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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-2195 - Rezone (Special).---~------ .' CITY OF MARYSVILLE Marysville,Washington ORDINANCE NO.2Iq~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON AFFIRMING THE DECISION OF THE HEARING EXAMINER, APPROVING THE REZONE AND VARIANCES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF GROVE STREET,SOUTH OF 80TH STREET N.E. AND EAST OF 60TH DRIVE N.E.; AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED IN ORDINANCE NO.772,AND DENYING THE APPEAL OF SUZANNE SMITH-HABITATS NW-QUAD. 1-~7>--...6. 1-/Jk..,-.~. 1-9~ I-~~:..z WHEREAS,Robert Aldridge is the owner of real property containing approximately 2.82 acres generally located north of Grove Street,south of 80th Street N.E.and east of 60th Drive N.E.,in the City of Marysville,said property being legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto;and WHEREAS,Robert Aldridge applied to the City for a rezone from Single-Family Residential 9600 (RS-9600 to High Density Single-Family Residential 6.5 (R-6.5)and a rear yard setback and lot depth variance for Lot 8,as well as a variance to the 20-foot front yard setback requirement for a proposed garage to allow an 8-lot short subdivision under File No.PA9710049;and WHEREAS,the City Hearing Examiner held a public hearing on the above-referenced application on March 12,1998 and adopted findings of fact,conclusions and a recommendation approving the application subject to 18 conditions;and WHEREAS,on April 1,1998 Suzanne Smith-Habitats NW-Quad (hereafter the "Appellant")filed an appeal of the Hearing Examiner's decision;and WHEREAS,on May 4,1998 the Marysville City Council held a closed record appeal as provided by MMC Chapter 15.11;and WHEREAS,the City Council having considered Appellant's appeal dated April 1,1998,the applicant's written response to said appeal dated April 24,1998,the written materials submitted by the Appellant,the oral summation of Appellant and the applicant,the staff report of the City Planning Department dated April 30,1998,and the entire record of the proceedings before the Hearing Examiner; /mv/aldridge.ord49 1 --~~-_..---------------- HEREBY MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT,CONCLUSIONS AND DECISION: FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS 1.By letter dated April 24,1998,the applicant asserts that Appellant lacked standing to bring this appeal. 2.MMC 15.11.030 proscribes who may appeal decisions of the Hearing Examiner.MMC 15.11.030 reads as follows: Decisions of the Hearing Examiner may be appealed to the City Council,by any aggrieved parties of record,or the city staff. 3.MMC 15.01.030(2)defines "aggrieved person"as follows: (2)"Aggrieved person"means one whose proprietary,pecuniary or personal rights would be substantially affected by a particular action as determined by the Hearing Examiner. 4.Appellant has demonstrated sufficient facts in her appeal that would demonstrate standing. 5 . that: The appeal filed by Appellant generally argues a.The Hearing Examiner did not require adequate buffer widths pursuant to the City's sensitive areas ordinance and comprehensive plan policies; b. requested and The Hearing Examiner erred by granting the variances to Lot 8 of the proposed short plat; c.The Hearing Examiner erred in determining that the development made adequate provisions for parks and recreation facilities,playgrounds and sites for schools and school grounds. 6.The City Council finds that Appellant has provided no reference in the record which demonstrates that the applicable provisions of the City's sensitive areas ordinance were misapplied or misinterpreted.To the contrary,review of the record demonstrates that significant analysis was performed by a qualified consultant on behalf of the applicant.Such analysis justifies and supports application of buffer widths consistent with those approved by the /mv/aldridge.ord49 2 Hearing Examiner.On the other hand,there was no testimony or evidence in the record presented by the Appellant or by a qualified consultant on behalf of the Appellant controverting the evidence presented by the applicant with respect to buffer widths and the application of the sensitive areas ordinance.Exhibits in the ordinance which support this finding/conclusion include,but are not limited to,Exhibits 5,9,10,28,36,37 and 40. 7.The variance requests to the rear yard setback,lot depth and 20-foot front yard setback to Lot 8 meet the criteria of MMC 19.54 and MMC 20.32.The Hearing Examiner properly applied the variance criteria to the facts in the record.Additionally,the variance requests for Lot 8 are not adjacent to the stream and wetland and would appear to have little or no impact to the wetland or stream involved in the proposed development. 8.The Appellant did not raise issues relating to park and school mitigation fees during the open record hearing, and consideration of such issues are therefore not appropriate.Even if such issues had been timely raised,the impact mitigation fees required of the applicant are consistent with the current provisions of the Marysville Municipal Code. DECISION Based upon the above-referenced findings and conclusions,the Marysville City Council hereby renders the following DECISION: 1.The appeal of Suzanne Smith-Habitats NW-Quad is hereby DENIED. 2.The Findings of Fact,Conclusions and recommendation of the Hearing Examiner with respect to the above-referenced application are hereby APPROVED,and the above-described property is hereby REZONED from RS-9,600 to Single-Family Residential 6.5,and the variance requests for rear yard setback,lot depth and front yard setback are hereby APPROVED. 3.The zoning classification for the above-described property shall be perpetually conditioned upon strict compliance with each of the conditions set forth in the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner.Violation of any of the conditions of said decision may result in reversion of the property to the previous zoning classification and/or may result in enforcement action being brought by the City. Imv/aldridge,ord49 3 4.The official zoning map of the City of Marysville as adopted in Section 5.02 of Ordinance No. 772 is hereby amended to reflect the reclassification of the above- described property. 5.This decision shall be final and conclusive with the right of appeal by an aggrieved party to the Superior Court of Snohomish County by filing a land use petition pursuant to the Land Use Petition Act within twenty-one (21) days after passage of this ordinance. PASSED by the this XZcl..day of City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor/Y\0'Jc ,1998. CITY OF MARYSVILLE flf!itJug MAYOR ATTEST: BY~CLERK Approved as to form: By ~/,,"L-J.-uD ,CITY ATTORNEY Date of Publication:-£6~i~i~~~~_ Effective Date (5 days after publication): /mv/aldridge.ord49 4 ..',....-,~:.:._."'-:,.....'"... LEGAL DESCRIPTION. LOT 2 OF CITY OF MARYSVlLLE SHORT SUBDIVlSION NO.92-10, RECORDED UNDER AUDITOR'S FILE NO.9308160431,RECORDS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY,WASHINGTON.. • (ALSO KNOV1N AS A PORTION OF LOT 1,BLOCK 2,KELLOG MARSH FlVE ACRE TRACTS,ACCORDING TO Tl-lE PLAT THEREOF RECOREDE IN VOLUME 10 OF PLATS,PAGE 16,RECORDS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY,WASHINGTON.) SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS,RESTRICTION AdD RESERVATIONS OF RECORD.. ExhibitL