3619 RUCKER AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

SrSi0rH C H >Hfn yH tC 0 O x O Fire Station No. 2 ti H SPU 9-89 �3 Page -2- Z h 0 r3 t7 ON�y 0 FINDINGS OF FACTS H O Q. n Z H 1. The Applicant requested approval of a Special Property Use Permit for q z the construction of Fire Station No. 2 and a new fire administration Hq building on property located east of Rucker Avenue and south of 36th ttyy ti H Street in Everett, Washington. As part of the development, the n dqco Applicant proposed a total of 48 parking stalls for staff and public. tit" with 21 stalls being underground parking, 19 stalls being surface Z H to parking, and eight stalls off an existing alley. In addition, the H O CA Applicant requested approval of the installation of two underground 1,000 gallon fuel tanks. 2. The subject property is a 35,055 square foot vacant lot that is zoned B-A. The properties to the north, south, and east are zoned R-4, while the property to the south is zoned B-2. 3. There are no significant natural site features located on the property. 4. The Everett Municipal Code (EMC) 19.58.010.C.1 requires that any governmental or quasi -governmental activity on the development of land be reviewed pursuant to a Special Property Use Permit. A Special Property Use Permit is reviewed pursuant to the criteria and guidelines i� as set forth in EMC 19.58.010.B(1-3). These include: A. The proposed use must be reasonably compatible with other uses and i potential uses within the general area in which the use is proposed to be located; B. The use must not have o serious adverse effect on the ecology and/or environment of the community; and, C. The use must serve the public convenience and necessity. 5. Admitted at the public hearing as exhibit 6 was a reduced copy of the site plan which ..epicts the proposed buildings, parking, and the location of the underground fuel tanks. A copy of this site plan is attached hereto and by this reference is hereby incorporated as part of these findings. 6. One of the buildings will be usedas the administrative offices for the City of Everett's Fire Department. Administrative offices are an allowed use in the B-2-A Zone. The proposed use will be compatible with other uses in the area. 7. The buildings will have brick veneer with masonry trim with bronzed aluminum framed windows with double glazing. The design will be consistent with the commercial development in the B-2-A zone.