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February 24, 2015
VIA US MAIL AND EMAIL (cclose@rentonwa.gov)
City of Renton Department of Community
and Economic Development
Planning Division
1055 S. Grady Way, Sixth Floor
Renton, Washington 98057
Attn: Clark Close, Associate Planner
RE: Pending Vuecrest II Preliminary Short Plat (Renton File No. LUA15-000026)
Proposed list of special conditions of preliminary short plat approval
Dear Mr. Close:
In follow-up to the three-way phone call that Kolin Taylor and I had with you late last
Tuesday afternoon (February 17), I am writing on behalf of my client KBS III, LLC (“KBS”),
the applicant of the pending proposed eight-lot Vuecrest II Preliminary Short Plat, to provide
you a proposed list of special conditions of preliminary short plat approval. In addition to
addressing sewer service for the short plat development, these proposed conditions have been
designed to address the possibilities that, by the time that Vuecrest II is otherwise ready for final
short plat approval and recording,
(1) The public street planned through the site of the proposed Vue Crest
Estates subdivision development (APN 3123059048) might not be
completed and dedicated to the City of Renton and/or
(2) A joint stormwater detention and water quality facility that KBS and the
Vue Crest Estates preliminary plat applicant (Harbour Homes) are
planning on the Vue Crest Estates site (to provide stormwater detention
and meet water quality requirements for both developments) might not be
unavailable.
In view of the above, here is the list of special conditions of preliminary short plat
approval that KBS proposes:
City of Renton Department of Community
and Economic Development
Planning Division
Attn: Clark Close, Senior Planner
February 24, 2015
Page 2
(1) Prior to or contemporaneously with final approval and recordation of the
short plat, either:
(a) Both of the following conditions must be satisfied:
(i) An offsite public street must be sufficiently
completed and available for public traffic from (A)
existing Smithers Avenue South at the north end of
the proposed Vue Crest Estates subdivision
development site (APN 3123059048) through that
site to (B) the west boundary of the Vuecrest II
parcel (to connect with proposed Road A of the
short plat) and
(ii) A public street right-of-way must be dedicated,
deeded, or otherwise transferred to the City of
Renton for that offsite street; or
(b) Both of the following conditions must be satisfied:
(i) The west end of the short plat layout must be
modified to be generally consistent with the
attached 7-Lot Alternative Layout (EXHIBIT A) in
order to (A) eliminate proposed Lot 8, (B) have the
west end of Road A terminate with a cul-de-sac
bulb to the west of proposed Lot 7 (a “Cul-de-Sac
Bulb”), (C) somewhat modify the layout of
proposed Tract A in relation to the street right-of-
way for Road A and the Cul-de-Sac Bulb, and (D)
create a new Tract B (a portion of which is to be
used for tree preservation purposes and a portion of
which is to be used for a part of a drainage facility)
and
(ii) Road A (including the Cul-de-Sac Bulb) must be
substantially completed;
(2) Prior to or contemporaneously with final approval and recordation of the
short plat, either:
(a) A joint stormwater detention and water quality facility must be
constructed within the Vue Crest Estates site to provide stormwater