3226 ROCKEFELLER AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FINDINCS� CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER VARIANCE N0. 15-88 Based upon the trritteu request for a variance from the City's zoning code by: Bay Toau Eacrow, Inc. Ed Medema 5017 Claremont Way hereinafter referred to ae "Applicant," for a variance from EMC 19.40.010, Off Street Parking, to provide 3 instead of the 6 off—etreet parking apacea required by Code for an office use. commonly kaovn as: 3226 Rockefeller The Board of Adjuetment, following a public hearing oa eaid application held on May 2, 1988 and further having reviewed all teatimony, makea the follorring Findinge, Concluaione and Order: VARIANCE CRITERIA: Find:nga and Concluslone: Criterion il: That there have been exceptional or extraordinary circumatances or conditione applying to the aubject property or ae to the intended use thereof that do not apply generally to other propertiee in the same vicinity or zone. a. Finding: The Applicant ia propoeing to uee an exiating brick, eingle family structure ae an office for an escrow company. They would uee about 000 equare feet of the 1,140 aquare foo[ etructure and there would be tvo employeea at the present time Cthe ownera of Bay Towr. EacroW). There is normally only one client.in the office at � clne with two heing there at one time occaeionally. The majority of client vieits are under five minutea. The lot ie only 25 feet wlde and originally the Applicant had propoaed putting three parking epacea in the front yard and three off the alley; horrever, Public Worke would not allox parkf.ng In the front oince there would be no room tu turn around and vehicles would have to back out onto Rockefeller. There ie an eaisting acceseory building in the rear yard that will be demolished, as the Applicant is now proposing to conatruct dix parking apaces in the rear yard; horrever, only three of these could be cou¢ted towarde the parking requirement, eince ehe cther three would be "stacked," i.e., blocked from acceae to the alley by the three atalls direc�ly adjacen[ to the alley (see Ezhibtt 3, Site Plan). Che Applicant feels thc_c i`��e= "...-^w^a" ��?ces rould be used for employee parking, leaving the three off the alley for clients.