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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Planning-Board of Adjustment - 10/07/1991 CITY OF L"���J J1 • Dan Kelleher, Mayor James P. Harris, Planning Director AGENDA BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT October 7 , 1991 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEMBERS: Jack Cosby, Chair Ron Banister Berne Biteman Walter Flue Raul Ramos CITY STAFF MEMBER: James P. Harris, Planning Director This is to inform you that the scheduled meeting of the Kent Board • of Adjustment will take place on Monday, October 7, 1991 at 7 p.m. in the Chambers West, Kent City Hall. 1. Call to order 2 . Roll Call 3 . Approval of September 9, 1991 Board of Adjustment minutes 4 . Added items to agenda 5. Administration of Oath 6. Variance: 76TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES II AND III #V 91-4 Request for a variance from Section 15. 07 . 060 (Q) of the Kent Zoning Code which requires five (5) foot side yard landscaping in an M3 , General Industrial, zone. I 220 4th AVE.SO., /KENT,WASHINGTON 98032-5895 i TELEPHONE (206)859-3390 I FAX#859-3334 KENT BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES • October 7, 1991 The scheduled meeting of the Kent Board of Adjustment was called to order by Chair Cosby on the evening of Monday, October 7 , 1991, at 7 p.m. in Chambers West, Kent City Hall. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEMBERS: Jack Cosby Chair Ron Banister Berne Biteman Walter Flue Raul Ramos CITY STAFF MEMBERS: Carol Proud, Senior Planner Alice Shobe, Planner Lois Ricketts, Recording Secretary APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 9 1991 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES Mr. Biteman MOVED that the minutes of the September 9, 1991 meeting be approved as written. Mr. Flue SECONDED the motion. Motion carried. Chair Cosby administered the oath to all who intended to speak. 76TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES II AND III #V 91-4 Alice Shobe presented 76th Avenue Associates request for a variance from Section 15. 07 . 060 (Q) of the Kent Zoning Code which requires five feet of side yard landscaping in a M3 , General Industrial, zone. The Mill Creek Distribution Center Building II is located at 21840 76th Avenue South, and Mill Creek Distribution Center Building III is located at 21810 76th Avenue South. The two buildings are located on adjacent legal lots which are approximately 16 acres in size. The Comprehensive Plan designates the subject property as I, Industrial, and the Valley Floor Plan designates the property as I. Industry. Each building is located on a separate legal lot, and full compliance is required for each legal lot. The Planning Department required the lot line in the middle of these two buildings to be removed so that it could be reviewed as one site. The applicant complied with this request. Since there are separate mortgages on each lot, it was determined to be infeasible, but this determination came too late in the process. The project was reviewed and designed as one lot. Between the two buildings there is a large open space with dock- high loading doors facing the open space. Trucks maneuver between • the two buildings. She pointed out that there is a 14-foot-high wall that has been set back on the driveway so that people driving Kent Board of Adjustment Minutes October 7, 1991 into the park seo Distribution Building III on the left and Distribution Building II on the right. The applicant received a permit for this wall which is blank with no signage on it. This wall obscures the area where the landscaping strip would be required. 1. Variance shall not constitute a grant of special privileges inconsistent With a limitation upon uses of other properties in the vicinity and zone in which the property, on behalf of which the application was filed, is located. Staff feels that no special privileges would be granted with this request because the intent of side yard landscaping is to buffer between adjacent properties and streets. In this proposal it would be doing neither. The side yard landscaping would not be visible from the road because of the wall. 2 . Such a variance is necessary, because of special circumstances relating to the size, shape topography, location or surroundings Of the subject property, to provide it with use rights and privileges permitted to 'other properties in the vicinity and jin the zone in which the subject property is located. The circumstance was created when it was determined late in the development process that the removal of the lot line could not take place because of separate mortgages on the two properties and because the site plan was designed reviewed and as one project. 3 . That the granting of such variance will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare, or injurious to the property or improvements in the vicinity and zone in which the subject property is situated. Since the landscaping would not be visible from the street or adjacent properties, there is no detriment to public welfare. Staff recommended Approval of this variance with no conditions. Bart Brynstad, representing Northward Development, owners of the subject property, ptated that they have put in a 14-foot-high by 50-foot-wide wall to obscure the truck and trailer parking. He felt this added aesthetically to the park. He pointed out that even if they were required to put in the landscaping, it would not be visible from the street. Since the site is located in the M3 zone, the maneuvering area is basically used by trucks for heavy industrial uses. Where is little public use of the site. He 2 M Kent Board of Adjustment Minutes • October 7, 1991 stated that this had been done previously in the City of Kent, so it would not be setting a precedent. Mr. Ramos asked if there was landscaping in front of the wall. Mr. Brynstad responded that there is five feet of landscaping on front side of the wall and 15 feet of landscaping on the back side of the wall. Mr. Biteman stated that he was impressed with the amount of green grass and the conditions of the plants and trees. He said the wall was almost an architecturally designed wall which ties the two buildings together. There are linear indentations in the wall of a sculptured nature. Mr. Brynstad explained that they have the landscaping professionally maintained on a weekly basis. Mr. Biteman added that the site gave an impressive appearance. The attitudinal intent of the owners was positive, and any changes required would make the operation less efficient and probably less attractive. Chair Cosby adjourned the meeting to a private session. Chair Cosby called the meeting back into session. Mr. Ramos MOVED that Board approve the staff recommendation of approval because it meets the three criteria established for approval of a variance. Mr. Banister SECONDED the motion. Motion carried. Mr. Flue MOVED that the meeting be adjourned. Mr. Banister SECONDED the motion. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7 : 20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Ja es P. H rris, Secretary • 3