Arrington Court
As the first Taylor Development project in Fall City, this subdivision continues to have issues with it’s Large Onsite Septic System (LOSS) and is not compliant with wastewater quality standards. The tiny lots and repetitive designs are out of character with the surrounding neighborhood in both density and scale.
Fall City residents have concerns about the bedroom misrepresentation strategy: the wastewater system was designed and permitted for 51 bedrooms (17, 3-bedroom homes) and yet somewhere between 68-85 were constructed.
Review documents for Arrington Court on Dropbox.
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Location
This development is along 202 & 324th.
Size
4.25 Acres with 17 homes
2 additional parcels for storm water drainage and the large shared septic system.
Stage
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There is money to be made in Fall City.
Taylor Developments purchased the land for $3.1 mil in 2020.
In 2021 they had completed permitting and sold rights to RM Construction for $5.3 mil, netting them approximately $2.2 mil (excluding the costs to obtain permits and create plans).
Taylor paid the county around $450k for permits.
After the 17 homes were sold (mostly in February 2022) the final resale value was close to $22 mil.
These numbers are estimates based on county records.
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Unfortunately for both the residents of Fall City and the new home owners in Arrington Court, these profit oriented development practices resulted in less than ideal outcomes.
Some examples:
There is least amount of required parking at the homes and no provisions were made to create on street parking (in a town with no public transportation or on-street parking)
Cars now spill illegally onto the street blocking pedestrians, cyclists and reducing the road to one-lane. This is a problem the Sheriff is not resourced to enforce and they have openly said we are on our own for finding solutions.
Trash collection was not considered, and receptacles remain on the street indefinitely.
No neighborhood connectors were installed. Residents have been seen walking down the side of 202 towards town.
For the homes on the west side of 324th looking out onto the new development, their previously unobstructed views of Mt. Si have been replaced with cookie-cutter homes twice the size of normal Fall City construction.
The unlit, unmarked turn off of State Route 202 was precarious before and it now accommodates the daily traffic of 17 additional homes.
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3 years after completion, the LOSS (septic) at Arrington Court is still not operational. State officials have not deemed it safe enough for homeowner management. A town well is located 900 feet from this system.
LOSS not operating as designed
Nitrate levels exceed treatment requirements by 600%
WDOH said they will not approve this LOSS system again (BioMicrobics BioBarrier)
Septic professionals say BioBarrier system should have NEVER been on approved list & are trying to have it removed
System “works in theory, but not in practice” when individual treatment tanks are used at each home.
Let’s hope the septic issues get sorted out before our water is contaminated biologically or chemically!
