3416 BELL AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

r�r _ . ` D October 24, 1986 � � � � � � � D � n£T �41996 MAY�R'f OiFICt Honorable William Moore tv�rNy WA lY201 Mayor City of E�erett City Hall , 3002 Wetmore E�erett, WA 98281 Dear Mayor Moora , I am writinq this p�rsonai letter to you in order to accomplfsh two thingsi firat to •xprass my personal 4:elings about the sub— J�ct matter of the attach�d corraspondanca and secondly for this I �tt�r ta act as one of the signators to the attached cerr�spond— ence. Tn• sub,iect is th• new construction at 3415 B�li A�enu• and the �-- codes that ar• applicabl • to th• constructfon . Fl�fore my wife ,nd I purchas�d our n�w home at 3420 Bell A�e . , adJoining 3413 B�I1 A�e. on th� south , w� r�allzed that som� day a hom� would b� con— structed on th• then ��cant lot. We ch�ck�d through the reai es— tate campany and made tei �phone calls and prrsonal checKs with th• appropriate city offic�s to asc�rtain if any bufldfng plans had b��n submitted for that prop�rty, otherwisa known as Lots 28 and 29 of Block 2 or Rucker Park Addition . W were advis�d by all that no plans had b4en submitted and that a buflding permlt had not be�n issu�d. N�vertheless, we knew that it would happen ultimately and expectrd, erroneously as it turned out , that any r.�onstruction would ba in accord with the g¢neral nature of the �ieighborhood. Further , as this is a view sensitf �e area, we exoected that the builder would be considerate of his ncighbor's existing � iaw. As notad in the attached hfstory of the. construction , it has not turned out thia way. We feal that the City Zoning Code has been � iolated both as to intent, and spaci4ically. Wl� ile it is realized that a bullder ha• certain leeways, when a presentation �oith specific drawinga is made to a city body and the actual tocation of the bullding �aries greatly from that presentatlon , we feel that a first � iolation has occurred. Also, when a building plan is appro�ed for a view sensiti �e area, it should be subJect to close scrutiny and latar follaw—up to insure fhat it does no : unduly affect the neiyhbors existing � iews. Further , that the style of the building should fit into, the general architecture of the neighborhood. LastlY, the zoning code should be adhered to in a specific manner without allowing manipulation through one means or anether . Examination o4 the phoiographs and drawings in thr accompanying hlstory will not create a fiattering �mpression 04 the execution of the zoning code .