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Puget Sound Ridney Center Appeal Page -4- 8. On Auguet 16, 1989, the Appellant requested a variance from the City'e Order. In the variance requeet, the Appellant sought peimiseion to operate the RVAC unit betveen the houra of 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.s. No�ey thrnugh Friday at 56 dHA. Tse basie of this vasiance requeet wae that the dHA readings in violation of Citq etandarde �rere approzimately 56 dBA or lnae Mhich. according to the Appellant, are not greatly ezcessive over the ailoxed noise atandarda. 1hn Appellaat submitted that the HVAC uatt operates in esceee of 50 dBA only during the third etage cooling which occure only during the s�er sonthe. 9. On Octobnr 24. 1989, the requnet for tlu variance wae dnnied by the Noiae Control Adsinietrator of Lha City of Bverett. The reaeon for the denial was that the Appellant Lae not e�austed all of the requested seaaurea for the alleviation of the noiee in the area. 10. As a non-techoical reeson for the variance, the Appellant aulaitted that the occupant of the building, the Puget Sound Ridney Center, providee life su�taining sediml Crnataene and that ehe HVAC proridee air-coadiiiouing for the patiente. The Appellant further submitted that the occupant of the building providea dialysie treat�eat for patienta from 4:00 a.v. to 11:30 p.m. , eiz days a wenk. Man� of eheee patient� are at the center for two to three hours. Because of thie life euataining procedure, the patiente muat be in coafortable surrnundings. In order to provide confort, the building Las beea airconditioned. j 11. 1l►e Appellant �ubaitted that the Noi�e Ordinances of the City of Bverntt arn not actitely enforced, and, that they appaar to be diacrlminatingly enforcad. 12. Thn variance ras reque�ted purauant to the provislons of the Evereit � Municipal Code in effect durina Augu�t, 1989. Pureuant to F.KC i 19.70.060(A)1-4 certain criteria must be aatisfied prior to ehe issuance i of a variance. Those criteria include: A. That there are ezceptional or eztraordinary circumetances or co�itions applying to the aub�ect prnparty or as to thn intnnded use thareof� that do not apply generally to orLer properties in the s�e vicinity or aone; B. That auch variaace ia nece��ary for the prasnrvation and enjoy�ent of a subetantial prnperty right of the Appellant poseeseed bq the rnroer of other properties in thn vicinity or cone; C. That the authorisation of euch variance vill not be materially detrivmtal to the public welfare or injuriow to property in ehe vicinity or tox in vhich the prnperty ie located; D. That the granting of euch variaace vill not adverselq affect the Caspreheneive General Plaa.