3308 HOYT AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

�� NOV ] `' 1987 SOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ..... .........____ FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER------""""""""'""' "' VARIANCE N0. 42-87 CITY OF E� �RETT DENIED Pub:ic WOrks �ept. Based upon the written request for a variance from the City's zoning code by: Jari K. Williams 939 Liberty Marysville, WA 98270 hereinafter referred to as "Applicant," for a variance from E.M.C. 19.40.02�7, Parking to allow: Construction of eight efficiency apartment unit� and orovlde one varkinr stall ner unit inetead of the re4uired one and on the folloWing described property: Lot 29 and 30, Block 789, Plat of Everett, ➢iv. A commonly known as: 3306 a 330' 8 Hoyt C� � .` � The Board of Adjustment, follovin� a public hearing on said applicarion hald on Novemher 2, 1987, and further having reviewed all testimony, makes the follorring Fiudings, Concluaione and Order: VAkIANCE CRITERIA: Findings and Conclusions: Criterion dl: That there have circumstances or property or as to apply genera2ly to or zone. been esceptional or extraordinary conditions applying to the subject the intended use thereof that do not other properties 1❑ the same vicinity a. Finding: The property coosists of two twenty-five foot wide Lots and currently has one duple� structure on the aite. This will be demolished prior to construction of the propoaed eight. unit apartment. The applicant is proposing to conatruct an eight-unit apartment building with small, 500 equare root efficiency units designed for the elderly. The Applicant contends that based on their experience thia type of tenant neither oans nor drives a car, especially i,f living close to the downtown area which provides bus service within one block and medical and dental services close by. b. Conclusion: Even thoush the applicant may intend to rent to the elderly, there is no way to guarantee this happening and the unita could very well be rented by yrunger people who normally have a higher ovnership and uae of vehicles and sc would need pdrking as required by Code; therefore, there is no unusual circumstance applying to the property or the intended use. Criterion 42: That auch variance ie neceseary for the preservation and enjayment of a aubstantial properky right of the appellant possessed by the oc�vers of other properties in the same vicinity or zone. a. Finding: There have been kwo okher variances granked in the past for similar projecr.s with small one-bedroom units, one in 1980 and one in 1985; hor;ever, during that same period 1980-1985 many more permiks were issued for apartments r.hat did meet the parking requiremen[ (210 permits for 2,489 uni[s).