Ordinance 3271-12 - Laserfiche WebLink

5. Proposed Completion Date. New construction multifamily housing and rehabilitation improvements must be completed within three years from the date of approval of the application, plus any extension of time granted under Section 3.78.090 (B). 6. Compliance with Guidelines and Standards. The project must be designed to comply with the city's comprehensive plan, building, housing and zoning codes, design guidelines, and any other applicable regulations in effect at the time the applicant submits a fully completed application to the director. For the duration of the exemption granted under this chapter, the property shall have no violations of applicable zoning requirements, land use regulations, or building and housing ordinance requirements for which a notice of violation has been issued and is not resolved by compliance, withdrawal or other final resolution. The project must also comply with any other standards and guidelines adopted by the city for the residential targeted area in which the project will be developed. 7. Off-Street Parking. a. The project must provide all required parking spaces on site. b. The parking requirements for multiple-family dwellings of the Everett zoning code are applicable to multifamily residences provided for in this chapter. 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. 7