3624 UPLAND AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

BOARD OF ADJU3THENT i FINDINCS� CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER YAAIANCE N0. 14-87 � Based upon the written request for a var:ance from the City's Zoning Code by: Sharon R. Harriss c/o flBI 7100 Evergreen Way Everett� WA 98203 hereinafter referred to as "Applicant," for a varianee from E.M.C. 19.12.060 to alloW: A 35-foot height limitation rather than the 25-foot limit required by Code. on the follouing described property � Lot 3 of Short Plat No. 28-84 ! commonly known as: 36XX llpland Ave. � � The Board of Ad�u�tment, following a public hearing on said application held ' on MaY 4, 1987 and further having reviewed all Lestimony, makes the i following Findings, Conelusions and Order: ! FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. That there have been exeeptional or extraordinary circumstances ur � conditions applying to the sub�ect property or as to Lhe intended use � thereof Lhat do not apply generally to other properties in the same vicinity or zone. � Findin : The eub�ect lot was created by short plat in 1985. It is a i) roar lot� seml-wooded, at the base of a hill to the eoutheast. Tha i southwe�t corner of the lot drops .ff into a ravine. Lot 2, north of the sub�eQt property, has a house on it, and Lot 1 to the northwest � is likely Lo have a house on it. Many of the lots along Upland Ave. �� are deep lota wlth homes ].ocated in thA front portion of the lcts and j no developmenC in the rear, wooded portions of the lots. Due to the �i topography oP the site (the ravine and the hill), Lhere are no ; properti.�ns ad�acent to the site which might be impacted by viex ! obstruction except one hame on top of the hill. i I Conclusion: The Variance raquest appears to be r?3sonable. i ;� 2. That such variance is necessary for the preservation and �n,�oyment of � a substantial property right of the appellant possessed by the ownecs , of other properties in the same vicinity or zone. � Findin : Other homes in the area enJoy Sound viaws. Due to the rear lot locatioo of this siLe, and the likelihood of another house being built o•. 1e presently vacant Lot 1� it will be virtually imnossible for thc •�licant to aehieve any potential Sound view Without this Varlanc :- Conelus...o: The Variance aould allow a property right possessed by other property oxners in the area. � 3• That the au:horization of such variance Hill not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or in�urious to pi•operty in the vicinity or zone in vhich the property is located.