7211 RAINIER DR BASE FILE 2018-01-01 MF Import

STAFF REPORT TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCE #6-95 Ap�il 25, 1995 Applicant: Homestead Altemat�ves 1926 Rucker Avenue Everett, WA 98201 Location: East of Rainier Avenue& South of 73rd Street Zoning: R-3, Multiple Family Residential Variance Requested: l. From Subsection 34.060.G which prohibits roadways or internal aisles within the front setback and from Subsection 35.060.A, Landscaping and Screening Requirements, which requires a twenty foot wide landscape strip along the property's street frontages, and 2. from Subsection 39.O80.A. which prohibits dumpsters within the front setback. Land Use: Vacant lot. Applicant proposes to construct 22 residential units comprised of seven buildings. An additional 14 lineal feet of Pigeon Creek No. 1 will be culverted to allow for adequate access to the site. Adjacent Land Use2oning: North: Apartment/R-3 South: Apartments/R-3 East: Single Family Residences/R-1 West: Shopping Center parking IotB-2 E:hib�ts: 1. Vicinity Map 2. Site Plan 3. Narrative Statement F[NDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Criterion No. 1: That the variance is necessary because of exceptional or extraordinary circumstances regarding the size, shape, topography, or location of the subject property; or the location of a pre-existing improvement on the subject property that conformed to the zoning code in effect when the improvement was constructed. Findin¢s: Pig^on Creek No. 1 flows within the unimproved City right-of-way (Rainier Drive). �treet improvements will not be constructed for this portion of Rainier Drive. 'i'hus the only point of access is from the northwest comer of!he property where the improved Rainier Drive ends. Conclusions: The subject property is located neYt.to a City right-of-way which will remain a stream cortidor. A multiple family development having no street frontage is an exceptional circumstance.