2211 19TH ST 2016-01-01 MF Import

� � August 11, 1982 iVlr. and Mrs. Lilley 2211-19th Street Everett, WA 96201 Re: Fence Dear Mr, and Mrs. I.illey: CITY OF everett ��,. ,,.��.z�a.o,:� fVClt[iT. wAY��•IGiON 9i1:'�1 This office, slong with the City Attorney's Office and the Planning Department, has reviewed the placement of n seventy-two inch high fence on your northern property line. As you are aware the City Code, EMC 19.42, permits fences with a height of forty-two inches on any property line and fences with a height of seventy-two inches only in the rear or side yards. The critical question which must be answered is in what ynrd has the seventy-two inch fence been constructed. EMC 19.04.010(37) defines "front yard" as follows: ". .. an open space extending across the full width of the lot, the required depth of which shall be measured hocizontally from the front line to a line parallel thereto on the lot:' Since the "width" of your lot is the distance between your northern and southern boundary lines, then your "front yard" is the yard facing Rainier, not 19th Street. The fact that you changed your street address doesn'2 change your yerd designation. The fence code which is part of the zoning code does not corre]ate the front yard designation with the street address. By changing your street address you can't change your front yard designation. While often times a street address is indicative of the front yard designation, it is not controlling. Therefore,I am asking that you reduce the height of your fence on yo� northern property line to forty-two inches. The forty-two inch restriction applies to the fence in your front yard whieh is the area extending easterly trom the most easterly portion of your home to the Rninier right-of-way. You will be giveri unt[1 the 31st day of August, 1962, to bring your fence into compliance. Ver quly yours, / C�l�k%E�, LARR�ALLAHAN Building �rector