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PLANNING DIRECTOR DE�4SION <br />RF.ASONABLE USE APPL[CATION <br />REV I 1/06-029 <br />Deccmber 29, 2006 <br />Description of Proposal: The Applicant pro�wses to construct a single family residence within a <br />stream and weUand buffer on a.87-acre lot. There is a Type Ns and T�pe Np stream and a <br />Category III weQand on d�e site. <br />Applicant: <br />I,ocation: <br />7,oning: <br />David & Judy King <br />4717 E3elvedere Avenue <br />�verctt, WA 98203 <br />Fast of Harbor Lane and north of Belvedere <br />R-S, Suburhan Resideiitial <br />Legal Descriplion: (At 36 of the Plat of' Dadington Replat of Lot X <br />General Plan: 1.1 - Single Pamily Detached, 3-5 dwellings per gross acre <br />Cunluct Pcrson: Sleve lnKalshe Phonc: (425) 257-8731 <br />Seciion S.II of the Critic:al Arcas Ordinance allows development of a site withi�� a critical area's <br />buffer if the applicant demonstrates all of the (ollowing: <br />I <br />2. <br />3. <br />Therc ls na other res�sonable use or feasible elternativr to the proposed development <br />witl� less impact on the environmentally sensitive area. <br />Finding: 7'he site is in the R-S zone, which allows a single family residence on a minimum <br />lot area of 9,W0 square feet. 'I'he lot will be acecssed from Belvedere. A critical area study <br />by Wr.tland Resources dated Decembcr 8, 2006 (Revisinn �1) shows that there is a Category <br />I11 wetland at the base of the slope where a Type Ns stream and a Type Np sveam (Phillips <br />Geek) mcrge ncar the middle of the cast lot line. The Critical Area Ordinance requires that <br />the buffers af the streams anJ the wetland extend 25 feet beyond the point of where the slope <br />bccomes less than 259b. The majority uf the site has slopes over 25`%. Thus, the buffers <br />from the weUand and twu streams encumber the cntire site. <br />Conclusiun: 7'hc siie can not he devclope.�d with any residence wid�out a rcdaction of the <br />huffcrs. <br />Thc proposed development docs not pc�se n threat to the public health, �reey and <br />wclfarc on or ofl' of the subject lot. <br />Finding: i he single family residcncc is a ��ermitted use in this zonc and will be required to <br />mcct all building codes and public works standards. <br />Conclusion: 'I'he proposed development should not pose a thrcat to public health, safety, and <br />wclfarc on or off thc sub;ect lot. <br />Any altcrutions pennittcd to the requirements of (the Zaning Code) s6a11 be t6e <br />minimum necessary to allow for reasonable use of t6e property. <br />i'�+ 2930 Wetmore, Suite R-A, l:verett, WA 9R201-4044 '� (425) 257-8731, f�az (425) 257-8742 <br />