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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT: PLANNING • BUILDING
September 3, 2015
Warren LaFon
warrenlafon@earthlink.net
RE: PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS FOR PLAN CHECK # 2015-0994 AND 2015-0995
ADDITION AT 160 W. DAYTON AND SHED AT 154 W. DAYTON (HARBOR SQUARE)
Dear Mr. LaFon,
I have reviewed the above building permit applications for the Planning Division. Before I can
sign off on the permits, however, the following information needs to be clarified in a written
response and through submittal of updated plans:
1. Addition to Athletic Club,: The larger Harbor Square site is subject to a contract rezone
recorded on AFN8005060198. Covenant A.2 on page two of the rezone contract
states: "Parking areas may be modified without reducing the number of spaces
provided, the general distribution of spaces, or the amount of landscaping." It appears
2-3 parking spaces are proposed to be removed as part of the addition under the
south portion of the building.
At the same time, while not called out on the site plan, it appears that 46 additional
parking spaces are proposed in a revised area near the outdoor tennis courts —the
one tennis court is shifted north and an extensive new parking area is proposed.
While this would appear to resolve the parking space issue, the presence of Edmonds
Marsh and its buffer prohibit this site revision. Creation of additional impervious
surfaces within the 200' wetland buffer is an alteration to a critical area. While
mitigation can in some cases be offered for such alterations, the proposed work
cannot be mitigated for because buffer width reductions are not allowed for the
Marsh buffer since it is not a Category 3 or 4 wetland (ECDC 23.50.040).
If the parking spaces removed by the proposed addition can be created elsewhere
near the building on existing impervious area (not in areas of removed landscaping), it
is possible the addition could be approved. As proposed, however, the addition
cannot be approved. The revision to the tennis court and parking near the Marsh
cannot be approved either.
2. North windows: New windows are shown on Sheet A-4. Will the materials used
match the existing windows on the north fagade? If not, what materials will be used?
3. Shed: If the addition proposal is abandoned, please revise all plan sheets to show the
shed permit request only.
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Please submit three copies of your updated site plan and two sets of any updated sheets of
the building plans. Please make all submittals to a Permit Coordinator, Monday through
Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (closed Wednesdays for permit intake). If you have any
questions, please contact me at (425) 771-0220.
Sincerely,
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Mike Clugston, AICP
Associate Planner