4812 HARBOR LN 2018-01-02 MF Import

3. Any alterations permitted to the requirement of this Ordinance shall be the minimum necessary to allow for reasotwble use of the property. A number of other residences in the area are as large as this proposed 3,610 square foot residence and 864 square foot garage. The applicant proposes to reduce the 25 foot front setback to 19 feet in order to keep the steepness of the driveway to a minimum and to provide the largest setback possible from the stream. Rockeries over three feet in height within the front setback are necessary for the driveway cut. The height of the residence is allowed to be built up to a maximum height of 30.6 feet. The City of Everett calculates building height by taking measurements from the midpoints of the smallest rectangle enclosing the footprint of the resident. There is a significant dip in the middle of the property where the proposed residence is to be located. Both neighboring properties to the north and south are at a higher elevation. If the corners rather than the midpoints of the rectangle were used, the base elevation would be 83.5 feet rather than 79.9 fat when measured at the midpoints. Measuring from the corner gives you an additional 3.6 feet of allowable height. This is why the City of Everett will allow the residence to be built up to 30.6 fat in height, 2.6 fat above the 28 font height limitation. 4. 77te inability of the applicant to derive reasoru7ble economic use of the property is not the result of actions by the applicant in subdividing the property or adjusting a boundary line thereby creating the undevelopable condition after the ef""ve date of this Ordinance. The lot was created prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. 5. The proposal mitigates the impacts on the environmentally sensitive areas to the maximum extent possible. Conditions have been imposed upon the project which will mitigate any potential environmental impacts. Mitigation requirements includes placing permanent fencing along the edge of the remaining buffer and recording a native growth protection easement covenant to protect the site's remaining environmentally sensitive area. Subsection 37.050.1) of the zoning code allows administrative modifications to building setbacks, buffers, and building heights through Review Process I. The Planning Director, using Review Process I, is authorized to "...approve, disapprove or approve with conditions the use proposed by the applicant" (Subsection 42.100.11). PAUL A. ROBERTS, DIRECTOR PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT