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Findings and Recommendations of the Nearing Examiner of the Cityy of Everett Luther 3 Child Center SPU #4-79 Page other amenities to the structure. S. It is the position of the City of Everett•Planning Department that the Applicant has deviated from the conditions listed in the Special Use Per- mit for the subject property and that this deviation has resulted in un- approved changes from the original site plan and the original approved project. 6. In particular, the Planning Department testified that the Applicant deviat- ed frorm Condition #6 of- the original Special Property Use Permit. Con- dition 46 of the Special Property Use Permit is as.follows: All site improvements, including, landscaping, shall conform with the site plan submitted on October 10, 1979, or be sub- ject to additional Planning Commission and City Council review. The Planning Department of the City of Everett, Washington, contends that the deviation from Condition #6 of the original Special Property Use Permit included the following: A. The original approval required that 68 off-street parking spaces be provided. (The F.pplicant is currently proposing 44 spaces.) B. The original plans called for the structure to be located approximately 45 feet north of its actual location. C. The original building design was modified to allow the addition of approximately 10 feet to the west end of the building. D. The roof line of the structure was modified after plans were submitted to the Planning Commission and City Council. The initial plans called for a 6 foot depression in'the roofline over the main entrance. This feature would have reduced the visual impact of the proposed 150 foot long structure on surrounding residential properties. 7. It is the Planning Department's position that the reduction in the parking spaces, the relocation of the structure, the elongation of the structure, and the changes in the roofline reduced the compatibility of the project with the surrounding neighborhood. 8.. In order to correct the deviations from the original Special Property Use Permit, the Planning Department of the City of Everett, Washington, has recommended the approval of the Special Property Use Permit reconsidera- tion with the following conditions being imposed to create greater neigh- borhood compatibility: 1. That the landscaping plans be provided to and approved by the Planning and Parks Departments showing substantial landscaping on the south and east sides of the structure to reduce the visual impact of the structure on the surrounding residential properties. There shall be at.a.minimum 15'evergreen trees 10 feet.in height planted around the ina�n south entrance to the facility'. An additional 25 trees 10 feet in height shall be planted along the edges with exposure to the resi- dential areas. 2. That the number of parking spaces and the design of the parking lot is acceptable to the Transporation Engineer. 3. Additional. improvements: Raised lip around the catch basins and the eastern edge of road. 9. The Applicant testified that because of financial restraints it was forced to abandon some of the original designs as submitted to the City of Everett, and, was forced to relocate some of the structures that were constructed. It is the position of the Applicant, however, that the City had constructive notice of these changes in that the Applicant did submit the plans to the City prior to construction. -3-