3729 SMITH AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

/ PLANNING DIRECTOR DECISION "'' Review Process I #01-029 .�':.J.�:'.�i'"'. August 6, 2001 The City of Everett Planning Department grants approval of a request by Pacific Environmental Services to eliminate the required ten-foot wide landscape strip along Smith Avenue with the follow�ng conditions: 1. Provide landscaping as shown on the landscape plan submitted on July 17, 2001 and revised and approved on August 6, 2001. 2. The fire hydrant on the corner of 38'h and Smith Avenue shall remain visible and accessible, with a three-foot minimum clearance around it. The Planning Director approved the landscape modification based on the following: The subject property is an existing gasoline service station located at 3729 Smith Avenue. Subsection 35.030.B of the City of Everett Zoning Coda requires all sites to be brought into conformance with the current landscape standards when improvement costs exceed 35% of the assessed value of the existing structures on site. Pacific Environmental Services will be replacing the existing canopies covering the fuel islano's at a cost of approximately $20,000. The assessed value of the existing structures is $28,100. The subject property is zoned C-2, Heavy Commercial-l.ight Industry. Landscape Category B applies in the C-2 zone. Lahdscape Category B requires a ten-foot wide landscaped strip along Smith Avenue and 38 Street and a five-foot wide landscaped stnp along the north property line. No landscaping is required along the alley. Subsection 35.070.A. of the City of Everett Zoning Code gives the Planning Director, using Review Process I, the authority to modify the required landscaping if the applicant prcposes an altemative method of landscaping that would achieve the intent and purpose o� the landscaping required. Review Process I is a written decision by the Planning Director which approves, disapproves, or approves with conditions the proposal of the applicant (Section 42.090). The applicant is unable to provide the required ten-foot wide lar.dscape strip along Smith Avenue because of the existing spill containment area of _.ie fueling island and a six-foot wide substandard sidewalk. Therefore, the applicant proposed to provide the required trees along the alley rather than Smith Avenue. The a�plicant may appeal the Planning Director's decision within 14 days of the date of this letter. Appeal forms are available from the Planning Department and must be submitted along with the required filing fee. Please call Steve Ingalsbe at 257-8731 if you have any questions. '�� 'Q— "'C'�� .�.JJ- PAUL A. ROBERTS, DIRECTOR I