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Report to City c�uncil September 14, 1918 Paqe 3 application for a Use Permit. The Business License was also issued to Snohomish County-Camano Board of Realtors at this time on the advise of the City Attorney that the Business License is a taxing mechanism and there is no provision in City codes tn deny issuance of the Business License (see Exhibit 9). Sometime in October 1987 Snohomish County-Camano Board of Realtors attempted to file a use permit application which was rejected by the Planning Department as incomplete since it did not contain a site plan drawn to scale showing all structures on the property, the parking currently existing on the site and any other parking they proposed to construct. A letter was sent to them from the City or. January 4, 1988, giving them untii January 22, 1988, to submit a complete application (see Exhibit l0). On January 21, 1988, the City received a letter from Snohomish County-Camano Board of Realtors stating their position that they felt their application should be accepted without a site plan being submitted or a proposal for construction of additional parking (see Exhibit 11). On March 8, 1988, the City sent a letter to Snohomish County-Camano Board of Realtors citing the code sections relatinq to the Use Permit and aqain requesting that a complete application be submitted by March 25, 1988 (see Exhibit 12). on May 5, 1988, an application for a Use Permit was received from Snohomish County-Camano Board of Realtors. Because of Planninq staff work load, the application was not reviewed until July (see Exhibit 1). on July 5, 1988, a letter was sent f:-om the City to Snohomish County-Camano Board of Realtors requesting additional information before the Use Permit application could be reviewed (see Exhibit 14). August 8, 1988, a letter was received from Snohomish County-Camano Board of Realtors with the additional information requested for the Use Permit Application (see Exhibit 15). August 23, 1988, a letter was sent by the City to Snohomish County-Camano Board of Realtors denyinq the Use Permit until the parking issue was resolved. The Snohomish County-Camano Soard of Realtors was given three options: 1) to apply for and cbtain a variance for parking, 2) to provide parking to code within 300 feet af the property, or 3) return the structures to residential use (see Exhibit 16).