6500 EVERGREEN WAY SPECIAL INTEREST AUTOBODY 2019-01-31

3. The subject property abuts Evergreen Way to the east and Fleming Street to the west. Adjacent land uses include offices in a nonconforming single-family residence to the north, retail/restaurant to the south and east, and multifamily residential to the west. A 14-unit apartment building abuts the site's west boundary adjacent to the building at 6408 Evergreen Way. (Exhibits 1, 2, and 8; Ingalsbe Testimony) 4. The 1,150 square foot addition to the building at 6408 Evergreen Way was built without permits sometime in 2008. In reviewing the correction of that situation, City Planning Staff issued an addendum was issued to the original SEPA determination (SEPA 15-010). (Exhibits 1, 2, and 7) 5. Upon review of the application, City of Everett Public Works staff determined that the proposal would result in a traffic increase of approximately 4.2 PM peak hour trips over existing conditions. Planning Staff noted that traffic mitigation fees would be required to mitigate this increased demand for area transportation services. (Exhibit 1) 6. The shared parking lot serving the existing retail and service uses is developed with 97 paved parking stalls that access at 6500 Evergreen Way. There are nine additional spaces accessed from Fleming Street. According to the City's off- street parking standards, a minimum of 70 parking spaces are required: 24 spaces to serve the 7,123 square foot auto parts store, 43 spaces for the auto body repair business, and three additional spaces for a freestanding espresso stand. The proposal would reduce the number of available spaces to 93 stalls. Parking standards would be satisfied. (Exhibits 1 and 2; Ingalsbe Testimony) 7. The site frontage along Evergreen Way is improved with curb, gutter, and sidewalk; however, the existing sidewalk does not meet the current eight-foot wide sidewalk standard for the MUO zone. While there is no curb, gutter, or sidewalk along the Fleming Street frontage, existing buildings are currently serve by municipal sewer and water. The Applicant is not required to widen the sidewalk along Evergreen Way because the amount of the improvement to the buildings would not exceed 50% of their value. (EMC 19.318.015) Everett Public Works Department is not requiring street improvements along the Fleming Street frontage because the existing street, utilities, and public services are adequate to accommodate the proposed and existing uses. (Exhibits 1, 8, and 9; Ingalsbe Testimony) 8. Presently, there is no landscaping on properties 6324 through 6408 Evergreen Way; nor is there landscaping along Fleming Way except along the west side of 6500B Evergreen Way. Parcels 6410 and 6500 Evergreen Way have existing landscaping along Evergreen Way and in the parking lot that satisfy the required landscaping standards EMC 19.35, which requires ten feet of landscaping along street frontages and five feet along interior lot lines (Landscape Category B). The additional landscape standards of EMC 19.31 B, adopted in 2012, also apply ,�` 3 p