1716 BROADWAY 2018-01-02 MF Import

�a� � � • • yr",J �� _ � � � � � � The off-street parking requiJ•ement for the 37 ,000 square foot store would be 185 stal.ls or one space per eac}� 200 square feet of gross f.loor area. The applicant�s pro- posal would provide one space for each 7.50 square feet of gross Eloor area which would be 150 stall�. The Applicant I�as had a parkinq study prepared by KJS �� " Associates, Inc. of Dellevue (Exhibit 4) . That study y documents existiny parking usage in the current Safeway �p parking lot and on adjacent streets and projected park- �� inq use based on the 27 percent increase in store size. To document existing parking patterns, liourly counts of � parked cars in the Safeway lot and on all streets within �y� � a convenient walking distance of the store �uas completed on Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 3 Uetween 1:00 �a p.m. ,and E1:o0 p.m. , which are the peak activity hour:> � p'�� for these two days. ta Qy or� parking use of the lot peaked at 62$ on Friday and 57� � p�� Saturday. �ven at the peak p.�rking demand times, there were a minimum of 55 unused stalls on Friday and G2 on �y� Saturday in the Safeway lot. The current usaqe was ad- ' H justed by 27� and even at peak demand, the parking lot �� would only be 81� occupied, and would have a reserve ca- �' pacity oP 29 parking spaces. ��N b. Conc�us�on• There are unusual circumstances applying to , '�� the proposed use, since it is an existing facility, the � - . expansion will serve primarily existing customers ratl.ier � than significantly increase the number of customers, ,Ind � the parking study concludes that the 150 parking spaces will be more than adequate to serve peak parking needs at �u,.3ti>:�:--rc v . the supermarket. �iterion No 2• That such variance is necessary for the preservation and enjoy- � �,� ment of a substantial property right oE the appellant pos sessed C_,� by the owners of other properties in the same vicinity or zone. 1 ' a. Plnding;. other i�ses in this vicinity and zone ara re- �,� quired by code to provide off street parking for their I �� needs, and the Safeway Store would be providing adequate off-street parlting Por their needs. In nddition, thFre are some uses in this older part oP the city that are ;i '...�� nonconforming tor parlcing and do not provide parking Y.o ..,,,�,�. code. � b. C c sion: Granting this variance would allow the prop- � erty owner a riyht already possessed by others in the vi- � .,.,�� cinity and zone. criter�on No. 3• i � , � 'lhat the =�uthorization of such var3.ance wi.11 not he materially ; �� '�" detrimental to the publi.c welParc or injurious to property in the , vicinity or zone in which the property is located. ��.r � a. rjp��i]lg;. 1Jo aciverse commenCs have baen recoived on this vnriance request from other city departments and no ad- verse response has been received in response to notifica- tion of property owners witliin 30o feet of thc� site. The existing parking lot has 6een partially landscaped; however, it does not fully meet the City's landscaping requirements. In addition, the south and east sides of the building are not adequately screened from the single I family residences across the street on McDougall and the existinq landscaping is overgrown and inadeyuately main- � ., tained. I _Z_ � "