5114 NARBECK AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

,. NARRATIVE STATE4IENT � � I am submicting a variance ;:aqu�st ;:c, clilr.ge the setdack requirements for mv l��l- Icnc,un c-s I.ot ), ,y�rbe_k A•✓�. 'I'he setback reque�ted on tha easc sile ��f the FYoa,�ry is 15 zeet insteaci of 25 reet. and on thr. west sid� Z(1 p�eC ±nstead of 25 feet. (Requi�ements eRual to or less than �hes� are clliP`3CJ`f in existance in sume Snohomish Cu4nt; dv.veloi�ments) (?) I feel that tl�e pressnt determination uE tha east border bain4 declared the front oE th�� prop�;t� penalizes: lut 9 because r.iiere is no arcess-�dvailable Co the pr�operty Erom thia direction at all. The proposed road extr.nsion of i�tarbeck 7�ve is just that, r:'OpOS2d and non-a:tistaut to s�rve thi.s �roperty. Public works informed me tt h3d hjo time t.;;.h„{,A, Eqr �nis roal when I inquired at the be3innins of 138'7. (�) Undec� Yr�s�nt zonin� o[ RS, 1Z,SU0 sq iee£ of. land is required for• a i-=sidential lot. Lot 9 contaius only 11,911 ,,q feet ber_ause part of it saas dadicate3 for thF road ri.ght-of-way by aQreeme»t of the city and th� developer. I was told bs a cit� Planning dePartment employea Y.hat this precented no problem, however, to obtaining a buildiiig permit be�ause the condition er.isted as a benefi^_ to t!ie city. Ttie prob2eni �reated, however, is that the lot is alr�ady at disadvanta3e by having 6E38 sq feet less of �p3Ce than do all the other lots. �3) All other lots of N3rb�ck Park have EO feet of road frontage wnich allows a Elesibili.l, of hame desi�n and access to tllat home. LoY. 9 ha; approxim:xteli 20 i`eet of accessibility and is then land lack�d on all remaining bo-ders. (4) This prop.=rty i:: consi:ier�d vi��w pr��perty, as are all the other lots of r_ha surraw�dir_� area, is 'I'o ta:;e 3dv�n11.�3ts ef the vie�a, it is n�r_essrii•y r.�� build th� f�ont or.ie;tation of the home fa�ing tha north !or dewn the stree.t), If th= gar:se were to be placed to be us=abl� from t!�e existin� apFroa::h as platted, and the ehisting setUack oF. 25 feet were ;net, I would find the livin� part of mY house with very little of ct�e view (pe:haps 100) left accessiBle becaaye of ehe e�cistino heuse cn lot 7. (5) After ronferrinq �uith tha Planniuq d�r�ar�.ment earlier this year I sec ai,out to ha:�e a house desiyned (ai: �reat expense) and in the. most reasananle fashion, twith t5e l.ivinq areas in the view zone instead of t�t� 9ara�u). I arrived at �zn asreement with Mr. BigeloH, �he uwner of iot 8, on yl"11C1h9 an easement of ingress ' and egress over the driv� area of his oronerty. It was after all. of this had besn undsrza;cen I discc,vei•ed thet I had been misinformad on my previuus inyuiry to tli� P13t7R1f14 deF�artment as to the rear setbacv, re�ui.rme.nts :oc� thi., L.�t. I had previouslY been infurmed thai: 20 fest was require3 anci was s�.ib::equei:tlr told "iJo. som�=one must ha��e made•a mistal:e, it'� �5 fe=t". This creates a major problem as the house is now too long. The oLher part ot the problem with conFormit:g r_o the east setback, of 25 F=et is th� curvina lot line �reated by the road right-of-way. I sm in comi�liance with it in the back, out n.nt in the fronc. (Please note plot map for clariPication of tnis point). EXHIBIT 3 NARRATI\�E STATEh1ENT