6516 ELLIOTT WAY 2016-01-01 MF Import

TO Mayor Moore � , � � ) I�c �� -�'C/ FROM Dennis Derickson .11 �, � .T� DATE November 5, 1982 SUBJECT Vila Fleck - Boarding Home CITY OF EVERETT, EVERETT WASHINGTON The City became aware of � � Pleck's boarding home operation after the Fire Uepartment received an aid call originating from the home which is located at 6516 Elliot Way. When the aid crew arrived, they found that a person had died in the home of natural causes. The aid crew had a difficult time removing the body due to the narrow, debris-filled hallways. o -� Mrs. Fleck was then contacted and it was found that she was running a boarding home m out of two adjacent structures. Her eight clients are all elderly with one lady being �� non-ambulatory. The operation was started in the mid 1960's. ,.., .. -i � At the time the structure was purchased, Mrs. Fleck indicated that her rea! estate N = agent checked with the City to see if the boarding home use was permitted by the c o Zoning Code. The agent said that the property was properly zoned for the boarding r^� home use. In reviewing our records from the early to mid 1960's, we found nothing in o 3 the R-2 section of the Code that would support the boarding home activity in that category. _ � m A substantial number of changes have been made in the two structures involved � z without obtaining any building permits. This lack of permits is significant for two � � reasons, the first being that the City could have dealt with the land use issue much � '^ earlier if Mrs. Fleck had come in for building per•mits for her multiple bathrooms, o A etc., and the improvements, if allowed by change:s to the Zoning Code, wouid have "3 met Uniform Building Code standards. -� m x m� A site inspection was conducted by Walt Conper and Gerry Ervine on November 2, o r 1982. A number of code violations were found as documenied in Walt Cooper's c <<"i, attached Memo. These violations could be life threatening tu the elderly patients m `" residing there, especially the one bed-ridden person. � � • m In order to accommodat<� ;his use, the City could permit boarding homes for the a A elderly as Conditional Uses in R-1 and R-2 zones. This amendment could be attached = to the George Swimm packet going to Planning Commission and Council. It appears ' z even if the Zoning Code is changed, this operation could not continue due to the high = cost of bringing the buildings into c�mpliance with the Fire and Building codes. A -� Zoning Code amendment could also generate a substantial amount of neighborhood N concern. z 0 � My recommendation is to bring this operation into compliance with the R-2 zoning � m which would mean that the operation could continue 'with two boarders instead of the eight boarders currently residing there. ROU i UJG DD/GE/sk . L;✓�n-�,r ��tSB�--�;s. r.��i�a ./ ' /,L� � : //-IJJf� ��/L'p'JG �.� /�QL, ! FiCr:IE _ cc: Jim Langus ---- Larry Callahan� ��'^��''' �� . ' r'��u ___ Walt Cooper C,�,oia,i////S�j�./cu�rcE /!/[�Y_ ��r,inri at,_r�/f_+- �:!:u� 1l�I�J, �---- -•-