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BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: <br /> K. The Hearing Examiner, using the review process described in the City's Local Project <br /> Review Procedures Ordinance, may allow detached accessory buildings to exceed fifteen feet in <br /> height, or to exceed one thousand square feet in area as provided herein. The hearing examiner <br /> shall have the authority to deny an application for accessory buildings which exceed fifteen feet <br /> in height or a total of one thousand square feet. The basis for denial is incompatibility with the <br /> dwelling and/or neighborhood character. To make this determination, the hearing examiner may <br /> look to such factors that include, but are not limited to, view obstruction, aesthetic impact on <br /> surrounding properties and streetscape, incompatible scale with dwellings on surrounding <br /> properties, and impact on neighborhood character. The hearing examiner shall also have the <br /> authority to impose greater setback requirements, landscape buffers, or other locational or design <br /> requirements as necessary to mitigate the impacts of accessory buildings which are larger or <br /> taller than otherwise allowed by this section. <br /> SECTION 7: That Ordinance No. 1671-89 as amended by Section 2 of Ordinance 2307-98 <br /> (EMC 19.15.010 D)which reads in part as follows: <br /> D. Modification of Development Standards and Design Guidelines_An applicant may <br /> propose and the planning director, using Review Process II, may allow an applicant to deviate <br /> from certain development standards of this chapter, as provided herein, and from the multiple- <br /> family design guidelines, provided the proposal satisfies the evaluation criteria of this subsection. <br /> This process differs from the variance procedure in that rather than approval being based upon <br /> unusual circumstances or a physical hardship such as steep slopes, it is based upon the quality of <br /> the proposed design. This alternative process is intended to promote well designed housing <br /> which does not strictly comply with the development standards of this chapter and/or the <br /> multiple-family design guidelines,but which meets the criteria contained herein. In evaluating <br /> such a proposal, the planning director, using the criteria in subsection D.3 of this section, shall <br /> determine if the alternative design provides equivalent or superior results to that which would be <br /> required by compliance with the development standards of this chapter and the design guidelines. <br /> 1. What Can Be Modified_The following standards can be modified using this process: <br /> a. Multiple-family design guidelines; <br /> b. Permitted number of dwelling units may be increased by not more than ten percent; <br /> c. Building setbacks and separation between buildings; <br /> d. Building height; <br /> e. Open space and on-site recreation standards of this chapter; <br /> f. Landscaping requirements; <br /> g. Parking location; <br /> h. Pedestrian access requirements as provided by subsection 15.080.C. <br /> 2. What Cannot Be Modified,Except for the standards identified in subsection D.1 of this <br /> section, no other standards, including the following, can be modified using this process: <br /> a. Number of off-street parking spaces; <br /> b. Uses permitted by the zone in which the property is located; <br /> c. Regulations for nonconforming uses; <br /> d. Standards of Chapter 37 of the Zoning Code (Environmentally Sensitive Areas); <br /> 5 <br />