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.

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!

Learn more about Fall City’s unique aquifer.