2005/12/05 Council Agenda Packet

After due consideration of the evidence presented by the Applicant; evidence elicited during the public hearing; and as a result of the personal inspection of the subject property and surrounding areas by the Hearing Examiner, the following findings of fact and conclusions constitute the basis of the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner. FINDINGS OF FACT L• The Applicant has requested approval of a Special Property Use Permit for property located north of 13th Street, west of Colby Avenue, and more particularly described as set forth above. 2. Tile specific request for the Special Property Use Permit for the above described property is to construct a temporary crushed rock parking lot to consist of 39 full sized automobile spaces with 43 compact car spaces, for a total of 84 spaces on the proposed parking lot. 3. The subject property is zoned R-2, Sing!e-Family High Density Residential as established in the City of Everett Zoning Code. 4. The 1967 Comprehensive Plan indicates that the subject property is located In an area for single-family development. The updated 1972 Plan indlcates that Hospital usage should be confined to the two block area south of 13th Street and north of 14th Street between Colby and Rockefeller Avenues in the City of Everett. 3. The proposed parking lot, if approved, would provide parking facilities for the General Hospital complex whi<fi is located directly southeast of the subject property. 6. General Hospital is in the midst of a proposed expansion• that will consist of multi phases of development. 7. On April 22, 1981, the Everett City Council approved a Special Property Use Permit that was requested by the Applicant for the purpose of Constructing Phase 1 of the proposed Hospital expansion. 8. Part of the improvements that are proposed for the construction of Phase I is the expansion of parking on a parking lot within the Hospital complex. 9. During the period of constrvaion, there will be disruption of the parking available on the Hospital site that will cause the necessity for finding alternative parking for the staff, patients, visitors, construction workers, and doctors. 10. In addition to the disruption of the parking caused by the construction of Phase I of the Hospital expansion, there has been a disruption of parking along Rockefeller, between 13th and (4th Streets, because o1 the Installatlon Of new utilities in the area. 1 11. As a result of these parking disruptions mentioned above, the Applicant has requested a Special Property Use Permit to convert the subject property into a temporary parking facility. 12. The Applicant originally applied to the City for a Special Property Use Permit to convert the subject property Into a permanent parking lot but withdrew their application for the permanent parking lot and substituted an application for a temporary parking lot. -3- ii 1%�.kii fii7i�XC