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D �MAR 1 31989 ........................................ ............................ CITY OF EVERETT BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Public Works Dept. FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND ORDER VARIANCE NO. 3-89 Based upn the written request for a variance from the City's zoning code by: Dean Lozano 2312 19th St. Everett, WA 98201 1 hereinafter referred to as "Applicant", for a variance from E.M.C. 19.40.020, Off-Street Parking to allow less than the eight off-street parking spaces required by code for a nonconforming use in a nonconforming building. Location of Proposal: 1902 Virginia The Board of Adjustment, following a public hearing on said ap- plication held on March 6, 1989, and further having reviewed all testimony, makes the following Findings, Conclusions and Order: rINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS• CRITERION NO, 1• That there have been exceptional or extraordinary circusstances or conditions applying to the subject property or as to the in- tended use thereof that do not apply generally to other properties in the same vicinity or zone FINDING: The property consists of a 3,120 square foot, two-story, flat roofed, existing commercial structure constructed in the early 1900's as a grocery store on a 3000 square foot lot. The building was later remodeled, adding an apartment on the second floor and one on the first floor, leaving 770 square feet for the grocery on the first floor. In 1961 the grocery store was converted to a beauty shop. The beauty shop use was a less intensive use than the grocery store since it was a one person shop and the parking require- } ment would have been for a total of five spaces, three for the residential use and two for the beauty shop. Since there were only two off-street parking spaces on the site, the 6 parking was nonconforming by three spaces. ! In 1987 the beauty shop was changed to the present use, which is the "Children's Attic" a second hand children's clothing store, where children's clothing is sold on consignment. When the Applicant applied for a business license the City became aware that the parking requirement was not being met. The parking requirement for this use is for a total of eight spaces, three for the residen- tial use and five for the retail use. It has been City policy to allow credit for a previous nonconformity in calculating the parking requirement when a use changes, so be- cause of the previous use's nonconformity of three spaces, the total parking requirement for the Children's Attic and two apartment units would be five spaces.