1915 BROADWAY 2016-01-01 MF Import

BOARD OF AGJUSTNENT rINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER VARIANCE NO. 15-90 Based upon the written request for a variance from the City's zoning code by: Applicant: Oliver A. williams 1915 Broadway Everett, WA 98201 hereinafter referred to as "Applicant, ° for a var.iance f.'rom i Section 18, Parking, to allow the continuation of commercial and residential uses that require a total of seven off-street parking spaces and are providing only four in tandem off the alley. on the property commonly known as: 1915 Broadway The Board of Adjustment, following a puUlic hearing on said I application held on July 9, 1490, and further having reviewed all testimony, makes the following Findings, Conclusions and '� order: FZNDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Criterion No. 1: That the variance is necessary because of exceptional or ex- traordinary circumstances regarding the size, shape, topography, or location of the subject property; or the loca- tion of a pre-existing improvement on the subject property that conformed to the zoning code in effect when the improvement was constructed, a. Findings: The property in question is a 25 foot wide by 120 foot long lot in z B-2 zone. There is an existing 25' x 40' (1000 square foot) conunercial building on the front of the lot that was constructed in 1946. At that time there was no code iequirement for off-street parking; how- ever, there was room on the rear of the lot to informally park six vehicles. A small residential structure was added behind the commercial structure in 1987 . There is no record in file of any consideration being given to the matter of parking at the time the residential structure was built, except that four parking spaces are shown on the site plan submitted for the single family construc- tion. The Applicant has the property for sale and a prospective purchaser wanted confirm� ion that the property met the zoning code requirement� i•1 regard to off-street parking. The City was not able to �ertify that the property met zoning code requirements, since the residential structure had been constructed without providing the additional two spaces required by code. At this time, the City cannot certify that the existing residential structure is a legal building unless a variance is obtained for parking. Part of the commercial structure is used as a barber shop and the remaining approximately two-thirds is retail sales. TP,e current zoning code would require a total of seven spaces, two for the one-chair barber shop three for , I