1502 WALL ST IMAGINE CHILDRENS MUSEUM 2018-01-01 MF Import

/ GANN/N6 ANO �A/�M!/N/TY DEl/FLOr�lE/YT November 13, 2000 NancyJohnson Children's Museum 3013 Colby Avenue Everett, WA 98201 Re: Parking for the Everett Mutual Building, 1502 Wall Street Dear Nancy: Paul A. Roberts Direcfw You have asked our DepaRment to advise the Children's Museum in addressing the parkirg requirements under City of Everett codes should you acquire the property at 1502 Wall Street (the building). I appreciate that you have a Board of Director's meeting next week, and, unfortunately, this question will not be resolved by that meeting. NeveRheless, I will set forth an approach to address the Museum's parking needs within the frameworic of the City's codes. The building has been permitted with the existing parking as it is, and you are allowed !o use/occupy the building provided you do not substantially alter the building or the parking. This means that the Museum can occupy the building without providirig additional parking or may choose to phase redevelopment to preserve existing parking as long as possible to meet your needs. However, as you have indicated in our discussions, the Museum pians to alter the use of the building, using the mof area (now used fer parking) as an outdoor play area. This alteration will likely trigger a review under City codes, resulting in additional parking requirements. The :,ity code currently requires 1 parking space for every 400 square feet of floor space for museums. In response to the Museum's needs, Ciry parking requirements can be modified in one of two ways: by the administrative action of the planning director for up to 10% of the parking, or by a parking variance through the Board of Adjustment. Following our review of the Museum's needs and a tour of the building it is clear that an administrative adjustment of up to 10% is not likely to provide sufficient parking to meet the projected needs of the Museum. The variance procedure appears to offer the flexibility to address the unique circumstance of the Museum. CITY OF EVERETT 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Suite 8-A • Everett, WA 98201 •(425) 257-8731 • Fax (425) 257•8742