2336 HOWARD AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

� �l.l/�/l�C�.��; land use consultants 2722 colby ave,suife 617/evereM,wa 98201 206/259-2118 NARRATIVE STHTEHENT VARIANCE REUUEST FOR THE HOWARD/DROADWAY FOUR-PLEXES Octoher' 18, 1985 The subJect site consists of Lots D , � and D of a short plal , w•hich Was divided by a former owner . Thc proposal i� to �onstruct o:�e four-plex with covered p3Yking on each of the three iots . [n order to accomplish this , two variances are bein9 souyht . The Tirst is for a reduction in the front yard setback for Lot 0 from 20 feet to 10 feet alon9 Broadway. The seco�d variance request is to allow covered parking within the 20-foot satback Por Lot C. The iustification fur these requests follovs . FRONT YARD ReDUCTION FOR LOT B - ----------------------------- The exceptional circumstance applying to Lot 0 is that at ihe time the short plat was eslablished, a 25-foot access easeme�t runnins the length of the southern propertY line aas also establtshed . The need to respect this easement as well as all selb�cks while providing fire access makes it difficult if not impossible to develop lhe site at a density consistent with its current zoning and aith the densities of property on three stdes of the site . This variance will not 6e detrimental to the puhlic welfare or adaacertt properties because the requested 10-foot setback would 6e identtcal to that required for Lot 0 where the Broadway frontage constitutes a side yard, instead of a front yard a� for Lot 0 . Therefore , the variance would allov a uniform seiback alon9 Oroadway and weuld not be visually ohtrusive . Slnce the variance would not affect the land use or compatibility with adJacent properties , there would be no effect on the Comprehe'751vE pldfl. ALLOU_COVERED_PARKING UITHIIJ THE 20-FOOT OACKYARD_FOR_LOT_C Tlie four-ptex proposed for Lot C Ls �onsistent in itself with all sethacks established hr code . The exceptional circumstances applyln9 to the proposed uee !s that the proposai lncludes the constructlon of carports ovar the parking spaces which are shown within the 20-foot rear yard sttback to the south oT the four-plex . Uhile the parking spacss themselves are allowed uithtn the setback, ,lructures are n.it . If this variance is not granied, lhe Farking spaces would have tc remain uncovered, which vould be inconsistent with the proposals fur Lots 0 and D. The