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CITY OF EVERETT PLANNING DIRECTOR DECISION Review Process II#16-015 Rainier Building Corporation—Modification of CRA Zoning Standards, January 10,2017 Applicant: Rainier Building Corporation P.O.Box 1947 Everett,WA 98206 Parcel No.: 00439079400700(vacant land South of 3305 Oakes) Project Description: The proposed project is to construct a new duplex and rear yard infill unit on the property. Requested Modifications: Modification#1:An exception from EMC 19.33G.050.B.1,which requires sites abutting an alley to gain vehicular access from the alley.No driveway access from the public street shall be allowed. Modification#2:An exception from EMC 19.336.070.B.1a which requires the main entrance of each structure to face the street. Modification#3:An exception to Table 330-1,note 5.c which requires balconies or rooftop decks within fifteen horizontal feet of a side property line to utilize opaque guard rails. Zoning: R-4 Multiple Family High Density,CRA Core Residential Area Project Planner: Kelsey Heyd,Assistant Planner:425.257.8731 The planning director may allow modifications of design and development standards if the design meets the intent of this chapter and provides a superior design treatment than could be achieved if those standards were strictly applied. The proposed vehicular access to the site would come from the adjacent property to the north(3305 Oakes Avenue),minimizing grading impacts and allow for a larger area at the rear.of the site to be maintained for open space.Access from the adjacent property to the-north would also utilize an existing curb cut from Oakes Avenue and would result in no additional curb cuts for this project. The planning director may require only buildings visible from the street to face their main entrances towards the street,provided the development meets the intent of the standards.The rear yard infill unit is proposed to be set back on the property and is situated at a lower grade from the,front duplex unit in front,minimizing its visibility from Oakes Avenue.The main entrance of the rear yard infill unit would face the adjacent property to the north but still maintain pedestrian access on site from Oakes Avenue. The commercial building on the property to the north is located 65 feet from the subject property,with surface parking located directly adjacent to the side property line of the subject property.The open balcony railings for Unit 1 will not impose additional privacy concerns on the commercial property.The adjacent residential property to the south has landscape screening along the property line,minimizing privacy impacts of the open balcony railings for Unit 2.The balconies for Units 1 and 2 are covered,also minimizing privacy impacts to the adjacent properties to the north and south. The front porch and rear decks were designed with traditional columns and railings for visual appeal and compatibility with the historic character of homes in the neighborhood. Page of REVII16-015