2016/04/27 Council Agenda Packet

b. The parking requirements for multiple-family dwellings of the Everett zoning code are applicable to multifamily residences provided for in this chapter,except as may be allowed by a master plan adopted under the Institutional Overlay Zone as provided by Chapter 19.33B, or as may be allowed by a master plan adopted under the Planned Development Overlay Zone as provided by Chapter 19.29. c. The term"parking spaces on site"means that all the parking required under applicable city codes and requirements shall be off-street parking and provided on the property subject to the application for tax exemption hereunder or on any contiguous parcel owned by the applicant and not separated by a street, alley, other public right-of-way, or property not owned by the applicant. The planning director may authorize the parking area for a multifamily residence which is subject to the application for tax exemption hereunder to be located on a contiguous parcel which is separated from the multifamily residence site by an alley, if topographic, environmental or space constraints prevent vehicle parking and maneuvering from being placed on the location otherwise required by this chapter. In approving the on-site parking on any parcel contiguous to the multifamily residence site, including any approved parcel separated by an alley, the planning director shall require the owner to execute and record a covenant running with the land, acceptable to the city attorney, dedicating such parking area to parking use, to terminate only in the event that the owner's use which created the need for the parking on the owner's property is abandoned, discontinued or otherwise terminated, or the owner provides parking in a contiguous alternate location which is acceptable to and approved by the city. 8. Building Materials. The planning director shall have the authority to, in consultation with the building official,promulgate minimum standards for the quality of building materials to be used on projects seeking the property tax exemption. 9. Design Requirements within the Downtown Area. a. A project outside the B-3 zone, and any project in the B-3 zone that does not otherwise use at least two bonus elements provided in Section 19.22.020(E) to qualify for floor area ratio or building height bonuses, shall include one bonus element provided in Section 19.22.020(E) for each ten dwelling units or portion thereof, up to a maximum of three bonus elements. Any bonus element constituting a use that is not otherwise permitted in the zone in which the property is located may not be used to satisfy this requirement. b. Projects in the E-3 zone that use at least two of the bonus elements in Section 19.22.02(Y'=;) to quali-\- For floor area ratio or builC int? height bonuses shall divide one ?ddi lion l bonus ele_ ntli 19.22.020 _ c _ iy (lZ .l l lU iI: l ii.!1 _ IAD l: a ?.:; . J0