9505 19TH AVE SE DR YONKEN 2018-01-02 MF Import

n ST_A F REPORT TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCE i 51-87 DATE: January 4, 1987 Applicant: MGR Partnership 17215 Smokey Point Drive Arlington, WA 98203 WA of Property: 9505 19th Ave. S.E. ante Requested: From E.M.C. 19.24.020 (F), to allow a 76 square foot pole sign instead of the 30 square feet allowed by code. Zoning: B-1, Neighborhood Business, with contract Existing Land Use: Office Building Adjacent Land Use/Zoning: Exhibits: I. Vicinity/Zoning Map 2. Site Plan 3. Narrative Statement FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: (Criterion No. 1. That there 'stances or conditions applying use thereof that do not apply jvicinity or zone. North: Commercial/R-1 South: Church/R-1 East: SF/R-1 West: Commercial/B-2 have been exceptional or extraordinary circum to the subject property or as to the intended generally to other properties in the same a. Finding N1: The project site is zoned B-1, Neighborhood Business.and the improvements consist of an approximately 20,000 square foot office building on a 2.3 acre site. The B-1 zone allows one lighted or unlighted free standing or pole sign 30 square feet in area serving a multi -tenanted building on a single lot. In addition, each separate business establishment is allowed one wall sign or projecting sign limited to one square foot of signage for each linear foot of the front wall of each business establishment, not to exceed 30 square feet in area. This site is located on a busy arterial street and the properties directly across the street are zoned B-2, Community Business, which has no limit on the size or number of signs. Many B-1 zones are located on residential streets and are surrounded by residentially zcned property, which is the reason for the signing restrictions in the B-1 zone. In addition, the new Comprehensive Plan adopted in 1987 designates this area as Highway Commercial. The former designation was Business/Light Commercial. The applicant does nit wish to place separate signs on the front of the building itself for each business establishment as the code allows, since the face of the building is stucco and it would spoil the aesthetics of the building. In addition, the building is set back approximately 160 feet from the street and so the signs on the face of the building would not be effective. The ?Applicant is proposing to remove an existing free standing sign directly south of the driveway if this variance is granted.