2230 RUCKER AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

. Bnard of Ad.justment Minutes July 20, 1987 Page 3 . . . maintenance r_osts affordabl?. He fPels the nl�ier homes on thr other sirle �f Rucker are examples of deterioration due to the high cnst of ineintenanre. He qurstioneA the two corner rarking stalls in the frnnt vard: he frola parking is adequate without them snd this would seve the trees. D:fvid $aunrierv, 2215 Grand, spake ag2inst the variance. He opposed ber��s� mnst of the residents in the arPA �lon't provide adequete nff-street parkina ns it is. in re�ponse to his questioning the calculetion of required parkino spTces, Pearl Maddy explained that professional office parking requirPmPnrs arP geared to thP total square footage of the structure. He pointed out that thP neighborhood would lose four �eistinR Parking speces on Rucker �1ue rn �hP circular driveway. which would rompo�md the problem. Also, the U.S. Na��v wil] Ae coming t� Everett and they will �lesptrately nPPd apartment housinp,. RiRht where this apertment Auil�iing is lnr.ated is the area that will hr mnet impflr_ted by the need for housing. He feels if the areae sd.jecent to �hn prnposed baae can provide housing for Navy personnel that will help alleviate traffic r.ongestion. Ri�hard Recker, 2211 Crand, spnkr against the variance. HP pointed out thet there apparently hes heen no traffic stndy done on the 2r�a. Furthermnre, the propnsed parking is be�ed on certain assumptions, one of them being that the residents of the �partment units will work Auring the �1ay rather than at night. Hea also citPd a Navy study whirh indicates thie aree will be most highly imparted by the need for housing and seid the city should preserve housing. Yhie etructure has been apertments since 1935, and if it i3 l�sing money, it should heve Lost money lnng bPf�re now. It will crrtainiv makP monev wi�h the Navv. .7ean Perker, 2211 Crand, spoke ap,ainst the variance. She is appalled at thP idPa nf allnwing any backing of perking trafflc into the a11Pv sincP ii �� nerr� end difficult to qet into. If the Boerd derided to grant the varianrP, - AI7P requested that they r.onsider 2 cnndition that there be no ouhlic allPv ar_cess from the back part of the yubject property. R�ck Wiggins, 2201 Rur.ker, spoke against the v�rianre. He citeri sPVPr�I instancee of residences in the area which park on the street instead .+f �roviding off-street parking. He stated that Rucker is an arterial strePt Tn� therefore it carriea a lot of traffic, including emergency vehlcles. RPcause nf these reaeons, he doeen't feel the required parking spaces should h� re�lucrd. iohn Cheney spokc agein on behalf of the a�plicant. He steted thet regardlPs� nP the outcome of this hearing, the applicant will not be requestinv a veriance for perking for any additinnal apartment units. One or two of thP e�cisting epertment units have mor? than 2000 square feet. This buildinq could r.nnceivably have ten to twelve apartments. This aould be very damaginv tn the interior of the building. The proposed conversion would rP+nin *he interior features of the buildinq: Pearl Maddy r.ommented on the Comprehensive Plan policies regarding Historlc Preservation, whirh encourage adaptive reuse of historic structures.