921 COLBY AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

PLANNING DIRECTOR DECISION ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REVIEW PROCESS I #03-020 The City of Everett Planning Director grants approvai of a request by Dana d� Jim Strickland at 921 Colby Av�nue to convert a portion of the ezfsting residence into an accessory dwelling unit with the following conditions: The applicant must comply with all 13 criteria of Section 39.020.D of the City's Zoning Code (as summarized belaw), as wel� as all other provisions of the Citys Zoning Code and all other applicable City codes. 2. This project must comply with the current City of EvereMBuild�ng Code. A building permit is required for the work vlhich is proposed to be done on site. 3. Parking must be per City Zoning Code and City Design and Construction Standards for Development. Accessory dweiling units are permitted subject to approval by the Planning Director using Review Process I. The Planning Director, using Review Process I, is authorized to "...approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions the use proposed by the applicant." (Subsection 41.100.B) If no appeal is filed in response to the Planning Director's determination, the decision will be considered final. If an appeal of the decision is filed, such an appeal must be submitted to the City's Hearing Examiner. Subsecfion 39.020.D of the Zonina Code establishes 13 criteria by which such proposals must be evaluated. These are as foilows: 1. An accessory dwelling unit may be estabflshed in an existing single family dwelling unit, on lots containing at least 5,000 square feet, by one or a combination of the following: a. alteration of the interior space of the dwelling, b. conversion of an attic, basement, attached garage, or other previously uninhabited portion of a dwelling or attached accessory structure; or c. addition of attached living area onto the existing dwelling. The subject lot is approxirnateiy 5,500 square feet in area. The applicant will be converting a portion oi the basement into a new living unit. 2. Each single family dwelling on a legal building lot shall not have more than one accessory dwelling unit. No accessory dwelling may be located in any detached accessory structure. The proposed action is for one accessory dwelling unit on site. The proposed accessory dwelling unit will be incorporated into the existing single family residence on site. 3. One of the dwelling units shall be occupied by one or more owners of the property as the owner's permanent and principal residence. The owner of the property has submitted a certificate of ownership which states that one of the units will be owner occupied. This certificate will need to be renewed with the City each year to insure that one unit remains owner occupied.