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x <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 3380-14 <br /> An Ordinance authorizing a Pilot Project for Micro-housing for Trinity Lutheran <br /> College Students at the Southwest corner of Oakes and California with off-street, <br /> off-site parking at the Trinity Lutheran College Garage at the Southeast corner of <br /> Wetmore and California, Amending Section 34 of Ordinance No. 1671-89 and <br /> Section 7 of Ordinance No. 2347-98, as amended <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds the following: <br /> 1. Footprint Investments, LLC, (Footprint) owns property located on the southwest corner <br /> of California Street and Oakes Avenue, in the B-3 zone (Central Business District), <br /> legally described as Lots 24, 25 and 26 of Block 665, Plat of Everett, according to the <br /> plat thereof recorded in Volume 3, Page 32, records of Snohomish County, WA. (the <br /> "Property"). <br /> 2. Footprint proposes developing micro-housing (the "Project") on the Property to house <br /> students attending Trinity Lutheran College (TLC), which is located two blocks west of <br /> the Property. <br /> 3. Footprint proposes providing off-street parking for the Project on the block between the <br /> Project and TLC in an existing parking garage owned by TLC, located on property <br /> legally described as Lots 1 through 5 and Lots 22 through 26, inclusive, of Block 666, <br /> Plat of Everett, according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 3, Page 32, records of <br /> Snohomish County, WA. The Zoning Code requires that off-street parking required for a <br /> residential use be located on the same site as the use; <br /> 4. Footprint proposes using the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption provided by <br /> EMC Chapter 3.78, which requires that parking for residential use be provided on the <br /> same site or across an alley from the site upon which the housing is located; <br /> 5. There is no use category in the Zoning Code for"student housing,"but the Code does <br /> provide an administrative process for determining if an unlisted use should be permitted <br /> in a specific zone; <br /> 6. There is no off-street parking standard listed in the Zoning Code for"student housing," <br /> but the Code does provide an administrative process for determining the appropriate off- <br /> street parking for an unlisted use; <br /> 7. The Vision Team's 2005 report identifies higher education as a top priority for Everett's <br /> future; <br /> 8. The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code encourage a variety of uses and activities in <br /> the downtown, including colleges; <br /> 1 <br />