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June 21, 2019
Edmonds Planning Division
Notice of Reasonable
Accommodation
The City has received a reasonable accommodation request from Iksun Hong for
his recently purchased property at 8504 1981h Street SW, Edmonds (File
STF20190016).
The existing carport attached to the house was approved and constructed in 2009
as part of a reasonable accommodation granted at that time to the former owner of
the site, Richard Tauber, through files STF20090016 and BLD20090283. Mr.
Tauber recently sold the house to Mr. Hong and the carport was to be removed as
a condition of the original reasonable accommodation. However, Mr. Hong has
applied for a new reasonable accommodation to retain the carport based on his
medical need.
Chapter 17.05 of the Edmonds Community Development Code (ECDC) was
enacted to authorize staff, when necessary, to reasonably accommodate the
statutory rights of the disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair
Housing Act or the Washington Law Against Discrimination.
Staff has determined that the applicant (Mr. Hong) is disabled as documented in a
letter from his doctor thus qualifies under the above code citation for this request.
In addition, the applicant is required to file a covenant with the Snohomish County
Auditor's Office that contains specific conditions; for example, the
accommodation is personal to Mr. Hong and does not run with the land, so if/when
the property is sold, the carport will need to be removed to meet code through a
demolition permit.
Pursuant to ECDC 17.05.050, a reasonable accommodation is not an
administratively appealable decision. Interested persons — that is, persons located
within 300 feet of the building site — may appeal the reasonable accommodation
by filing a petition for review with Snohomish County Superior Court within 10
days of the date of mailing of the written notice of decision.
The files are available for review in the Planning Division, located on the second
floor of City Hall or online through the Citizens Connect portal at:
htips:Hl2ermits.edmonds.wa.us/Citizen/Web Public/CitizenConn Main.aspx.
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If you have any questions, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Mike Clugston, AICP
Senior Planner
City of Edmonds Development Services Department
121 5th Avenue North, Edmonds WA 98020
michael.clugston@edmondswa.gov 1425.771.0220
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