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interpretation of use truck terminal
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23 September 1977
RE: Determination of Use
Dear Mr. Selland:
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Gary Crutc
Assistant Planner
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CITY of ! UKWSLA
OFFICE of COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Richard 0. Selland, President
Selland Auto Transport, Inc.
6560 Fifth Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98108
This correspondence is in response to your letter of 16 September 1977 in which
you explained the functions and characteristics of the use which you desire to
establish on Mr. Gusa's property near the Fostoria Interchange in Tukwila.
As you are already aware, Section 18.40.010 (41) of the Tukwila Municipal Code
requires conditional approval by the Planning Commission of any truck terminal
proposed within the M -1 (Light Industrial) classification. Inasmuch as this
office has duly considered all of the information contained in your letter of
16 September and has concluded the use you have proposed to be, in fact, a truck
terminal, your proposed development must receive approval in the form of a Con-
ditional Use Permit prior to application for Building Permit. (Please refer to
the attached interpretation.)
Should you disagree with our interpretation of the proposed use as it relates
to Title 18 (Zoning Code) of the Tukwila Municipal Code, you may, at any time
you desire, file written appeal of our interpretation to the Tukwila Board of ..
Adjustment.
Should you have any questions or desire to discuss this matter further, please
contact me at your convenience.
6230 Southcenter Boulevard ■ Tukwila, Washington 98189 in (206) 242 -2177
MEMORANDUM
CITY of T U KW LA
OFFICE of COMMUNITY C= V3LCPM =NT
23 September 1977
T0: FILE
FROM: Gary Crutchfiel.�' istant Planner
SUBJECT:
CONCLUSION:
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Interpretation of Use: Truck Terminal
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In response to a written determination request from Selland Auto Transport
dated 16 September 1977, Fred Sattelstrom and myself reviewed Title 18 and
the letter and arrived at the following determination:
FINDINGS:
1. The word "terminal" is defined as (A) "either end of a transpor-
tation line, esp. a railroad, including yards, servicing facilities,
etc. "'and (B) "a station at any important point or junction of a
transportation line." (Webster's New World Dictionary, 1970, pages.
1467 and 1468.)
2. The proposed use principally involves the daily dispatchment and
collection of truck - trailer combinations and nightly storage of same.
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The principal function being overnight storage and daily dispatchment and
collection of trucks constitutes a truck terminal as used in Title 18 (TMC)..
This is true regardless of the absence of actual loading /unloading of
freight from those trucks.
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Mr. Gary Crutchfield
Asst Planner, City of Tukwila
6230 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, Wa 98188
re: Gusa property, Fostoria Interchange
Dear Mr. Crutchfield:
September 16, 1977
6560 FIFTH AVENUE SO.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 96106
PHONE (206) 767.5960
TELEX 32.0141
Pursuant to our discussions on the above referenced property
my company would like to pursue a building permit on the site.
The purpose of this letter . is to provide you with sufficient
background information so as to enable your department to advise
us in the pursuit of the aforementioned.
After reviewing the zoning requirements and the recommendations by your
department on the last application, i.e. Yellow Freight Lines, Inc.,
I feel my operation complies with the basic stipulations under the
code of the City of Tukwila. Therefore, I will try to address
the specific complaints against a "terminal" type operation as
outlined in the Planning Commission Staff Report, 26 May 1977.
Selland Auto Transport, Inc. has been in business for eleven years
operating in most of the western states. Contrary to the method of
operation of other auto transport companies, i.e. Convoy Co. and
Transport Storage & Distributing Co., we do not have the vehicles
delivered to our site to be stored, loaded and distributed. We
dispatch our trucks to the vehicles point of origin where they are
picked up and transported to thier appointed destination. This method
of operation precludes all loading, storage and traffic flow which
would be indigenous to any other typical "Transport or Freight"
terminal operation. The word terminal is very key in describing our
operation because our terminals are the various port districts that
receive our cargo.
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Mr. Gary Crutchfield
Enclosed with this letter are a site and floor plan which show
basically the structures we propose for the site. As you can see
the site is intended to be used as a maintenance and administrative
facility with additional parking for unused trailers and trucks.
The site will be surrounded by chain -link fence for security reasons
and yard lighting will be minimal and placed for security. At the
close of business hours every day the gates will be locked and
secured until opening the following day. The site will be landscaped
as per requirements of building code.
We will have business hours of 7:00 AM until 6:00 PM Monday thru
Friday. Only an emergency or exception would preclude these hours
of operation being modified. The possible movement of truck traffic
in or out of the property outside of daily business hours would
occur only an average of three times per day, taking into consideration
annual incidence. It is appropriate to mention this movement on to
or off of the site during non - business hours does not invlove any
extended idling and loading activities as evidenced in a terminal
type operation.
Giving special consideration to environmental factors, the concern
over noise pollution created by a "terminal" operation is not necessary
because of the insignificant amount of loading activity and truck
movement on out site. In addition, the majority of all activity will
occur on the most northeasterly portion of the property. This
gives more buffer consideration to the surrounding residential than
most of present commercial- industrial development in the area.
In conclusion, we feel we cannot be defined as a typical terminal -
trucking operation and that our use will conform to the stipulations
and intent of the present zoning. We would appreciate your immediate
consideration of this letter and advise us how most effectively proceed
with our plan.
Thank you for your consideration.
Enclosures
cc: Ted Gusa
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Sincerely,
ichard 0. Selland
President