216 MADISON ST 2018-01-02 MF Import

h PLANNING AND 1 )LI CO N4IUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 ` •. 1;Or NOTICE OF CITY ACTION � ; PLANNING DIRECTOR DETERMINATION 0JT y........•. - &9) II.B 113-91 A 4bGe Ns, r sVzz. r •••• Dept Dear Citizen: TNTRODTTCTTON The City of Everett Planning Department has received an application from Homewood Development, Inc. , P.O. Box 2577, Lynnwood, WA 98036 for a Planning Director's Determination on what constitutes reasonable use of the property located at 216/218 Madison Street. A substantial portion of this site has been designated as "environmentally sensitive. " Subsection 37.160.D. 3(d) of the Zoning Code contains a provision for allowing development to occur within a required minimum buffer for streams and wetlands. The Planning Director, using Review Process II.B, is authorized to " . . .approve, disapprove or approve with conditions the use proposed by the applicant" (Subsection 41.100.B) . If no appeal is filed in response to the Planning Director's determination, the decision will be considered final. If an appeal of the decision is filed, such an appeal must be submitted to the City's Hearing Examiner. As a property owner within 300 feet of the subject property, this notice is to inform you that the Planning Director has issued a determination on the proposed action as described below. BACKGROUND: The subject property is located at 216/218 Madison Street. The property is zoned R-2, Single-Family Residential, High Density. The proposed action is to construct a single-family residence with a footprint size of approximately 1,900 square feet. Total lot area is 8,460 square feet; lot width is 45 feet. The proposal would entail reduction of a required stream buffer from 25 feet to 12 feet, as measured from the property line. In exchange for reduction of the stream buffer in an area adjacent to the proposed residence, the City is requiring enhancement of the stream channel and stream buffer. Details of the proposal are provided in the following discussion. PTNDTN(m: The Pigeon Creek No. 2 stream channel extends in a north/south direction parallel to and approximately two feet from the west lot line. A stream study was submitted to the Planning Department as part of the application for a reasonable use determination. The stream study rates Pigeon Creek No. 2 as a Category III intermittent stream, in accordance with the City's Interim Environmentally Sensitive Areas Ordinance. Category III steams are required to have a 25 foot buffer, as measured from the top-of-bank. The top of bank is clearly defined, due to the vertical nature of the stream channel. Location: 2731 Wetmore Avenue CITY OF EVERETT•3002 Wetmore • Everett, WA 98201 • (206) 259-8731 • Fax (206)259-8742•Scan: 723-8731