3515 HOYT AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

3503 Hoyt Everett, Washington September 25, 1964 F. H. A., Seattle 4, 9R104 Dept. of Health, State of Washington, Public Health Bldg., 98502 Washington Mtg. Co., Inc., 530 Central Bldg., Seattle 4 & Assignee - New York Bank for Savings C ,", Peck and Merriwether, 1266 Mercer, Seattle City Council, Everett, City Hall Mr. Lawrence Erickson, Bldg. Insp., City Hall 2_ ? Mr. Frank Bennett, Planning Engineer, City Hall Board of Adjustment, City Hall, Everett, Wash. Dear Sirs: Regarding the new Merricrest Nursing Home which closely adjoins my residence at 3503 Hoyt, a man recently sums up my continual and adamant protests over the past several years - "Too much nursing home on too small a tract." The garbage collection and can wash area lies close to my bedroom and dining room windows, as does the door which handles, as I understand it, can garbage, supplies and ambulances for the entire 160 bed nursing hone. I must say that the feeling among people in general now ranges from sympathy for our situation to actual shock that such things could occur. The can wash faucets and traffic door are 23 feet from my bedroom window with a potential of these facilities approaching to 6 feet. I am not an architect but I have heard it said recently that for a close - in, city nursing home of this size, a special room on the alley should be provided for garbage collection, can wash area and garbage pick-up and that the heavy traffic door, now located 23 feet from my bedroom window should be located at a space provided on the 180 feet of alley. I now request that while the building is still in construction that these elements which I believe to have the potentials of full fledged nuisances, and any other potential elements, actual or planned, that might be injurious to health, or offeensive to the senses or an obstruction to the free use of property so as to essentially interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of the life and property, be removed from my lot line and a review of this situation and a check of my facts be ascertained by coming to the site and standing right on the ground and I will be glad to meet the representatives from any office at any time to point out these things first hand, so that these facilities can be re -located while the building is still in construction and less expensive or troublesome for us all. If any man concerned with this would stand here and answer for himself: "How would I like to have such facilities at such close range to my own home?" I am confident of general agreement. Yours very sincerely, James F. Ryan