zoning request.DOC
September 11, 2006
Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York
c/o Glacier Real Estate Finance
Marcia Graham
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2800 - 156 Ave. SE
Bellevue, WA 98007
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Re: 76 Ave. Medical Center
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76 Ave. W. & 220 SW
Edmonds, Washington
To Whom it May Concern:
In response to your inquiry dated August 29, 2006, regarding the aforementioned property
which consists of 11 tax parcels and is a 100,334 square foot site, here is the information
you have requested. Note that we have a request to combine the 11 lots making up “the
premises” which are tax parcels 00614000000100, -300, -400, -500, 00545500100200, -
300, 00545500200100, -200, -300, -400, and -500 into one lot under file LL-2005-105.
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The City’s new address for this site is 21911 – 76 Avenue W.
a)The zoning code affecting the premises is R-2004-129, which is a contract rezone
specific to this parcel. Permitted uses in this zone include offices, including
medical offices, and retail and service uses (see Exhibit 1).
b)The required number of parking spaces for the premises is 206 spaces.
c)The premises and its use as a medical and professional office building complies
with the City’s zoning code, city ordinances, and building and use restrictions.
d)In order for the office building to be constructed as approved on this site, the
applicants applied for a contract rezone (file R-2004-129) to rezone the property
from Multiple Residential (RM-2.4) to General Commercial (CG2) with additional
restrictions as noted in the contract. The applicants also applied for a street
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vacation (file ST-2004-130) to vacate the former 219 Street SW. This was
approved, with easements being retained in the old right-of-way. Both of these
changes apply to the land indefinitely. The applicants have applied for a lot line
adjustment in order to combine the lots (and therefore not have setbacks and other
building codes applied to all the internal lot lines). The city has approved their
request for a lot line adjustment, but it has not yet been submitted for recording.
Until it is recorded the building cannot technically be constructed as shown, so
final occupancy cannot be granted (see also (f) below). No other variances,
conditional use permits or special use permits were required for the improvements
as constructed on the premises or their use.
Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York
c/o Glacier Real Estate Finance
September 11, 2006
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e)The use on the premises is not a nonconforming use. The use complies with
current codes.
f)The premises currently have eleven parcels. In order to meet requirements that
parking be on the same parcel, to comply with setbacks, and to comply with
building requirements regarding property lines, the parcels must be combined into
one lot. The applicants have applied to do that and the city has approved their
request to do so with a number of conditions in file LL-2005-105. To finalize this
lot line adjustment, the applicants need to revise their lot line adjustment document
to meet the conditions, have the city sign the document, submit the document to
Snohomish County for recording, and provide the city with a copy of the recorded
document before the city will know that the approved document has been
recorded. As of yet they have not done so. Having said so, I see no reason why
the entire 11 parcels could not be conveyed as a block. However, the city would
not want to see the individual lots sold separately, since they have been developed
as a block.
g)See letter (f) above. The lot line adjustment staff decision is attached.
If you have any further questions, please contact me at (425) 771-0220, extension 1330.
Sincerely,
Meg Gruwell
Senior Planner