3232 HOYT AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

�. The Applicant had submitted his request for a variance on May 9, 1988, after being told by the City�s Enforcement Officer that he was in violation of City code. The Applicant requested that the hearing on his v�riance applicat.ion be postponed since he was just leaving to spencl the summer in Alaska. The City granted Yiis request and did not proceed with enforcement action pending the outcome of the variance request. The City �ontacted the Applicant when he returned from Alaska in September 1988 and informed him that the hearing would be scheduled for October l0, 1988. The Applicant asked for a further postponement at that time, but the City would not grant a further postponement. The site plan submitted with that application indicated he could provide five off-street parking spaces. However, it must also be noted that the site plan is not totally accurate, since it shows the alley abutting to the west, while actually there is a single family structure abutting to the west. b. Conclus;on• There are no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances applying to the subject property or the use thereof. The Applicant created his own hardship by converting the building to a rooming house without obtaining the proper permits and complying with city codes. �r?*e 'on No 2• That such variance is necessary for the preservation and en- joyment of a substantial property right of the appellant possessed by the owners of other properties in the same vicinity or zone. fl. Flnd�nn• T}]ls structure was constructed as a single family residence and provided parking to code in a two car garage. The structure has been converted to a use that has a much greater parking requirement, that being on� space for each sleeping room, and there is not enough room on the small lot to provide the parkiny. There may be some uses in the area that are nonconforming for parking; however, if any of those uses are changed to a use that has a higher parking requirement, th� new use would ba required to meet the parking requirements of the zoning code. The City of Everett parking requirement for rooming houses is consistent with that required by other cities since a survey done of other city's ordinancas shows that out of ten cities surveyed, seven require one parking space per sleeping room, one requires two plus one per each sleeping room and two require one for each two sleeping rooms. A request for a vari.ance to allow an eight unit apartmeat building tc be constructed at 3306 Hoyt and providc� only eight parking spaces instead of the twelve requiri�d by code was denied by the Board in November 1987. b. Conclusion: Granting this variance is not necessary since the applicant already possesses substantial property rights �imilar to those possessed by others in the vicinity and zone, and the variance is not necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of t:tose rights.