1220 WETMORE AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

NOTICE OF CITY ACTION CITY OF EVERETT PLANNING DEPARTMENT PLANNING DIRECTOR DETERMINATION #30-97 INTRODUCTION: The City of Everett Planning Department received an application from Sondra Church, 1220 Wetmore Ave., Everett, WA 98201 for a Planning Director's Determination to allow for an accessory dwelling unit within the residence located at 1220 Wetntore Ave. �'� `'�' BACKGROUND: Sondra Church, owner of the property, has applied for a Planning Director's Determination to allow for a 420 square foot accessory dwelling unit wiUiin the existing 1,382 square foot single family residence. The property is zoned R-2, Singlc Family Residential. Accessory dwelling units are permitted subject to approval b�the Planning Director using Review Process I. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Subsection 39.020.D of the Zoning Code establishes the criteria by which such proposals must bc evaluated. These are as follows: 1. An accessory dwelling nnit may be established io an existing single family dwelling by ...alteration of the interior space, conversion of previously uninhabited (attached) spacc, or addition of attached living space; or by a combination of the three. The proposed action is to use the existing second floor area of the residence and conver! it into an accessory dwclling unit. 2. Each single family dwelling on a legal building lot shall not have more than one accessory dweliing unit. No accessory dwelling may be located in any detached accessory structurc. Thc proposed action is for one accessory dwelling unit only, and the entire unit will be �vithin the structure of thc uriginal residencc. 3. One of the dwelling units shall be occupied by onc or more owners of the property as thc owner's permanent and principal residence. Sondra Church has submitted a ceriification that she owns and residcs at the subjcct property. 4. The iloor arr;i of thc accessory dwelling unit shall not exceed forty percent o!'the total iloor area of the structure. The living area of'the structure is 1,382 square fcet. The floor area of the proposed accessory d�velling unit is 420 squarc feet, which is approximalcly 30%of the total Iloar arca. 5. The total number of persons who may occupy the principal and accessory dwellin� units combined shall not exceed the numbcr oF persons that are defined by this Titic as a "family". Thc applicant has agrecd to this requircment a;part ofthcirpennit annlication. 6. Three off street parking spaces shall be peovidcd �„r the pr:ncipal and accessory dwelling units. The proposal sho�vs five parkinG spaccs a��ailab;: �n �he site, a fi�o car +;arage and threc additional spaces ofCof thc allcy.