3232 HOYT AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

Applicant: � STAFF REPORT TO BOARD OF AD3USTtiENT VARIANCE � 19-88 DATE: October 1G, 1985 Richard A. Woolwortn 861 Lawson Road Camano Island, WA 58252 Location of Property: 3232 Hoyt Variance Requested: From E.M.C. 19.40.020, Off-strept Parking, to allow the continuing operation of a nine tenant rooming house with five off-street parking spaces instead of the nine spaces required by code. Existing 2oning: R-5, Core Area Residential Existing Land Use: Rooming House Adjacent Land Use/Zoning: North: SF/R-5 South: SF/R-4 East: Clinic/R-5 West: SF/R-5 Exhibits: 1. vicinity/Zoning Map 2. Site Plan 3. Narrative Statement 4. Other Department Commer.ts HISTORY: The property consists of a single family structure that has been converted to a rooming house with nine roomers. The conversion was done without obtaining the proper permits. The City became aware of the vielation after the City Code Enforcement Officer received complaints about the t`nants and the dispositien of gar.baqe. The issues that must be addressed in a building conversion are: 1 2 3 Auilding permits must be ohtained to assure that structural changes meet health and safety requirements. Parking must be provided to meei: city code. Inspection by the Fire Department to assure th.3t fire saf�ty requirements are met. An inspection has been done by the Building Department and the foll.owing comments were made: 1. Huilding permits must be obtained for the completed and proposed construction. 2. The �se is classified as an R-1 occupancy by the Uniform Building Code (UBC), which regulates multiple family structure:. When the use of a building is chanqed, it must comply with the regulations for the new use, which is Chapter 12 of the UBC, including provision of emergency egress, separate sanitary facilities, and smoke detectors. 3. The common �aundry, stox•age space, and furnace room are required to be separated from the remainder of tiie building by not less than one-hour construction.