5131 HARBOR LN 2016-01-01 MF Import

� STAFF R6PORT TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCE Y1-87 DATE: February 23, 19fi7 App'.icant: Location of Property: Steve and Norlanna Klein �924 33rd Ave. E. Everett, l�A 9�204 Lot 9; Harbor Ridge Plat Variance hequested: From E.M.C. 15.12.Ob0 Height Limitation, to allow construction of a single family residence that would be 31 feet in height instead of thv. 25 feet allowed by Code. Existing Zoning: Existing Land Use: Adjacent Land Use/Zoning: Exhibits: 1. Vicinity/Zoning Map 2. Site Plan 3. Narrative Statement 4. Letter of Support 5. Comprehensive Plan FINDINGS AND CONCLUSZONS: R-S, Single Family Suburban Residential Vacant North: Vacant/R-S South: Vacant/R-S East: �'acant/R-S West: Vacant/R-S 6. Plat Map 7. Elevations B. Covenants 9• Topography 10. Other Departments Conunents That there have been e�:ceptional or extraordinary circumstanees or i conditions applying to the subject property or as to the intended use ' thereof that do not apply generally to other properties in the same . vicinity or zone. Findin8: All of the lots in the Plat of Harbor Ridge en�oy mountain and water views to the north and east or West. Lot 9 is the highest and most southerly parcel in this development and so needs the additional height to enjoy their view which might otherxise be blockea by structures to the north. Covenants on the plat limit height of the structures on lots 1 through lots 8 to 24 feet in height in order to protect their views but does not place that restriction on Lot 9• To the east and west, Lot 9 ig separated from other homey by ridges and ravines and a distance of 250 tu 900 feet. The property to the soutlt is undeveloped timberland, presently not accessed by existing roads, that will ultimately gain access from the south and would most likely orient to the east rather than uphill towards Lot 9. In addition, the Southwest Everett Comprehensive Plan designates the area to the south a3 Residential (Attached/Detached) d-12 dwelling units per acre with a transition area separating it from the Harbor Ridge Plat to the north. Conelusion: Owing to the �niqueness of its location, elevation, and separation from neighboring parcels, there are extraordinary cie•cumstances applying to Parcel 9 Nhich do not apply to its northerly neighbors or to other typical R-S parcels.