5416 S 1ST AVE MORSE CONSTRUCTION GROUP 2018-01-02 MF Import

Morse Construction Group Site Plan Modification Page -2- After due consideration of the testimony and evidence presented by the Applicant; testimony and evidence elicited during the public hearing; and as the result of the personal inspection of the subject property and surrounding areas by the Everett Hearing Examiner, the following findings of fact and conclusions constitute the basis of the decision of the Everett Hearing Examiner. FINDINGS OF FACTS 1. On July 11, 1984, the City of Everett and the predecessor in interest to the Applicant entered into a Concomitant Agreement to rezone property north of Lenora Street and west of South First Avenue, Everett, Washington. As part of the Concomitant Agreement, the Applicant was permitted to develop the site with a commercial structure, the offices of the Maltby Tank and Barge Company. 2. According to the site plan that was approved, parking on -site was required under the structure. Such parking was constructed. 3. The Applicant's bubiness needs have increased, and as a result, more office space is necessary. Rather than expand the area of the building, the Applicant requested modification of the site plan in order to allow conversion of the understructure parking to office space and to place the parking above ground on the western and eastern portions of the site. 4. Access to the on -site parking will be via a new 16 foot drive off South First Avenue. 5. Surface parking on -site originally placed the parking on Lenora Street. However, it was determined by the Applicant and the City that the street was too steep and would create safety hazards. Further, it would remove significant landscaping on -site. As a result, the parking as proposed on the western and eastern portions of the site was designed. 6. The total parking spaces available in the existing building are eighteen, the same as the existing parking requirements for the site. The proposed parking spaces on the western and eastern sides of the structure will provide eighteen parking spaces. In addition, landscaping and other design features will be preserved oa-site. 7. The Applicant submitted that there is no history of parking problems in the area and that all of the existing parking spaces are seldom filled. 8. A Witness (Gail Chism) submitted a concern about the existing parking and views. Her main concern was the preservation of a visually pleasing site and the preservation of safety in the area. She also voiced concern about where overflow parking is to be located. She contended that because some of the parking in the rear of the site is not used, overflow parking occurs on Lenora Street. Because of the steepness of Lenora Street, traffic hazards exist.