7601 RIDGEWOOD DR 2018-01-01 MF Import

BOARD OF ADNSTMENT FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND ORDFR VARIANCE N0. 2-89 Based upon [he written request for a variance from the City's 'Loning Code by: D. Ross Perry 4031 Lincoln Way Lynnxood, WA hereinafter referred to as "Applicant," for a variance from E.M.C.: 19.18.040(A), Front Yards and (B), Rear Yards far construction of three multiple family dwellinga on three aeparate lots. For Lot 4, a ten foot rear yard is proposed instead of the twenty foot required by Code. For Lot 3, a ten foot rear yard is prop�^ed inatead of the twenty feet required by Code, and for Lot 2, a ten foot front yard and a ten foot rear yard instead of the twenty feet required by Code. on the following described praperty: Lots 2, 3 and 4 of Short Plat of Lot 4, Plat of Valley View, as recarded in Vol. 1387, p. 1644, Records of S¢ohomish County. commonly knovn as: 7601 Ridgewood The Board of Adjustment, Eollowing a public hearing on said application held on February 6, 1989, and further having revieeed all testimoay, makes the following Findings, Conclusions and Order: FINDZNGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Criterion O1: That there have been exceptional or eztraordinary circumstances or conditionF applying to the subject property or as to the intended use thereof that do not apply generally to other properties tn the same vicinity or zone. a. Find3ng: The sub�ect property consists of three separate vacant lo[s, each slightly more than 6,200 square feet in area. The zoning is R-3, Multiple Family Low Density Residential, rrhich requires 1500 square feet of lot area per dvelling un3t. Fach lot has the � potential for four dwelling �nits if all Zoning Code requirements are met. The property is being marketed and the potential purchaser viahea to construct a fourplex on each lo[. The Applicant feels that in order to be able to get four units on each lot, he must have a variance for rea: setback. Since the site is vacant, there is a great deal of design flexibility available, and it should be posaible to deaign a project to meet all Zoning Code requiremente without obtaining a variance. The site plan submitted by the applicant is purely epeculxrive and doea not make any provision for a usable front yard, and the ten foot rear yard area is not adequate to pro�ide any usable open space as is customary in this vicinity and zone. b. Conclusion: Since the site is vacant, it should be possiblQ to design a project to meet Zoning Code requireme�ta, and the conclueion is [here are no unusual or extraorni.nary circumstances applying to this property that do not apply generally to the vicinity and zone.