4310 COLBY AVE 2018-01-01 MF Import

� r PARftING VARIAt10E REQUEST � i I. We the appellantc propose to conctruct a 4000 square-foot addition to our present i 12,400 square-foot building at the eouth west corner of 43rd and Colby. The clty of Ewerett zoning code, section 19.40.020, requireo such buildings to prwide a parking space for every 200 squaro feet of gros� building area. The aite now hae 6U pazking spacea. With the proposed new a�iition the parking space requirement would ir_crease to 82. We request a variance allowing reduction of this number to 64. I The intent of tho code is to ensure that adequate off-street is provlded for a buildinga users. We feel that we would be in compliance w�.th the intent of the code by providing 64 off-street spaces for the following reasone: A• kAlthough the building size will be inereased by 4000 square feet, the number of doctorc will not increa�e. Two uf the twelve doctors now in the building plan to iolocate into the new space. Thare is no reason to anticipate a markec� increase in patient volume, and therefbre uo change in parking space availability should occu r.� B. Because nine of the twelve doctor/occupants are practicing in hi;hly spec.talized areas o° medicine, much of their Lime with patients and clinical procedurea is spent at local hospitals. The average, busy family doctor in this area spendo about 30 houra per week in his office. The attached list showa that tha twelve doctors in the 43i'd and Colby Medical Building apend an average of only 13.� houra per week in their offices. C. We have taken several surveys of the park?.ng at varying tlmes during businesa hours and have discovo:ed that a severe psirking problem dc�s not exist at our facility. Between January 4th and January 13th of thia year, the number of available parking spacea were counted on 16 aeparate occasious. The fewoat number of spaces available du rir,,; this survey was 24 snd the most available spacos was 38. A new survey ie being conducted this week to v8rif,y these flndinga. D. Our parkiug lot ie unfortunately frequently utilize� by people visiting the mu�sing home (Colby Manor) acro�s 43rd street and also b,y oomo ptitients of the L'verett Orthopedic & Fracture Clinic. 110 vi.goroua effort to date hae been made to police our parking lot and thus increase the availability of pa�icing spacea evon more. E. Due to so much of tho doctors time being spent away from the office building and wo��king at various hospitals in the area :rith stag- geied schedulea, St is highly unlikely that more than t,alf of them will be seeing patients in the building at an�� one time. � �cYl�bl� '� L ., � �