407 47TH ST SE 2018-01-02 MF Import

I � 4 I PLAN1VIiVG DIRECTOR DETERMiNATION Review Process I #98-029 December 3, 1998 The City of �verett Planning Director grants approval of a requesi by Don Kelly to reduce the standard 25 foot bufFer From tlie top of slope to 12.5 feet at 407 47�' Street with the following couditions: 1. Enhance the remaining 1?.5 fcet of Uuffer as proposed in the planting plan as modified by the City of Everett's biologist. 2. Provide a recorded Environmentaliy Sensitive Area Protective Covena��t protecting the buffer. Subsection 37.100.D of the City of Everett Zoning Code gives the Planning Director the authority to reduce the 25 foot buffer from the top of slope by up tu 50% when there has been substantial legal alteration of the buffer and the remaining buffer is enhanced sufficiently to improve the functional values of the buffer. The slope leads down to a wetland. The Planning Director approved the reduced buffer based upon the following: 1. The buffer had been previously altered prior to 1990 except for two large trees located near the top of slope. The buffer consisted of some Himalayan blackberry. 2. The enliancement plan will improve the functional values of die buffer. The proposai includes removing noanative, invasive plants and revegetating the remaining buffer with native vegetation. The Planning Director's determination may be appealed. Any such appeal must be filed within fourteen calendar days of the date specified below. Appeal forms are available from the Planning Department and must be submitted along with the required filin� fee. For more information concerning this determination, contact Steve Ingalsbe of the Planning Depaztment at 257-8731. I � //-�i' � �/�, � Paul A Roberts, Director PLANNIrIG AND COMMUNITY UEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT