210 SW EVERETT MALL WAY BASE FILE 2018-01-02 MF Import

C C� These development regulations require landscaping and screening along property lines abutting residential zones, pedestrian improvements, and height restrictions. Conclusion: The proposed Binding Site Plan is consistent with the Everett Comprehensive Plan. 2. Zoning - Whether the proposed Binding Site Plan, site plan and other required application information meets the zoning regulations, except as pemnitted by this article. Finding: The proposed lots are located in a zone designated as C-1, General CommerCil. The minimum lot size is 5,000 square feet. Minimum lot width is 50 feet. The minimum building setback in the rear yard is 15 feet. There are no required setbacks for front and side lot lines. Other zoning standards include landscaping along the perimeter lot lines and within the interior of the parking lot, screening of rooftop mechanical equipment and dumpsters, and the requirement for a pedestrian connection between the buildings and the street. Compliance of the proposal with these standards will be enforced at the time of building permit review and prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy. Conclusion: The proposed lots, parking, building setbacks and building height comply with the minimum zoning standards in this zone. Landscaping, screening, and pedestrian improvements must be consistent with the requirements of the zoning code. Compliance with these standards must be demonstrated prior to issuance of a building permit and a certificate of occupancy. 3. Physical setting - Whether the proposed Binding Site Plan, site plan and other required application information properly takes into account the topography, drainage, vegetation, soils, and any other relevant physical elements of the site. Finding• The site has a gradual slope downward from west to east. The site is currently vacant. The northern portion of the site has been used In the past as a mobile home court. There is an approximately 4,400 square foot wetland located on the eastern portion of the property. This feature has been delineated and classified as a Category III, isolated wetland (Shockey/Brent, 1-4-96). This wetland is a remnant of what was once a considerably larger wetland that was filled during construction of the Olivia Park Substation on the abutting parcel to the east. The Applicant proposed filling of this remnant portion. Alteration of Category III wetlands is permitted in accordance with the criteria in Subsection 37.110.0 of the Zoning Code. The required replacement ratio for Category III, scrub -shrub wetlands is 1.5 to 1. In exchange for filling of the on -site wetland, the Applicant proposed to provide approximately 6,600 square feet of wetland mitigation in the southwest comer of the site. This would be accomplished by excavation of a depressional area; importing of hydric soils from the wetland that would be filled; providing hydrology to the mitigation area from detained and treated runoff from the proposed project and; replanting of the mitigation area and buffers with native plant material. Approximately 3,800 square feet of buffer area would be provided along the south and west sides of the mitigated wetland. Conclusion: The proposed wetland mitigation plan attempts to maximize the wetland functions and values, including wildlife habitat and water quality functions The proposal to allow filling of the on -site wetland was approved as part of the original decision on