HomeMy WebLinkAbout20263024_PJ26-0017_ReviewComments 18204 591h Avenue NE
REVIEW COMMENT FORM Arlington,WA98223
360-403-3551
Project Name:Taco Bell Permit No.: PJ26-0017 Review Date: 3/24/2026
Contact: Fletcher Boll Phone No.: Land Use Review Phase: 15Y Comments Report Date:
Email: Reviewing Dept.:CED Applicant: DWG Issue Date:
# Rev. Dwg.or Add'1 Comment Response/Resolution City
Spec.Ref. Ref. Approved
1. Online The online application is missing the Real Property The Zoning Permit application was signed by
Application Owner's approval.Please update or provide a separate Dean A Jensen on 11/26/25.
document with this approval.
This was not provided with the resubmittal.Please provide.
2. Site Plan AMC 20.46.060(b)All drive-through windows and their The proposed configuration provides the 3/24/2026
driveways shall be screened so as to minimize visual maximum screening from the public right-ofway
impacts from public rights-of-way. with the drive-thru ordering kiosk and
The current site configuration does not provide screening queue on the backside of the building.The
for the drive thru.The layout provided during the General drive-thru window will not be visible from the
Information Meeting appeared to provide better screening
options and may want to be reevaluated.Please update street.
plans and explain how this requirement is met. The early design was prepared before a full
review of the development design standards.
The current layout solves several concerns and
requirements.Rotating the building on the site
orients the dining room to the street fagade
providing transparency and pedestrian
connection to the street.This gets our primary
pedestrian entrance closest to the street.The
previous design had the freezer/cooler and
kitchen facing the street which eliminates any
transparency potential.
Locating the drive through queue lane behind
the building hides the cars from the street
supporting pedestrian connection to 204th NE.
The earlier site design had the drive through
queue lane parallel to the street which could
back up onto 204th,which would create non
compliance with 20.56.050(a)(1)posing a
danger to vehicles traveling in abutting streets.
Page 1 of 6
18204 591h Avenue NE
REVIEW COMMENT FORM Arlington,WA98223
360-403-3551
Project Name:Taco Bell Permit No.: PJ26-0017 Review Date: 3/24/2026
Contact: Fletcher Boll Phone No.: Land Use Review Phase: 15Y Comments Report Date:
Email: Reviewing Dept.:CED Applicant: DWG Issue Date:
# Rev. Dwg.or Add'1 Comment Response/Resolution City
Spec.Ref. Ref. Approved
3. Site Plan AMC 20.46.095(b)Accessory buildings shall be The trash enclosure has been moved to the 3/24/2026
subordinate to the primary structure and shall be set back northeast corner of the site and does not face
a minimum of eight(8)feet from the face of the primary the street.
structure.
The trach enclosure is considered an accessory building
and is required to be set back from the face of the structure
along 204'St.
4. Site Plan 20.56.050(a)All driveway entrances and other openings The parcel is restricted to use the shared 3/24/2026
onto streets within the city's planning jurisdiction shall be driveway at 204th Street NE. Shared
constructed so that: driveways are encouraged to reduce the
1. Vehicles can enter and exit from the lot in question number of accesses onto the public right-of way
without posing any substantial danger to themselves, with the intent of reducing traffic
pedestrians, or vehicles traveling in abutting streets,
Locating the drive-thru in line with traffic flowing the collisions.We have modified our site plan to add
opposite way to enter the site creates a potential hazard. internal lane channelization to use pavement
markings,stop sign and yield sign at the exit from
Please revise plans and show how vehicles will enter and
exist the lot without posing any substantial danger to the site to the shared driveway to guide traffic,
themselves,or other vehicles. separate opposing flow and manage
vehicle movements on and off the site.
The current layout keeps the drive-thru queue
as far away as possible from the City r.o.w.
Vehicles exiting the drive-thm would occur
intermittently(4 min.per car).Taco Bell
customers entering the site can flow
freely to the east and then continue north to
park,or queue into the drive through lane at
the north end of the site.This layout eliminates
the concern for a drive through vehicle queue
backing up onto 204th NE. This layout also
supports the design review goal of concealing
the drive through queue behind the building.
Page 2 of 6
18204 591h Avenue NE
REVIEW COMMENT FORM Arlington,WA98223
360-403-3551
Project Name:Taco Bell Permit No.: PJ26-0017 Review Date: 3/24/2026
Contact: Fletcher Boll Phone No.: Land Use Review Phase: 15Y Comments Report Date:
Email: Reviewing Dept.:CED Applicant: DWG Issue Date:
# Rev. Dwg.or Add'1 Comment Response/Resolution City
Spec.Ref. Ref. Approved
5. Elevations/Site 20.68.010(b)A sign permit may be processed and issued Understood. The separate sign permit will be 3/24/2026
Plan concurrently with a requested zoning, special use or applied for.New sign has been omitted from
conditional use permit however, a separate application is the plans.
required.
Signs will not be approved with this Zoning Permit nor the
Design Review approval.Please remove them from the
elevations and site plans.
6. Site Plan AMC 20.72.110(b)Except in the Old Town Business A rack for two(2)bicycles has been added at 3/24/2026
District 1, where bicycle parking facilities are anticipated the SE corner of the building.
to be provided as part of public/private redevelopment
projects, all commercial and public uses shall
provide "stalls"for bicycles at a ratio of ten percent of the
required automobile parking spaces required for a
business or group of businesses.After twenty "stalls"have
been provided by any business or group of businesses, the
ratio shall be five percent of the total required automobile
parking spaces.
Please show the required bicycle parking on the plans.This
is rounded to the next full number,so for this proposal it
would be parking for(2)bicycles.
7. Site Plan AMC 20.76-1:Resturanunts Side and Rear Property lines AMC 20.76.040(a)Opaque Screen,Type A. 3/24/2026
require Type A landscaping for all neighboring residential. A screen that is opaque from the ground to a
The north property line abuts a residential development. height of at least six feet,with intermittent
Please revise landscaping for the north. visual obstructions from the opaque portion to
a height of at least twenty feet. The width shall
be a minimum of five feet wide.Drought
tolerant evergreen landscaping is proposed in
order to meet this requirement.
A Type A landscape screen along the north
property line is now shown on the plans.
Page 3 of 6
18204 591h Avenue NE
REVIEW COMMENT FORM Arlington,WA98223
360-403-3551
Project Name:Taco Bell Permit No.: PJ26-0017 Review Date: 3/24/2026
Contact: Fletcher Boll Phone No.: Land Use Review Phase: 15Y Comments Report Date:
Email: Reviewing Dept.:CED Applicant: DWG Issue Date:
# Rev. Dwg.or Add'1 Comment Response/Resolution City
Spec.Ref. Ref. Approved
8. Site Plan AMC 20.114.425 Buildings and accessory structures shall EV charging station calcs provided on the
be provided with EV charging stations,EV-Ready parking plans.A total of two(2)EV/EV Ready stalls
spaces, and EV-capable parking spaces in accordance are required.
with Table 20.114.425T,per the International Building Two(2)EV charging stalls are provided.
Code occupancy types. Calculations shall be rounded up
to the nearest whole number. Where a building contains
more than one occupancy, the electric vehicle charging
infrastructure percentages of Table 20.114.425T shall be
applied to the number of spaces required for each
occupancy
Please provide calculation and update plans as necessary.
Only one EV stall is identified on the plans—please
update.
9. Site Plan Please provide recording number of access easement on Access easement information has been added.
the north and south side of the property on the plans.
Access to the north is proposed but no easement
information is provided.
10. Landscape Development Design Standards 2.4.3.1(a)Provide a screen The trash enclosure has been relocated to the 3/24/2026
Plans/Site wall at least 2-112 feet high, of durable and attractive northeast corner of the site.An opaque
Plan materials.Incorporate a continuous trellis ofgrillwork landscaped perimeter hedge at least 2.5-ft high
with climbing plants. is now proposed along 204th Street NE to
The trash enclosure and parking does not meet the intent of screen the parking and trash area from the
the screening wall.Please see the type of screening walls
used by recent developments.You can contact me directly public sidewalk in accordance with DDS
for examples. 2.4.3.1(b).
11. Site Plan Development Design Standards 7.3.3.3, When possible, The trash enclosure has been relocated to the 3/24/2026
locate services for trash, recycling and loading in an northeast corner of the site.
enclosed service room off an alley,side drive or within a
parking garage.
The intent of this section is not met.Trash services should
be away from the front of the lot when possible.Please
revise plans.
Page 4 of 6
18204 591h Avenue NE
REVIEW COMMENT FORM Arlington,WA98223
360-403-3551
Project Name:Taco Bell Permit No.: PJ26-0017 Review Date: 3/24/2026
Contact: Fletcher Boll Phone No.: Land Use Review Phase: 15Y Comments Report Date:
Email: Reviewing Dept.:CED Applicant: DWG Issue Date:
# Rev. Dwg.or Add'1 Comment Response/Resolution City
Spec.Ref. Ref. Approved
12. There may be additional comments on the next submittal
due to the extent of necessary revisions.
13. AL Landscape Type C screening should include intermittent visual
Plans/Site Plan obstructions from the ground to a height of at least twenty
feet.It appears that the landscaping does not include the
intermittent 20' as identified on the plans.Please clarify
the plantings and ensure the site plan and landscape plan
match.
14. AL FYI During the Notice of Application comment period,the
Stillaguamish Tribe requested Archeological monitoring.
This will be a condition of approval.
15. AL FYI During the Notice of Application comment period,DAHP
provided the following comment:
Based on this review,an archaeological permit will be
required for the project.Archaeological site 45SN766 was
encountered during the archaeological survey of the project
area.
This will be a condition of approval.
16. Per AMC 20.16.240 an applicant has 60 days to submit the
requested information.The resubmittal deadline is May
25,2026.When you are ready to submit,please send all
documents to ced@arlingtonwa.gov for prompt processing.
17. Per AMC 20.16.270(d),if the applicant informs the city,in
writing,that the applicant would like to temporarily
suspend the review of the project for more than 60 days,or
if an applicant is nonresponsive for more than 60
consecutive days after the city has notified the applicant,
an additional 30 days may be added to the time periods for
the city to issue a final decision for each type of permit that
is subject to this chapter.
18. Any written notice from the city to the applicant that
additional information is required to further process the
Page 5 of 6
18204 591h Avenue NE
REVIEW COMMENT FORM Arlington,WA98223
360-403-3551
Project Name:Taco Bell Permit No.: PJ26-0017 Review Date: 3/24/2026
Contact: Fletcher Boll Phone No.: Land Use Review Phase: 15Y Comments Report Date:
Email: Reviewing Dept.:CED Applicant: DWG Issue Date:
# Rev. Dwg.or Add'1 Comment Response/Resolution City
Spec.Ref. Ref. Approved
application must include a notice that nonresponsiveness
for 60 consecutive days may result in 30 days being added
to the time for review.
Page 6 of 6