1717 BAKER AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

David P. Guadalupr_ Appeal 4-90 Page -3- 2. The sub�ect property Ss located between Baker and Fulton Avenues in the City of Everett and containe two buildinge: A. A four-bed^oom, one and one-half etory reeidential structure !e located on the weat end of the property, fronting on Haker Avenue. Said atructure ie commeeeyezhibit816)nd ehall hereinafter be referre d to ae 1717 Baker ( B• e:hibit 42)r eingle-et ry3etructure is tlocated onedthe eaetalend of ehe uubject property adjacent to Fulton Avenue. Said etructure 1e commonlY kaown as end shall hereinafter be referred to ae 1717-1/2 Baker. (see e�ibita 20 and 21) 3, The subject property has been zoned R-2 slnce 1956. (teetimony by 17th staff based upon CSty zoning mape diepl.syed at the January hearing) The R-2 zone allowe only one single-family residence per legal lor.. (e�chlbit 17, paBe 9) 4. Guadalupe and Candace M. YounB (herelnafter referred to ae "Young") jointly purchased the subject property !n or around December, 1989. The etructuree on [he subject property xere being uee� ae three individusl dwelling units at that time: 1717 Buker had been divided in half end wae being rented as a duplez sud 1717-1/2 Baker xas reaCed to a third party for residFntial use. The City apperently received a complaint regarding multiple residential uaes of the sub�ect praperty. Following investfgation by one of the C1ty's Code Compliance Officere, ,audalupe-Young decided to vacate one-half of th•• 1717 Baker etructure ��nd to fi:te for a non-conforming uae determination on the 1717-1/2 Baker etructure. (teatimony) Guadalupe's application for non-conforming uee certificat:ion �rae filed on or about Jauuary 4, 1990, and aeelgned City file numbE:r NCU 13-89. (e�ibit 2) 5. On March 9, 1990, the CSty Pla¢niag Department denled non-conforming use certificatian for 1717-1/2 Baker baeed upon: County Aeeeeeor recorde ehowing the subject property ueed ae a single-family reeidence from 1914 through 1989; County Aaaeeeor records ahowing uae of the 1717-1/2 Baker atructure as a garage from 1914 to 1982; absence in the 1956 through 1982 Polk City DirPctorieP of any entry for 1717-1/2 Baker; and electrical recorde ahowing lnstallatlon of separate electrical servlce Eor 1717-1/2 Baker ia ]983. �eahibit 9) Guadalupe filed timely apPeal from the Planning Department'a decieion. The baels of Guadalupe's appeal wae that the 1717-1/2 Baker structure had been used ae a residence prior to 1956, that said structure wae being used ae a residence at the time the separate electrical aervice was Snstalledthe 1983, an�i that atatementa from previous property ownere regarding uee of eaid etructure conflicted r+ith information contaiaed wlthin the denial uf98thiarappeal�will have an adversececonomic impact u�nc themt nd Lheir twc� tenants. (testimony)