1301 LOMBARD AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

i . �,'��F'�" � PLANNING DIRECTOR DETERMINATION ` Fence Modification Review Process I #04-022 INTRODUCTION: Th� City of Everett Planning Department has received an application from Balwant Singh, 1301 Lombard Avenue, Everett, WA, 98201, to place a six-foot tall chainlink fence within the front yard setback. Section 39.070.A.1 of the Everett Zoning Code grants the Planning Director the ability to permit a fence to exceed the maximum allowable height of forty-two inches within the front setback, through Rev��w Process ] as described in the City's Locai Project Review and Procedures Ordinance. BACKGROUND: Section 39.070.A.1 of the Everett Zoning Code states that the maximum height of fences located within the front yard setback shall not e;cceed forty- two inches in height unless approved by the Planning Director usinn the review process described in lhe City's Local Project Review and Procedures Ordinance. The subject propertV is located in the R-2 z^nc a^d ic de��e!cFed �viih a one-story motel buiiding. The City of Everett Board of Adjustment approved a variance for construction of said .��;;;�I on April 9, 1957. 7here has been an increase r�f criminal aciivity occurring on site. The proposed fence will increase security on site �s well as provide a distinction between the hotel and the single-family residences surrounding the site. The property has an existing one and a half foot tall fence located on top of an exisiing one and a half foot tall retaining wall in the exact location of the proposed fence. The applicant would remove the existing fence and construct the six foot tall fence on top of the existing retaining wall. There is an existing six-foot tall chainlink fence along a portion of the southern property line. The Lombard frontage is heavily vegetated with Arbor Vitae, wliich have begun to form a dense hedge. Some of the plant material within the hedge has begun to die off and show signs of distress. FINDINGS: The proposed fence would be a six-foot tall chainlink fence constructed on top of an existing retaining wall running along the western property line and a portion of ihe northern property line. DECISION: The Planning Director has determined to approve the application for the fence modificalion based on the following condiiions being met: . The maximum height of ihe fence should not exceed six feet above the existing retaining wall. . The owner of the property shall cut the vegetation along the Lombard frontage back to a maximum height of six feet above the existing retaining wall, in line with the height of the proposed fence. The vegetation shall be maintained at this height as long as the present use exists on site.