Lot combination letter 04302010.pdfApril 30, 2010
Ron McNurlen
CITY OF EDMONDS
O _„ S GARY HAAKENSON
MAYOR
121 5TH AVENUE NORTH ® EDMONDS, WA 98020 m 425-771-0220 • FAX 425-771-0221
Website: wwwxi.edmonds.wa.us
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
402 Avenue A
Snohomish, WA 98290
Thomas Sheehan
PO Box 1477
Edmonds, WA 98020
Subject: 18726 Sound View Place Lot Combination
Dear Mr. McNurlen and Mr. Sheehan,
Thank you for submitting a building permit application for a new single-family house at 18726
Sound View Place which is located in the RS -12. I have reviewed the above building permit
application for the Planning Division and found that there are two parcels that make up this
building lot. The parcel line actually runs through the existing building that is to remain on the
site. Additionally, the interior property line must be dissolved in order for the new home to meet
the coverage requirements. You may ask the Snohomish County Assessor's Segregation
Department (425.388.3525) to dissolve the interior property line, which would resolve this issue,
based on the following facts.
The current zoning designation for this neighborhood is Single Family Residential (RS -12,
ECDC 16.20). There are two adjacent parcels that comprise this property — 00434600100700
(westernmost) and 27031300403600 (easternmost). Their legal descriptions are expressed as
follows: EDMONDS SEA VIEW TRACTS BLK 001 D-00 - LOT 7 & NELY 1/2 OF LOT 8
PLUS 30FT VAC ST IN FRONT OF LOTS 7 & NELY 1/2 OF LOT 8 TGW LOT 10 LESS
NELY 100FT THOF SUBJ ESE PUD 1 AKA BLK A — and — SEC 13 TWP 27 RGE 03 RT -33)
BAAP ON NWLY LN SOUND VIEW PL 175 FT SWLY FR NELY COR LOT 10 BLK A ED-
MONDS SEA VIEW TRS TH NWLY PLT NELY LN SD LOT 10 TO PT OF INT WITH SLY
LN LOT 10 BLK A EDMONDS SEA VIEW TRS TH ELY TO AN INT WITH NLY LN LOT 7
EXT TH SELY TO AN INT WITH SOUND VIEW PL TH SWLY ALG SOUND VIEW PL
EXT 75 FT TO POB. Parcel 00434600100700 is known to be 0.41 acres (approximately 17,859
square feet), while the other parcel is known to be 0.13 acres (approximately 5,662 square feet).
The City of Edmonds Nonconforming Lot chapter (ECDC 17.40.030) requires at least 8,400
square feet for a "legal lot" in the RS -12 zone. Therefore, because one of the parcels appears to
be well below the minimum lot size needed for a legal lot and because both parcels are held in
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common ownership, they are considered to be "combined" by ECDC 17.40.030.C. Please
consider this the City of Edmonds's consent to dissolve the interior lot line that bisects the
property. All code citations can be found on the City of Edmonds website:
www.ci.edmonds.wa.us. A vicinity map is attached that identifies the parcels in question.
Please provide documentation to the City of Edmonds once these two parcels have been
combined at Snohomish County.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
�-ernen Lien
Associate Planner
Cc: BLD20100188
Encl: Vicinity Map
Snohomish County Segregation Request