Loading...
420 3RD AVE S.pdf-Aq 577 W 7, April 5, 1983 iCTDGI Q& Planning Department City of Edmonds 250 Fifth Ave N Edmonds, Wa 98020 Attn: Hearing Examiner Re File No. V-4-84 Dear Sir: I am a registered voter, a resident of the StateJbr over forty years and of the greater Seattle area for twenty years. I have resided in Edmonds for nearly five years and am currently residing next to the property in question,at 424 3 rd Ave. S. A variance in zoning for the purposes set forth irl the above cited File -should not be granted for the following reasons: 1. The addition of a sixth unit, contrary to existing code? would take away surrounding unit space which could otherwise be applied to the benefit of five units. When considering necessary access ways and such, six units would over crowd the area and thereby adversly affect the per unit property values of the project specifically, and the surrounding real estate values in general, because there would be less spaciousness between units, less property available for landscaping the project harmonious to the area, and less privacy for the future unit tenants. Furtheremore, the overall quality of each unit would probably be better if variance is not granted. Such quality, appearance -wise at least, would be enhanced by the added surrounding space of only five units, rather than six, and should be considered an important factor when building is to be allowed so very near one of our finest and well known possessions - Edmonds Park. Hundreds of visitors drive around the park each year, and the units should reflect the quality of spaciousness between units, appropriately blending with the general spaciousness of the park and surrounding area rather than show an over -crowded project of units squeezed together for financial gain. 2. The environmental impact of crowdinG in six units on the property should be considered. As it now stands, there are many species of wildlife existing there: fox,.Opossum, racoon, squirrel, ducks, and all kinds of bird life. Deer Creek runs adjacent to the property and hosts young Steelhead and other aquatic wildlife. Where is this wildlife to go when five units go up, let alone a sixth? The absence of the sixth unit would at least be of some help forthe wildlife now in the area.