3201 WETMORE AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

sPction(s) of Code at Issue EMC 19.40.010, EMC 19.40.020 Relief Reauested: Expemption of the Snohomish County/Camano Board of REALTORS from the off-street parking space requirements set forth in EMC 19.40.020. Basis For Relief Requested: Pursuant to EMC 19.40.010(B), the off- street parking requirements set forth in EMC 19.40.020 apply only to those buildings erected, reconstructed or structurally altered after the creation of the ordinance. The ordinance was placed in effect in December of 1956. The two structures located at 3201 Wetmore and 1710 32nd were erected in 1925 and 1923 respective.ly. To the knowledge of members of the Board of REALTORS, the buildings in question have been remodeled but not structurally altered since the inception of the ordinance. A te ative Varianee Reouested� Relaxation of off-street parking requirements set forth in EMC 19.40.020 to reflect actual and anticipated future use of the structures located at 3201 Wetmore 1710 32nd. space and FYceotional or Extraodinarv Circumstanees The two structures in question house the Board of REALTORS tusiness office staffed by three employees, the business office of State Senator Larry Vognild, staffed by one employee, and tuo residential units housing a total of three tenants. Everett City Planning Department officials have informed the Board of REALTORS that it would have to provide nineteen (19) parking spaces in order to meet current requirements. None of the units in question are uti.lized for retail sales operations. The number of parking spaces required by the City Planning Department is far in excess of those spaces needed to supply Board employees and tenants with suitable parking. Necessity of Variance for Continued Eniovment of Substa t a Pronerty Riaht The above-referenced uses are permitted uses wittiin the R-5 zone. Due to land space limitations, the Board of REALTORS would be unable to construct nineteen (19) parking spaces upon the property in question. Only three parking spaces acceptible to Planning Department officials currently exist on the subject property. Sixteen (16) additional parking spaces are not currently available off-site within 3o0 feet of the subjeet property. The Board of REALTORS and its tenants would not be permitted continued utilization of the subject property without such a variance. C Variance Not Detrimental to Pub�ic Welfare or Adjacent P�Derties The variance requested wo�ald permit continued utilization of the subject property for of;ice/residentia]. purposes. Both uses are currently permitted in R-5 zones, and in no way detrimentally affect the public welfare nor surrounding property. D Consistent with Compre ensive Genera P an Existing uses for properties surrounding the suhject property include office and residential. Existing uses on the subject property are consistent with permitted uses set forth in the C hen�ive General Plan for R-5 zones. A variance will ompre permit applicants to continue said cocnpatible u;ses.