Cover Letter.docx
April 25, 2017
City of Edmonds Planning Department
th
121 5 Ave. N
Edmonds, WA 98020
re: Port of Edmonds Marine Retail
336 Admiral Way
Edmonds, WA 98020
JMA No. 16110
Dear Madame or Sir:
Jackson Main Architecture is to permit a new 6,650 SF retail building, space for boat sales and maintenance. The
proposal would redevelop a portion of land parcel 2703200415800 at 465 Admiral Way currently utilized as a
parking lot.
The proposed project is a construction of a premanufactured metal building and is within the 200’ shoreline
buffer. The project is also within the wetland buffer around Edmonds Marsh. ECDC 23.40.220 (C.4)
identifies development proposals within interrupted stream or wetland buffers as allowed activities, in which:
Adjacent areas that may be physically separated from a stream or wetland due to existing,
legally established structures or paved areas may be exempted from the prescribed buffer
widths if proven scientifically to be functionally isolated from the stream or wetland. The
director will require the applicant to provide a site assessment and functional analysis
documentation report by a qualified critical area consultant that demonstrates the interrupted
buffer area is functionally isolated. The director shall consider the hydrologic, geologic,
and/or biological habitat connection potential and the extent and permanence of the physical
separation.
We have provided a Critical Areas Assessment, written by a biologist that shows the subject property is separated
from the wetland by the intervening railroad tracks.
We have reviewed the guidelines in the Comprehensive Plan and Community Development Code (EDC 20.11.030).
We believe our building design complies with the criteria in the following ways:
We are providing both retail and service to the port in a convenient location for both existing boat owners
and perspective owners.
Colors have been selected which match the existing color scheme found on various existing structures
within the Port of Edmonds.
The scale and height of the proposed building are such that is will not block views from the city to the
Puget Sound.
The location of the proposed building is such that it does not block any existing building’s views to the
Puget Sound.
The proposed building is being constructed in an empty lot and will not replace any existing historical
buildings.
Mechanical equipment is minimum and will be located inside the building envelope.
Landscaping will be added to the site per the attached plan and rendering- enhancing the lot (which is
currently not landscaped).
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A decorative fence and posts will be installed on the street side of the lot- per the attached renderings.
Please let us know if there are any questions or additional material you need to complete your review.
Sincerely,
Shawn Rafferty
Designer
JACKSON | MAIN Architecture, P.S.
311 First Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98104
206.324.4800 P
www.jacksonmain.com
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311 FIRST AVENUE S. SEATTLE, WA 98104 p 206.324.4800 | f 206.322.2875