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!� - ��-l� ,,. Exhibit A `•��'' ;��`�iS% NOTICE OF DECISION PLANNING DIRECTOR DETERMINATION REVIEW PROCESS I # 11-008 BUILDING MODULATION MODIFICATION SEPA#11-014 Applicant: Lance Mueli=r& Associates 130 Lakeside, Suite 250 Seattle, WA 98122 Representative: Harold Christensen The City of Everett Planning Department grants approval of a request by Merrill Creek LLC to modify the building modulation required in Section 27.020 of the Zoning Code. The proposed development is located at 6103 23rd Drive West. The building elevations and site plan by Harold Christensen, Lance Mueller&Associates, dated Moy 6, 2011, are approved (in lieu of standard building modulation). This submittal was made on behalf of Merrill Creek LLC, owners and developers of the project approved under SEPA#11-014, a Planned Action Determination issued on June 15, 2011. The building modulation modification request is approved, subject io the following condition: 1) The building clesign and elevation submitted for building permit review must be consistent with building elevations dated May 6, 2011. The Planning Director approved the building modulation modification based on the following: Subsection 27.020.A.2 of EveretYs Zoning Code requires that building facades greater than sixty feet in length shall be modulated by features a minimuin of five feet in depth, a minimum of fifteen and a maximum of sixty feet in length, and at least fifty percent of the building height. Subsection 27.020.A.2.e provides that Planning Department authority to grant a modification of these standards ii an adequate aiternative is proposed. Approval of this modification is subject to a Type I Review Process. Review Process I is an administrative process and requires no public notice of comment period. The applicant may appeal the decision within 14 days of issuance of"Notice of Decision." Harold Christensen, Lance Mueller & Associates, on behalf of Merrill Creek LLC, proposes a combination of elements that, together, accomplish the objective of the Zoning Code to reduce the aesthetic impact of Iarge blanl< building facades. The proposal is described in their Building Modulation Application, received on May 9, 2011 and shown graphically on the accompanying plans. The project consists of a 34,100 square foot building. The office portion of the building would face 23rd Drive West. The proposed office area would be constructed using a variety of building materials, including metal, giass and stained concrete. The proposed site design meets the intent of Section 27.020, permitting alternative development standards i�, fhe M-1 zone. To meet the intent of the code and adapt to the topography of the site the new building has been designed so that all loading occurs at the rear of the building and