927 GRAND AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

� � BOARD OF ADJQ3TNBNT FINDINGS� WNCLU3IONS Al1D ORDBR VARIANCS N0. 25-86 Hased upon the ►rritten request for a variance from the City�s zoning code by: John E. Galt 927 Grand Ave. Bverett, WA g8201 hereinaPter referred to as "Applieant," for a variance from B.N.C. 19.16.040� Cross Floor Area fiatio to allox: construction of an 81 square foot addition to a aingle family strueture that already exeeeds gross floor area ratio. After construetion gross floor area ratio will be .41 instead of the current .34 rrhich is already in excess of the .35 allowed by City Code. on the following deseribed property: Lot aommonly Imoxn as: 927 Crand Ave. 1'tie Board of Adjustment, following a publie hearing on said applicatio�t held on p uaL 4, 1986 and further having reviewed all testimony, make� the follcxing Findings, Conolusions and Order: FINDINGS pND CONGLUSIONS: t. That there have been exeeptional or extraordinary cirQumstanQes or oonditi�ns applying to the subjeet property or as to the intended use thereof that do not apply generally to other properties in the same viainity or zone. Finding; City zoning code defines ^Groas Floor Ar�ea Ratio" as the sum of all the floors of a building divlded by the lot area. The City feels a more reasor.able r►aq to limit lot coverage Kould be to oonsider the footprint of the building as the basis for figuring grosa floor area ratio sinoe there is already a height limitation that oontrola the number of floors. In the past, the gro�a floor area ratio has not been uniformly enforeedi however, the City feel� that rather than diaregarding the oode it ie more appropriate to ooneider applioationa for varianae on an individual basis until the zoning Qode ia ahanged. The lot size ie 50� x 130�, Qontaining 6500 square feet of lot area. The exieting struoture has been added onto several timee ainoe the original Qonatruotion in the 1g20�s. It now aontaine 2,142 square feeb of floor �pace plua a 412 square foot deteahed garage whioh givee a grosa floor area ratio of .392• The 81 square foot addition will inoreaae the gro�e floor area ratio to .405. The exoeptional aireumstanoes that apply to this proparty ia that it�a looated aor�ss the atreet frco an R-1 zone where the lota are nuoh larger and so allox larger homee xithout e�eeding the groaa fioor area ratio. �onoluaion: The varianoe as propoeed by Ehe Applioant appeara to De a reaeonaDle reque�t. 2. Thnt �ueh varianoe ia neaessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a aub�tantial property right of the appellant possea�ed bq the owners of other propertiva in the same vicinity or zone.