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Q <br />Appl.icant: <br />STAFF REPORT TO iiOARD OF TDJUST!(ENT <br />VARI1UiCE / 38-88 <br />DATE: DecemUer 5, 19R8 <br />James DeGroot <br />3U05 Hoyt <br />Everett, WA 98201 <br />Location oi Property: 2001 Virginia <br />Variance Requested: From E.M.C. 19.52.040 (A), Yards, to allow <br />a five foot side setback on the north side <br />instead of the ten foot requir�d by code <br />for a corner lot. <br />Existing Zoning: R-2, Single Family High Density Residential <br />Existing Land Use: Vacant lot <br />Adjacent Land Use/Zoning: North: SF/R-2 <br />South: SF/R-2 <br />East: SF/R-2 <br />West: SF/R-2 <br />Exhibits: <br />1, Vicinity/Zuning Map <br />2, Site Plan <br />3. Narrative Statement <br />vrunrwrs ANn COIiCLUSiONS: <br />rr; t[+rion No. 1 • <br />That there have been exceptienal or extraordinary circumstances <br />or conditions applying to the subject propertc^erall t�tothe�ther <br />Y.ended use thereof that do not apply g Y <br />properties in the same vicinity or zone. <br />F�ndina: The subject lot is nonconforming for width <br />since it is 37.5 feet wide and code requirament for lot <br />width in the R-2 zone is 50 feet. The Applicant is <br />proposing to build a single family structure that woulci <br />be five feet or more fror�i th�� north corner side lot line <br />instead of the ten feet reqnired by code. <br />There previously existed on the site a single family <br />rPsidence that was built in 1922. That structure burned <br />down a year and a half ago, and was nonconforming for <br />side yard setback. There is no existing foundation: <br />however, there is a remaining cement front porch and <br />steps that is approximately five feet from the north <br />property line. This will be removed. <br />If the 10 foot setback were met, the applicant would <br />only be able to build a 22 foot wide house. He wishes <br />to build a 26 feet wide, whi8hswould be� oreuin keeping <br />attached two car garage, <br />with other• homes in the neighborhoo3. <br />Twentieth Street, which abuts the property to the north, <br />has an eighty foot right of way but only approximately <br />24 feet of paving plus the sidewalk so there is a great <br />deal of unused right of way that is in lawn, so there <br />u:ould still be approximately eleven feet of lawn between <br />the house and the sidewalk. Public Works has no plans to <br />widen Twentieth Street. <br />