7825 LARIMER RD 2018-01-02 MF Import

Criterion No. _ The granting of the variance is consistent with the goals and policies of the Everett General Plan. a. Findinas: The Everett General Plan designates this property as 6.1, Agricultural/Rural Shoreline Use. The property is rural. b, conclusions. The use of the subject property is consistent with the Everett General Plan. Criterion No. 6: The need for the requested variance is not the result of a self-created hardship. a. Findings: The intent of the regulation is to prevent flood damage to st.uctures. The applicant will be required to place all electrical wiring and lighting, and heater :!yid ventilation systems a minimum of four feet above the floor. Conclusions_ The need for the variance is not a self created hardship. The City of Everett Zoning Code requires the Board of Adjustment to address Subsection 30.080 (see Exhibit 6 p6). This subsection mimics the above criteria except the condition which limits the variance to allow a lesser degree of floodproofing than watertight or dry- floodproofing, where it can be determined that such action wili have low damage potential and otherwise complies with Subsections 30.050.A.1 and 30.050.A.2. This standard requires new construction to be anchored, that the materials be resistant to flood damage, and that electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and other service facilities be deigned or elevated so as to prevent water from entering the components during conditions of flooding. The applicant has stated that these standards will be met. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Adjustment for the City of Everett does hereby order that the requested variance be APPROVED subject to meeting all other zoning code requirements. The action of the Board of Adjusiment in GRANTING a variance shall be final and conclusive, unless within 21 days from the date of issuance and signing of this order by the Chairman of the Board, an aggrieved person or persons obtains a writ of certiorari from the Superior Court of Washington for Snohomish County for the purpose of review of the action taken. DATED this 4th day of May 1998. 1 Chairman, Bodrd of Adjustment