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T0: <br />FROM: <br />D�TE: <br />SUIIJECT: <br />r, <br />t�rtoBArmUt�f <br />Bob �andles, Land 'Jse Divisio❑ <br />Allan Giffen, Long Range Planning Division `�f�� <br />October 21, 1987 <br />Harmon S Associstea Proposed Variance Request <br />You have asked oe to review the proposed variance request of Harmon and <br />Associates for pro�erty located on Everett Mall Way, to comment about the <br />relation of the proposed development to the recently adcpted policies of the <br />Everett Comprehensive General Plan. The proposed variince seeks to increase <br />the height of an office buSldin� to a height greater than allowed under the <br />C-1 zoning oi the property. The following are my comments relating to L'he <br />proposed development: <br />1. The property is designated "Regional Commercial Center--Office Parks" by <br />the Everett Comprehensive General Plan, and the policies of this <br />designation do support an intensification of office and retail activity in <br />this area. Policy No. 4 of this land use designation addresses offi.ce <br />development mora specifically. <br />Be.cause an attractive <br />of the community and <br />CERTAIN 50YU�ES FOR ( <br />CODES. <br />development <br />=esults in a <br />HOULD 6E <br />TS I"I <br />setting euiiances the appearance <br />a pleasin� wor:cing atoosphere, <br />;IG HEIGHT A1JD FLOOR �2EA RATIO <br />Implementation: Revise Zoning Code to oal;e standards stricter <br />than, ioi: example, the esisting C-1 or C-2 zone district <br />cegulatiocs pertaining to height, setbacks, lot coverage, sionade <br />.an�i other such standards. Allow, through the site plan reviecr <br />process, a procedure which allowe a deviation from tnese sCandards <br />i:f such a d,�viation would achieve a better deeign than wou2d be <br />possible under the standards of the Zoning Code. <br />2. Policy 1�0. 2 of this designation descrioes the General Plan's intent to <br />iiuprove the qual:�.ty of site design and layout for office and commerci.al <br />develepmeats within this land use designation and zmphasizes coordination <br />of plar.ning for various site Eeatures between adjoining properties. <br />Because employees of large office developments can prov?.de support <br />to retail facilities located nearby, OFFICE A1rD RETAIL <br />DEVELOPP1Et1TS SHOIiLD BE ENCOUEtAGED TO IYTEGRATi� DEVELOPMENT PLfu95 <br />TO PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS BETWEEN FACILITIES, COMMON P.4RP.ING <br />A[tEAS, GREATE2 APIQUN'PS OF OPEN SPACE AND LAi1DSCAPiN6, BETTER <br />TRAFFIC PATTEIL^IS, COMPA'PIBLE SITE AND IIUILDIYG llESI�N, AND iHE USE <br />OF LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ARRAS. <br />