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I • F F nursery and preschool functions into the addition and would create new classroom and office space. The project also includes modification of the existing parking area on both parcels with new paving,restriping, frontage landscaping,plantings, and split rail fencing along the west side of the revised parking area. A new ADA ramp is proposed from the parking area to the lower portion of the building addition for pedestrian circulation. Existing driveway access would remain the same. No new signage is proposed. The Applicant indicated that no increase in the area dedicated to the sanctuary would occur and that no increase in the number of church members is anticipated. The improvements are intended to better serve church members and to better allow the church to perform . service to the community at large. Exhibits 1, 3, and 6;Ken Levesque Testimony;Pastor ET Tapper Testimony. 9. Having reviewed the site plan,Planning Staff submitted that the proposed addition would meet the setbacks of the R-1 zone and the 28-foot maximum height. At least 15 feet would be provided between the building and the southern lot line,which is the closest q. shared boundary with a residential use. Exhibits 1 and 3; Teresa Weldon Testimony. 10. The Applicant submitted a new parking lot layout plan. The existing paved parking lot on parcels 93 and 92 is not adequately striped and is required to be reconfigured consistent with City standards. The proposal would pave a portion of presently graveled area west of the existing paved parking and restripe the stalls on both parcels in order to correct inadequate stall geometry. Planning Staff submitted that the proposed parking plan,which shows 27 stalls,is generally acceptable. Staff submitted that because no changes to the sanctuary are proposed,the number of parking spaces is not required to be reviewed as part of the instant project. A new four-foot wide planting area is proposed between the reconfigured parking and the sidewalk along Dogwood Drive to be planted x with street trees and shrubs. Planning Staff indicated that the proposed frontage landscaping shown in the landscaping plan is acceptable. Exhibits 1 and 3, Site Plan and - Landscape Plan. 11. The western edges of the proposed addition intrude slightly into the 44-foot wetland a buffer in the southwest corner of the site. In order to maintain compliance with the requirements of the critical areas ordinance,the Applicant proposes to reduce the wetland buffer to 33.76 feet through a wetland buffer averaging scheme that pushes the wetland buffer west along the full length of both parcels. The scheme reduces the wetland buffer area in the southwest corner of the site by 934 square feet and adds 934 square feet to the wetland buffer between the parking area and wetland to the northwest of the church building. Buffer enhancement,including soil amendments,the installation of about 250 plants,mulch, and seeding of exposed soil,is proposed over 7,783 square feet throughout the averaged buffer along the western edge of both parcels. A split rail fence is proposed , at inner edge of the buffer to deter intrusion into the critical area. The Applicant's critical areas report concluded that the proposed buffer width averaging would result in no negative impacts to wetland or stream functions and values. Planning Staff submitted that the buffer width averaging and enhancement plan is consistent with critical areas regulations. Exhibits 3 and 7; Teresa Weldon Testimony. Findings, Conclusions, and Decision - Everett Hearing Examiner View Ridge Community Church, SPU17-005/ESA17-002 page 4 of 10 }