2524 BROADWAY 2016-01-01 MF Import

PLANNING DIRECTOR DETEP..MINATION Review Process I #31-97 Landscape Modification The City of Everett Pianning Department grants approval of a request by Teresa MitcheH, 2518 Broadway, Everett, WA 98201 to reduce the required landscaping for the property located at 2518 Broadway with the following conditions: Provide landscaping as shown on the approved landscape plan on file with the City of Everett Ptanning Department. The Planning Director approved the landscape modification based on the following: The subject proNerty is located in the C-1, General Commerciai zone. The proposed auto sales activity is required to have a minimum of five trees and thirty shrubs provided for the proposal. There is an existing residential use immediately south of the subject property which is zoned the same as the subject property, C-1 General Commercial. The applicant preposes to focus inte�sive landscaping along this south property line to provide privacy and screening to shield the residential activity from the auto sales lot. A total of ten trees with a minimum planting height of 5 and 6 feet are being provided along the south property line together with seven shrubs with a minimum planting height of 24 inches. In addition to the landscaping a six i��o' high solid wood privacy fence is being provided along the property line. The landscaping alone Broadway will consist of an eleven to twelve foot wide landscaped strip along the property's frontage planted with one six foot high deciduous tree, two small flower bed areas and the remaining area in la�n. Subsection 35.070.A. of the City of Everett Zoning Code gives the Planning Director, using Review Process I, the authority to modify the req��;�ed landscaping if the applicant proposes an alternative method of landscaping that would dchieve the intent and purpose of the Iandscaping required in this Ordinance and in which the Planning Director determines to "provide superior quality through the use of native vegetation existing on site, preservation of groves of trees, ... or through other means". Review Process I is a written decision by the Planning Director which approves, disapproves, or approves with conditions the proposal of the applicant (Section 42.090). The applicant may appeal the Pianning Director's decision within fo�rteen (14) calendar days of the date of this decision. Appeal forms are available from the Planning Department and must be submitled along wilh the required filing fee. Please call Michael Paiacios at 257-8731 if you have any questions. > > �� . � ; �,��i� � �� 1 � � � PAUL A. ROBERTS, DIRECTO PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Date: September 19, 1997