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L94 -0028
WILLIAM GROSSO
3029 S 133 ST
SPECIAL PERMISSIO
May 5, 1994
Mr. R.A. "Dick" Cassutt, President
CONTEMPORARY HOMES, INC.
9905 239th Place Southwest
Edmonds, WA 98020
RE: Bill Grosso Short Plat Application #L 041
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Dear Mr. Cassutt:
The Department of Community Development has reviewed your letter of
April 18, 1994, in which you requested an exception to the Zoning
Code building front yard setback requirements for the above short
plat. We understand from your letter and earlier discussions that
you are authorized to act as Mr. Grosso's agent for the duration of
the short plat review process.
Based upon a review of your lots and the Code's exception criteria,
DCD has approved your setback exception request. The basis of our
decision on your request is summarized below.
The Zoning Code states that the front of a lot is "that portion
nearest the street..."
(TMC 18.06.470). A street is defined in the
Code as a "public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of
access to abutting properties" (TMC 18.06.790). Thus, the front yard
of each of your lots would be that portion closest to South 133rd
Street, or the northernmost portion of the lot.
However, the Code provides for exceptions to front yard requirements
(TMC 18.50.070). Under this provision, DCD may make an exception as
follows:
a) "Where the front yard that would normally be
required on a lot is not in keeping with the
prevailing yard pattern;"
b) the requirement for the normal front yard may be
waived and substituted with "a special yard
requirement;"
c) and such yard requirement "shall not exceed the
average of the yards provided on adjacent lots."
One of your lots, Parcel B, is designed as an interior "flag" lot,
with access along the side yard. The access drive will be a maximum
of 12' wide (as required in your preliminary short plat approval).
Mr. R.A. Cassutt
Grosso setback exception
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For similar lots elsewhere in Tukwila, the portion of the lot closest
to the access drive functions as the front yard, with the greatest
building setback. Therefore, the normal 30 -foot front yard
requirement for Parcel B would not be consistent with "the prevailing
yard pattern." Given this, and the exception criteria, the setbacks
for your lots are as follows:
a) The setbacks for Parcel A are as required by the
Zoning Code; no setback exception is made.
b) DCD waives the normal front, yard requirement for
Parcel B. The normal front yard for Parcel B
(along north property line) may be substituted
with a minimum setback of 8 feet, with the
following conditions:
i. The west side yard setback (that area
closest to the access drive) must be
a minimum of 30 feet;
ii. The east side yard setback must be a
minimum of 8 feet per the Zoning
Code; and
iii. The rear yard setback (along south
property line) must be a minimum of
10 feet per the Zoning Code.
iv. These setbacks for Parcel B must be
delineated on your survey with a
dotted "Building Setback Line." See
diagram, attached.
This reduction in the normal front yard setback, with a
compensatory increase in the side yard, is consistent with
the prevailing yard pattern, and yards provided on
adjacent interior lots.
If you have any questions regarding the setback exception decision,
please contact me or Ann Siegenthaler at (431- 3670).
Sincerely,
Jack Pace
Senior Planner
Department of Community Development
cc: File
Encl: Setback diagram
setbacks
3702 south 133rd street