2605 BAKER AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

� The Appellant submitted lhat City records indicate that Ihe City was aware of a second residence on-site. In exhibit#2 (,page 21 of 26), a copy of a City of Everett Altei ation Permit issued Oacember 2, 1959, sndicates that a garoge on the rear of the house was canverted into a residence. On the permit, the lot is depicted, and it ahows sketches of the lot end the location of the two :tructures. 6. On a permit issued by the City of Everett on October 2, 1972, a single-femily residence is noted. 7 The Appellant did not provide the City all of the informati�n prior to the hearing. At the hearing he submitted a copy oi 1954 tax rocords for tha lot (exhibit 1M6). These records indicate that there were two residences on the lot at 2605 Beker Avenue. One was built in 1910 ;the duplex), while the other is stated to have been built in 1954 (single-family residen:.e). It is presume�d thEit the structure built in 1954 was built with the required permits. The City did not re.view the permif history of the site !�ecause of the disarray of the records dating back to that period 8. The Appeilant submitted that the City hes constantly treated the atructures on-site as seperate resfdences. He submitted an inapection repdrt by the Gity of Everett isaued on April 28, 1976, in which a sewer line is cbpicted to run to the three diHerent living aections on-site. (These include the� besement of the duplex, the upstairs of the duplex, and the rear living unit.) 9. Na ;estimony was submitted that any of the informatian provided by the Appellent was in eRor or that it had been misconstrued. CONCLUSIONS 1. The property at 2605 end 2605-1/2 Baker Avenue, Everett, Washington, is zoned R- 2, Single-Family High Density Residential. It is a 5,663 square foot parcel uf land that has two structures. One of the structures is used as a duplex (2605 Beker Avenue), and the other is a single-femity residence (2605-1J2 Baker Avenue). 2. In the definitions of the Everett Zoning Code, a non�oniorming use� is defined as "a tegally establishod use whi�h met the applicable Zoning Code requirements at the time it was estabiished but which fails by rea:wn ot adoption, revision, or amendment of the Zoning Code, to conform to U,e present requirements of the zone in which it is located." The property at 2605 and 2605-1/2 Balcer Avenue qualifies as a non-corrforminy use. 3. Adequate evidence has been presented by the A�ppeilent to preve that the rear structure (2605-1/2 Baker Avenue)was built prior to trie adoption of the 1956 Zoning Code. Baned on the tax records, which were uncontradicted, the rear structure was built in 1954, two years prior to the edoption of the Everett Zoning Code. There werA no Zoning Code requiremonts at the time of developmant. After the adoption of the Zoning Code, th�3 site became non-coniorming because of two structures on one iot, and it was a substandard lot because of area. 3