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Home My WebLink AboutLUA15-000552_Report 1DEPARTMENT OF C01v1r/lUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATION OF RESIDENTIAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THE R-4 AND R-8 ZONES EVALUATION FORM & DECISION Planning Division 1055 South Grady Way-Renton, WA 98057 Phone: 425-430-7200 Fax: 425-430-7231 APPLICANT CONTACT INFORMATION Applicant Name: Company (if applicable): Phone Number: Gabriel Pivoda NA 425-282-4676 Applicant Mailing Address: I City: I Zip: 4626 NE 24th St Renton WA, 98059 PROJECT INFORMATION Project Name: Parcel Number: Zoning Designation: Pivoda Addition Residential Design Modification 1094000010 R-6 Project Location: 4626 NE 24th ST Brief Summary of Request: Applicant is requesting a Residential Design Modification for an existing single family house located at 4626 NE 24'h St. The applicant is proposing an addition with a valuation that is greater than 50,000 dollars. Renton Municipal Code, Section 4-2-115 states that, "Additions and/or expansions to detached or attached dwellings that are valued at fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or more, or at fifty percent {50%) or greater of the most recent assessment or appraisal shall require that the entire dwelling or structure comply with the standards of the Residential Design subsection." The existing house is on a corner lot and does not comply with the Residential Design Standard that requires twenty-five percent window and door coverage on all street-facing facades. The applicant is requesting a modification from this design standard to have less than the required twenty-five percent window and door coverage on one street facing fapde. Please list the code section you are requesting a modification from and the "Standards" for that specific code. Write the points of justification and reasoning to grant the modification. Code Section: 4-2-115E.3. "Windows and Doors" Justification: There is significant road noise coming from Standard: Coal Creek Parkway; adding these windows would make the Windows and doors shall constitute twenty-five inside of the house louder. Most of the houses on NE 24'h ST percent (25%) of all facades facing street frontage or have very few windows and, on Coal Creek Parkway, have public spaces. little to no windows. The house is currently being operated as an Adult Care Home, and the majority of the walls overlooking Coal Creek Parkway are bedroom walls with windows facing the front of the house and the rear of the house. The residents would be very uncomfortable with having construction in their rooms. This portion of the house {east fa~ade) already exists; we are not proposing any work to this portion of the house. The proposed addition is on the southwest corner of the home . . In addition to this form, the following attachments are required: • Site plan and elevations (8.Sxll size) • Built example photos (if available) RMC 4-9-250D.2 Criteria for Modification of the Standards. The requested modification must also meet the following criteria: 1. Will meet the objectives and safety, function, appearance, environmental protection and maintainability intended by the Code requirements, based upon sound engineering judgment; and 2. Will not be injurious to other property(ies) in the vicinity; and 3. Conform to the intent and purpose of the Code; and 4. Can be shown to be justified and required for the use and situation intended; and 5. Will not create adverse impacts to other property(ies) in the vicinity. I, the undersigned, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Washington, that to the best of my knowledge the above information is true and complete. /1 r:~1 k t Gl ', Applicant Signature~ ·yw..v · 11 J I 17 j /, I //. /_1:--Date; __ , _ _;_ l-vr_-1'1'+/ __ v_,; __ / __ ff DEPARTMENT OF COm,JIUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT For City Use Only DECISION: Project Number: L!,!A15-00Q552 Staff agrees with the applicant's justification for Modification of Residential Design Requirements. The proposal satisfies 5 of the 5 criteria listed in RMC 4-9-250D2 for approval of modifications. Therefore, the Pivoda Addition Residential Design Modification of the residential design requirements for the proposed single-family home addition, Project Number LUAlS-000552, MOD is approved. ~ Modification Granted D Modification Partially Granted D Modification Denied (See attached staff comments) :~-C\. h~ -(i.,/Jl,/-r:0·- July: 28, 2015 Jennifer Henning, Planning Director Date Department of Community & Economic Development Conditions of Approval: Not Applicable The decision to approve the modification(s) will become final if not appealed in writing together with the required fee to: Hearing Examiner, City of Renton, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057 on or before 5:00 pm, on August 11, 2015. Additional information regarding the appeal process may be obtained from the Renton City Clerk's office, Renton City Hall -7th Floor, (425) 430-6510. This decision expressly approves the specific request(s) to: keep existing window and door coverage on east/street facing fafade of house located at 4626 NE 24'" ST to less than the required 25 percent. Other design elements or representations, provided within the submitted application materials, are excluded from this approval and would be subject to the Renton Municipal Code in effect at the time of building permit application. If you have any further questions regarding this decision, feel free to contact the project manager, Angelea Wickstrom, at 425.430.7312 or awickstrom@rentonwa.gov. LU z QJ > <.( ro > ::J 0 V') .... C: 0 I-...... ..c. u ..c. 3 3' 0 QJ ..0 C: 3 0 ..c. V') QJ "O ro u, ro ...... tlD C: ·u ro ...... .... QJ QJ '-.... V') .... ~ Vl ro QJ 0 .... "O QJ V') 0 c.. 0 I- C.. V') QJ tlD C: ro ..c. u 0 z EXHIBIT 1 DEPARTMENT OF CO,vm/lUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT For City Use Only DECISION: Project Number: LUAlS·QQQ:Z:Zi Staff agrees with the applicant's justification for Modification of Residential Design Requirements. The proposal satisfies 5 of the 5 criteria listed in RMC 4-9-250D2 for approval of modifications. Therefore, the Pivoda Addition Residential Design Modification of the residential design requirements for the proposed single-family home addition, Project Number LUA15-000552, MOD is approved. ~ Modification Granted D Modification Partially Granted 0 Modification Denied (See attached staff comments) ,z JUIJl zi, 2015 , Jennifer Henning, Planning Director Date Department of Community & Economic Development Conditions of Approval: C011CURRJ:NCE Not Applicable DATE 712i-/l-Z0/2_ NAME' ' INITIAL/Di T~ , 1,en.,;fe, T H~r,,-.irig : ))\ :J 111 5 Van~ssa D::,i oee-' V' t, I . :../, -: Sacr.n3 ~.\riinti! '\ JV\ flt~ J l : .\ngeI~1 '-.\'i-ckstn::im "' w 112..'i//~ The decision to approve the modification(s) will become final if not appealed in writing together with the required fee to: H~ijring Examiner, City of Renton, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057 on or before 5:00 pm, on August,f,' LU15. Additional information regarding the appeal process may be obtained from the Renton City Clerk's office, Renton City Hall -7'h Floor, (425) 430-6510. This decision expressly approves the specific request(s) to: keep existing window ond door coverage on east/street focing fafode of house located ot 4626 NE 24" ST to Jess than the required 25 percent. Other design elements or representations, provided within the submitted application materials, are excluded from this approval and would be subject to the Renton Municipal Code in effect ot the time of building permit application. If you have any further questions regarding this decision, feel free to contact the project manager, Angelea Wickstrom, at 425.430.7312 or awickstrom@rentonwa.gov.