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CITY OF EVERETT Community, Planning & Economic Development Department Planning Division PLANNING DIRECTOR DECISION FILE NUMBER: Rev II 18-020 APPLICANT: Adam & Fabriece Casper 4817 Bayview Lane Everett, WA 98203 ADDRESS: 4817 Bayview Lane ZONING: R-S: suburban residential PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Correction of a grading violation on a slope above Narbeck Creek in response to a Notice to Comply (CE 18-0576) issued by the city on July 2, 2018. FINDINGS: The subject site is developed with a single family dwelling unit with attached garage built in 1985 on the western half of the lot. The eastern half of the lot has slopes greater than 33 percent with medium to high risk of erosion and medium to very high risk of landslide. The slopes on -site are part of the western bank of Narbeck Creek, a Type NP classified stream. On July 2, 2018, the Code Enforcement Unit of the Everett Police Department issued a Notice to Comply, CE 18-0576, after an inspection of the subject site revealed unauthorized alteration of the critical areas and buffers. A portion of the property extending east of the driveway into the critical areas and buffers had been altered with land fill, tree removal, and grading. A land use application for the correction of the critical area violations was submitted to the Community, Planning, & Economic Development Department on October 17, 2018. Public notice of the application was mailed December 6, 2018 and the site was posted December 9, 2018. No formal comments from the public were submitted. Everett Municipal Code (EMC) 19.37.250.13.2 grants authority to the planning director to require restoration of the unauthorized area of alteration to a condition which is equivalent or superior to its prior natural condition, to the extent that such condition can be determined. Per EMC 19.37.260.1), restoration shall include, but not be limited to, the replacement of all improperly removed ground cover with species similar to those which were removed or other approved species such that the biological and habitat values will be replaced, improper fill removed and slope stabilized. EMC 19.37.220.A requires all features classified as critical areas and their buffers to be placed in a critical area protective covenant. 2930 Wetmore Ave, Ste 8-A © 425.257.8731 O planning@everettwa.gov Everett, WA 98201 425.257.8742 fax everettwa.gov