3201 WETMORE AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

Section(s) of Code at Issue EMC 19.40.010, EMC 19.�0.020 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 atructurally 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 respectively. To the knowledge of members of the Board of REALTORS, the buildings in question have been remodeled but not structurally altered sinee the inception of the ordinance. Alternative 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. sp�. �e and A Exceotional or Extraodinarv Circumstances The two structures in question house the Board of REALTORS business office staffad by three employees, the business office of State Senator Larry Vog�ild, staffed by one employee, and two 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 curren'c requirements. None of the units in question are utilized f'or retail sales operations. The number of parking spaces required by the City Planning Depa!•tment is far in excess of those spaces needed to supply Board employees and tenants with suitable parking. B Necessitv of Variance for Continued Eniovment of Substantial Prooertv Riaht The above-referenced uses are permitted uses within 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 L-hree �arking spaces acceptible to Planning Department officials currently exist on the subject property. Sixteen (16) additional parking spaces are not currently available off-site within 300 feet of the subject property. The Board of REALTORS and its tenants would not be permitted continued utilization of the subject property without such a variance. C Varianee Not Detrimental to Public Welfare or Adjacent Pro�erties The variance requested would permit continued utilization of the subject property for office/residential purposes. Both uses are currently permitted in R-5 zones, and in no way detrimentally affect the publie welfare nor surrounding property. C��sistent with Com�rehensive General Plan Existing uses for properti.es surrounding the subject property include office and residential. Existing uses on the subject property are consister.t with permitted uses set forth in the Comprehensive General Plan for R-5 zones. A variance will permit ap�licants to continue said compatible uses. EXHIBIT 3 NARRATIVE STATEMENT p.� of 1