2801 VIRGINIA AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

11. Churches in a C-1 zone have a parking requirement of one parking stall for each five seats. The existing seating capacity of the church is 162 persons and requires 34 parlcing s�aces. With the increase of seating capacity to 200, there will be a parking requirement of 40 parking spaces. 12. The Snohomish County PUD has agreed to allow the Applicant access to its parking lot which is located at the northwest comer of Hewitt and Virgirna•Avenues. This parking lot can be used for church services. The lot has oveli 1�00 submitted alin and can adequately handle the vehicles for the church. The App agreement between itself and the Snohomish County PUD for the use of the parking lot. 13. EM e nu ber�of park ng spaces provade�d9s equal t a he greatest number�of requ Sed spac�s for use operati��g at the same time. Because the Snohomish County PUD does not have office hours on Sunday or in the evening, the parking for the church will be available in its lot. The sharing of the parking lot by the church and the PUD is rea�onable. 14. The Applicant proposed landscaping as part of the new construc:ion. The proposed landscaping is consistent with EMC 19.35.030.6 which requires landscaping to be installed on-site when the value of the new construction is greater than, or equal to, 35% of the assessed value. The improvements will exceed 35% of the assessed value of the existing structure. The landscdpe requirements include landscaping 10 feet along the street frontages and five feet along the intenor lines. There may be some disruption to the landscaping in order to provide access points to the structure. The Gity has indicated that this is acceplable. 13. The church is one of two Baptist churches in north Everett. It provides se, v+ces for citizans of the community and to the general area. The expansion will allow the church to enhance its services. 16. Both California and Virginia Avenues can adequately carry traffic generated by the church. Neither is an arterial street. No upgrades or improvements of these streets are required. Further, there will be no sigrnficant increases on the public servi�.es and utilities as a result of this expansion. 17 has been�ocated onthis s te for a numbe of years and has been comPatib euwi h all other existing uses. 18. AII signs must bs designed in confomance with the Zoning Code requirements. 19. Screening of parking, loading, and storage areas is not applicable in this m��tter. 20. There will be no significant generation of nuisance iRitants or other environmental impacts. 21 permitted�in C-lrzones subject to review by thetCi y. �� Zone. Churches are 22. The proposal is consistent with the City's SEPA Ordinance. 4