4920 EVERGREEN WAY BASE FILE 2018-01-02 MF Import

_ � i.µ.. Allegations of Applicant continued. .. . Page 2 ✓ be construed as being in the slightest injurious to the properties or imnrove- nents in the vicinity. The surrounding community wi11 be given a choice o£ several locations for the equipment. In the location £avored by Ernst� position nuciber 1, (see enclosed diagram) the equipment would be entirely hidden frort view by any oF the surrounding residential district by a 21t� ban'c at the rear of the property. Should the community £avor a more exposed location, Ernst would accade to requests that the equipment be attractively housed in such a manner that a11 ;ides exposed to tY.a residential comnunity be hidden from vietr tirith only one side shoroting. (C) Considering audibility, the customer carry concrete system i; we11 urithin th e standards cons.istent irith the character of a H-2 zone. The equipment is an tirely run by quiet electric motors. The most audible part oi the system, t.tie mixer, can be said :o be quieter than a noisy irashing machine by virtue o£ th¢ fact that tne padules in the mixer a:e edged in rubber. The m'vicer itself i•ras especially designed :`.or quiet and clean opzration with exactly such shopping p.laza locations as Ernst�s in vievr. It has been accepted in locations direc�:ly adjacent to residential corcnunities in l�lest4rood Village, Seattle; Villa Plaza, 13coma; Uakridge P1aza, Burien; South Sound Plaza, Lacey; Oliver�s Hardiaare, E1Sobrante, California; Grant Road Limiber, Tucson, Arizona; Hechingors, Rochville, . Aiaryland; Trailer Haul Concret� Co., Stockcton, Califonnia; and in the Robert idalker Lumber Co., ]dast:ville, Tennessee. iJoise, perhaps the most �,pect dimension o£ such an operation, b2cause it is kept at such a ininimum� has never been an objectionable £actor in any of these locations anu trill not be so here in Gverett. (D) Far from being detrimental to the public welfare, customer carry concrete is, in almost everyone�s opinion, a valuable community service. _ It requires a sizable investment on the part of the dealer and nerits a good location such as crnst�s in Everett. It is in a strategic location ior b�th Ernst and the majority of the Everett residential corununity. POI1�T j. IF THIS VARIANCG IS PIOT GRAIdTED, AiI UP1IJ�CESSIIRY HARDSHIP iIILL O�PJTIiRJE TU 'R� Ol•lIJEh OF 1}?IS PROPi:HTY, 'II-IE CAUSE OF l•7HICH IS BEYOIdD HIS C(AdTROL BGCAUSE: 1'he marlcet in which rre comnete includes small customer carry amounts of tiret concrete. It is a related item to all our other do-it-yoursel£ merchandise. ;!e sell it at all of our other stores in similar locations in Seattle, Renton, Burien, Tacoma and Olympia. As it irill undoubtedly soon become an open market item in Everett� tire wi11 not be able to compete in this m�rket if this •iariance is not granted, and our business irill su:fer proportionately. This may seem, to a laymen, to be a not very telling argument. Horacer, the very outstanding success oi crnst has depended in no small part upon ouc' ability to carry all the items in the do-it-voursel£er buildicx� and repair market. Small anounts of custr�mer carry concrete relates directly to both our nursery and do-it-yourself ltunber business. continued. . . .