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PLANNING DIRECTOR DETERMINATION <br />P,eview Process ! #05-033 <br />November 30, 2005 <br />The City o/ Everett Planning nirector grants approval of a <br />Yavgeniq Karpenro to reduce the standard 25-foot buffer from the top of <br />slope to 12.5 feet on Lot 33 on Bclved�tre Avenue with the followiny <br />conditions: <br />1. Enhrmce fhe renitunin�7 12 i lect ��! hullur lioni Ihe tu�� ul sh���e as pro����serl <br />in thr, plar,tiny plan dated 11/30i0.`i. <br />2. Record an Environrnenfally Sensifive Area Protective Covenant (available <br />(rom the City), whir.h ..ill protect Ihe rem.aining buI(erand slope. <br />3. Post an F_nvironmentally Sensitive Area sign javailable /rom the i,iiy) at the <br />buller edge. <br />Lot 33 has a slope greafer than 25% that extands do�vn fo a stream located at <br />the toe o( the slope. Subsection 37.140 C:.7 requires a minimum bufler ol 25 /eet <br />lrom the top o/ a slope that has a slope greater than 25%. Subsection 37.140.D <br />o( IHe City uf Everett Zoning Code gives the 1'lonning Dircctor thc authority to <br />reduce fhe 25-foot buller (rom the bp ol slope by up to 50% when there has <br />been subsfantial legal alteration ol, the bu(ler and the remaining bulfer is <br />enhanced su�Iicientl�� te imcrove the Linctional values o(the bul(er. <br />Tlie Planning Director approved fhe ieduced bufler hased upon the (oll�wing: <br />', The lot w��s established under BLAtt03-005 and the upper portion o/ the <br />Buller (the 25-foot width o/ area south of the top of bank line shown vn the <br />BLAJ was cleared in 2003 during the construction ol Belveder� ���en��e An�% <br />olher areas o/Ihe slope that may have been cleared should be i� /�l,,nt„�l ��. dh <br />n�tive vegetation. <br />2. The enhancemenf plan will improve the lunctional values o( t!i� hul!„r 1 h� � <br />proposal indudes removin� non-native, invasive plants such as Himalay<vi <br />hlackberry, and revegetating the remainin,q bul(er wifh native vegetation. <br />1 he Pd�nning Director's nelermination ntay be appNaled. Any such appeal must <br />be liled within lourteen calendar days o/ the date specilied below. Appeal lorms <br />;�re available Irom the Planning Department and must be subrnilted alorrg with <br />�he required /iling /ee. For rnore inlormation concerning this determination, <br />r,ontacf Don Wood o(the Planning/F_ngineering Depa�irnent at 257-7283. <br />f3y.��►� 111AD(� -- <br />Donald Wood- Pl��nner <br />