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7-16-13 Council President Moore City of Everett 2930 Wetmore Ave. Everett,WA 98201 Dear Council President Moore, I am writing concerning a permit I have requested to replace my existing driveway at 512 Wetmore Ave. I submitted a permit and was told it was denied. I was then told that I should write you this letter to appeal this decision. At then end of this letter please find the email I received which I have based this request on. - Please consider this letter a request to place this issue of a variance under EMC 13.16.110 on the Council agenda. - Brief narrative statement of the situation: We currently own 512 Wetmore Ave. Our home has an existing driveway from Wetmore to our garage.We are seeking to replace this driveway with a wider longer driveway moved south on our property and still exiting to Wetmore. We feel this should be granted because of the following reasons: 1.We are not adding a driveway to Wetmore, but are just replacing the one we already have.2.This matches the rest of our block for Wetmore access.3. It would not be possible to put in a driveway to our alley as our garage access is on the front of our home. - This request meets the four conditions of EMC 13.16.1 10.A-D as follows: o A. "The variance requested arises from peculiar physical conditions not ordinarily existing in similar districts in the city or is due to the nature of the business or operation upon the applicant's property" . Please see the attached exhibit showing current access to my garage. Placing access from the alley would not allow me to access in my current configuration. o B. "That the variance requested is not against the public interest,particularly safety, convenience and general welfare;". We currently have our driveway exiting to Wetmore.Therefore, there would be no change other than the new driveway apron would be updated to meet current city of Everett standards.This only benefits the public and increases safety. o C. "That the granting of the permit for the variance will not adversely affect the rights of the adjacent property owners or tenants;". We would not be crossing any property lines with our replacement driveway. I have spoken with my neighbor to the south and he had no concerns. o D. "That the terms of this chapter will work unnecessary hardship on the applicant, property owner or tenant. (Prior code§13.36.110)". The unnecessary hardship is the same as my comment on item A. If I was forced to install a driveway from the alley it would require me to spend additional funds to change or replace my existing garage. - An exhibit depicting the existing and proposed driveway configurations and showing the alley at the rear of the property is included for reference.This exhibit also shows our surrounding neighbors driveways to Wetmore.The only exceptions are the corner lots