.durant@selahwa.gov. Reference a file number stated inthis notice or “Washington Broadband” in your correspondence.
Open Record Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 commencing at 5:30 P.M., or as soon thereafter as practical, the City of Selah Planning Commission will conduct an open record public hearing in the Council Chambers, City of Selah City Hall, 115 W. Naches Ave. Selah, WA on the Class 3 Use and variance. All interested persons may appear and provide testimony on the application. SMC 21.09.030, SMC 10.06.040 and SMC 10.30.030 are pertinent to the hearing procedure. At the conclusion of the public hearing the Planning Commission will consider the matter and issue a recommendation to the City Council for approval, approval with conditions, or denial of the Class 3 Use application and variance.
Application information including the SEPA environmental checklist and maps detailing the proposal are available during regular business hours at the Planning Department at 222 South Rushmore Road, Selah, Washington 98942. The staff report will be available approximately one week before the hearing. Contact the Planning Department with project, procedural or environmental questions.
Dated this 15th day of November 2016.
Thomas R. Durant, City Planner