Ordinance 668-80 - Laserfiche WebLink

a 1 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF EVERETT, STATE OF WASHINGTON 2 3 4 IN THE MATTER OF: ) FINDINGS OF FACT AND REZONE REQUEST ) CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 5 NO. 10-79 ) 6 7 8 THIS MATTER having come on regularly before the City Council of the City of 9 Everett pursuant to statute and ordinance, and the City Council after public hearing and 10 being fully advised, now makes the following: 11 12 FINDINGS OF FACT 13 1. In June of 1978, an application for zoning reclassification (rezone request) 14 was received from Sybil and Gary Bales on behalf of themselves and other residents in 15 an area adjacent to the Lowell-Larimer Road. The requested rezone area is generally 16 described by the following boundaries: south of Franklin Street; west of the Lowell- 17 Larimer Road; north of 68th Street; and east of the Interstate 5 right-of-way. This 18 requested rezone area consisted of approximately 54.2 acres within the City limits of 19 the City of Everett. 20 2. The zoning classification of the subject properties at the time of the 21 rezone request was R-1, single-family residential, which allowed a single-family 22 structure on a 7,000 square foot lot. Said zoning classification had been in effect since 23 1962. 24 3. The rezone request was to change a portion of the 54.2 acres from R-1 to 25 R-S (Residential Suburban) and the remainder of the 54.2 acres from R-1 to A-1 26 (Agricultural). An R-S zoning classification requires a minimum lot size of 12,500 27 square feet; an A-1 zoning classification requires a minimum lot size of 217,800 square 28 feet. 29 4. The R-S zoning classification was to apply, generally, to those areas of 30 the 54.2 acres which topographically have slopes less than 15%; the A-1 zoning 31 classification applying, generally, to the areas with slopes of 15% or more. 32