2012/07/25 Council Agenda Packet

zoning and Comprehensive Plan designativ are consistent with each other, and that the zone fits in with the current and anticipated use. M Larsen presented a graphic of the site. The City purchased the property on Smi Island in 2800 and it is currently a mitigation area; however, the site is owned by the City but is cur► ntly in Snohomish County. The property is located on Smith Island, south of 12th Street,west of U- on Slough. The request is to amend the Comprehensive Plan map to show the City's Urban Grow Area overlaid on the subject 20 acre site. The objective is to eventually bring the subject area in . the City which according to the letter from Snohomish County should happen in 2015. The goal i to streamline permit review and provide police and fire protection to the area. Mr. Larsen presented a :raphic of the site. He asked Commissioners if there were any questions. 6:49:41 PM Chair Sosin asked if Commissi. had any questions regarding the docket items. 6:50:15 PM Commissioner Olivers asked the City had any comments from the property owners regarding the two parcels located northwest o 3rd Drive. He wondered if the underlying Comprehensive Plan designation would be in their long term Jest interest. Mr. Larsen responded that the City did receive a letter from the property owner regard g the property owner's position. The use of the property is single family residential and not comm; cial. Commissioner Olivers commented that rarely does a proposal come before Commission to fit .mething to the current use,the request is usually for the highest and best use of the property. Mr. oenig responded that if those two parcels were part of the B-2 zone with contract and there was . cess from one parcel to the other that would make sense; however, the access is from an R-1 resident I street so the property does not make sense as a commercial use. If the parcels took access off of 19th venue, a case could be made for the higher intensity use. 6:54:02 PM Chair Sosin mentio, ed that there was a predominance of R-1 zoning west of 23rd and north of 116th. Mr. Koenig added hat the unincorporated area is also single family. 6:54:31 PM Commissioner .and asked if the Code allowed for commercial access through a residential neighborhoo. Mr. Koenig responded that there was no code requirement but something the City tries to avoid. 6:54:59 PM Chair Sosin asked why the parcel designated 1.6 south of the Scrupps property was not included in the Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezone proposal. Mr. Koenig referred to the graphic to explain that both the Scrupps property and the parcel to the south went through an earlier"Intent to Rezone" process. The parcel to the south is currently developed and is consistent with both the Comprehensive Plan designation and zoning so the property was included in the Evergreen Way area-wide rezone which was approved by Planning Commission in February. The Scrupps property was not developed under the "Intent to Rezone" process which created the inconsistency between the Comprehensive Plan designation and the zoning. Both properties are proposed to rezone to E-1 MUO as a result of the Evergreen Way Revitalization Plan efforts. Chair Sosin asked what type of development was located on the property to the North. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 4 March 6, 2012