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July 5, 1990 Mr. Bill Delaune 325 - 92nd Ave SE. Ev�r�tt, W1► 98208 ��r� o� everett RE: R�taiainq Wall/F�nce at Above address cr. ..�_ . .s��en. D�ar llr. D�laun�: ' EVEREn .v�5r.v.G'C� �eac� This letter conatitut�s an administrative decision by the Planninq Departm�nt r�qardinq th� 24-inch concr�t� stzucture on your north property lin�. At issu� ia wh�th�r tha �xistinq structur� alonq said proporty line constitut�: a retaininq wall : or a fanc�. Th� zoninq cod� atat�s that a r�taininq wall �ay b� locat�d within a r�quirtd s�tback ar�n i! it is "r�asonably n�ceasary to provine aupport to a cut or slop�" (Ev�r�tt Zoninq Cod�, Section 39.iS0.C.5[b] ) . R�taininq walls within any a�tback ar*a ar� limited to ttu�� f��t in h�iqht. F�nc�s conatrucL�d on top of r�taininq aa11s hav� a h�iqht limit o! six le�t abov� the top of � the wall. F�nces not construct�d on r�tainiaq valls hav� a maximum h�iqht o! six l��t abov� the adjoininq qrad� on th� hiqh�r sid� o! th� f�nc�. � Mh� Planninq D�partm�nt has d�t�rmin�d that a r�taininq wall is � r�asonably n�c�ssary" vh�n a portion of th� wall actually rataininq soil on th� uphill sid� o! th� wall is qr�at�r than SO p�rc�nt o! ih� u�a on th� opposit� aid� o! th� vall which is not r�taiaiaq aoil, r�lativ� to th� �xiatinq or approv�d qrad�. Has�d on s�asuru�nb conducted in th� Li�ld by a p�p�rtm�nt repr�s�n4tiv�, it is th� D�partm�nt�s d�t�raination that th� atructur� at th� abov� addr�ss is in part r�taininq wall and in part l�ac�. TD� portion o! th� atructuz� classili�d u a f�nce �xt�nds lro� th� aortLwat corn�r o! th� prop�rty �astward alonq th� norti.�rn prop�rty lin� a distanc� ot thirty-thr�� aed on�-hal! (33.5) lNt. Th�r�tor�, any l�nc� on top ot th� concr�t� structur� say not �xc�ed a h�iqht o! six l��t abov� th� qrad� on th� hiqh�r sid� of th� t�nc�. 11 l�nc� on th� top o! the atructur� locaL�d �ast of said puint may b� bnilt to a �axiaua h�iqht of six l��t lroa th� top ot th� xall.