4027 4TH ST SE 2018-01-01 MF Import

� r�• �ca�- �(1i� �l �� �j�(�[�OdC� � ��.aR o � r�a � BOe1RD OF ADJUSTMENT FINDINGS� CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER ..............................................................� VARIANCE N0. 6-87 CITY OF EVERETT PuE:ic Works Dept. Based upon the written request for a variance from the City's zoning code by: City of 6verett Public Work.9 Department 3200 Cedar Everett, WA 98?07 hereinafter referred to as "Applicant," for a variance from E.M.C. 19•11.050(C) xhich requires that the first floor of structures located in the flood fringe to be two feet above tne regulatory flood protection elevation. on the folloxing described property NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 21� Tormship 29r Range 5 East Generally Located: South of 4ta Street S.E., northeast of the headworks building at the sever lagoon The Board of Adjustment, folloxing a public hearing on said application held on March 2� 198�� and further having reviexed all testlmony� makes the following Flndings, Conclusions and Order: FINDINGS AND CONCf.USI0N5: That there have been exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applying to the subject property or as to the intended usr: thereof that do not apply generally to other properties in the aame vicinity or• zone. Finding: The City of Everett recently reoeived a Shoreline management Permit for the installation of a metai pole building at the City's waste��ater treatment plant. Condition Nc. 1 of the permit states that the floor of the pole building must be elAvated above the 100-year flood mark (108.4 feet� City of Everett da�um). 'fhe City reyuests a variance from this condition of its Shorelines Permit for the following reasons: a) The ostensible intent of floodproofing structures aithin a floodplain is to prevent danage to Lhe structures and their contents in the event of a flood. However, the proposed matal pole building would sustain negligible camage during even a 100-year flood event, iC the structure was constructed at the existing grade. The building's walls, doors� and roof would all oe made of sheet metal� and the structure Would contain neit.her utilities nor permanently stored equipment. Accordingly, the pole building r+ould not be appreciably damaged by floodWater or floating objects. b) Tne proposed use of the pole building is for overnight vehicular storage and security only. At present, the treatment plant vehicles are stored in the open, at the existing grade. So, if the vehicles were damaged in the event of a flood, they Would be damaged Nith or Without the pole buildin3. c) The r,onsLruction of a 75 foot by 39 foot platform 3.7 feet aUove the existing 6i�ade would require at least 400 cubic yards of fill. The cost of the !'ill alone uould be approximately $5�000� and when tni3 cost is added to the cost oY the use o; the dump truck and backhoe, as well as operaLor time, the overall cost of erecting the platform uould closely approximate the cost of the building itself ($9,900).