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FJM7M-' 95 18:11 I I): C I TY OF EUERETT PLAN TEL No- 206-259-M42 #325 P08 <br />B. 77w vuriance is necessary becmise of exceptional or extraordinary circumstances regarding <br />the site, shape, topography. or location of the subject property; or the location of a p►oextsting <br />improvement on the subject property that conformed to the Zoning Code in effect when the <br />improtinrent was conrsirncred <br />This variance is nccessuy because the existing site is not large enough to contain a drive through <br />lane with queuing for eight cars, while providing a 100 foot setback between the lane and the <br />residential cone <br />C. 77e tariasnce will o►►ly grant the subject property the same general rights enjoyed by other <br />property in the same area mid zone as the Subject property. <br />Many surrounding restaurants provide drive through service. Granting of this variance will allow <br />the Taw Time property owner to provide this convenience to their customers, enabling them to <br />cucceasfully compete with the surrounding businesses. <br />D. The variance is the minimum necessary to allow the subject property the general rights <br />described in Subsection c of this paragraph. <br />Great effort has been made to reduce the potential impact of this drive -through lane. Taw Time <br />constantly strives to be a good neighbor to their surrounding community, for they rely on <br />residents of the surrounding area to patronize their establishment. The proposed drive -through <br />lane will be provided with noise and headlight protection for the surrounding residential area. <br />This meets the intent of the setback requirements: to protect the surrounding residential areas <br />from the sounds and light of commercial activity. The subject property is not large enough to <br />allow strict compliance with the current code, but by locating the lane as shown, below the base <br />of the rockery, the negative impacts to the neighborhood would be minimized. <br />E. The granting of the variance is not inconsistent with the goals are! policies of the Eivreit <br />general Plan. <br />Granting this variance would not compromise the goals of the Everett General Plan. <br />F. 77w need for requested variance is rrot rite result of a self-created hardship. <br />When the Taco Time Restaurant was bt-ilt, drive through windows at restaurants did not exist. <br />So platuung for a drive -through, way back when the building was originally built was not <br />possible. This additional service is necessary because of the constantly changing business <br />environment that restaurants operate in, and will result in a considerable expense to the owner. <br />This variance request does not result from any self-created hardship but merely is <br />acknowledgement of the changing needs of their restaurant patrons and the economic market <br />Sincerely, <br />Merrick Lr.ntz Architect <br />D�T' EXHIBIT <br />Steven Done Project Architect O� <br />PAQ E.L.OF.�L <br />