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Cynthia Moya
From:Kelly Carner <kelvisss@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, August 27, 2024 11:21 AM
To:Cynthia Moya
Subject:Kelly Carner Response
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Tue, Mar 19, 3:47 PM
Sheila
Madsen
Hello Mr. Carner, Thank you for speaking with me today. I’ve reserved the 6th floor conference room (620) for our meeting on April 4,
2024, at 2PM. Let me know
Tue, Mar 19, 5:23 PM
Kelly
Carner
Thank you, I’ll try bring the plans with me for the garage and get them submitted if possible or at least know if they want anything else,
also like I said the
Mon, Apr 1, 9:35 AM
Kelly
Carner
Hi Sheila I'm working on plans, but I was sick when I got home and just now feeling better, so I wont have them completed yet, what
else were you wanting to cov
Tue, Apr 2,
Sheila Madsen <SMadsen@rentonwa.gov>
9:09 AM
to Eric, me
Good morning Mr. Carner,
No problem about the garage plans. In fact, the department to help you on that front is the Planning
Department. You can reach them here: planningcustomerservice@rentonwa.gov if needed.
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In the meantime, the issues I wanted to discuss and decide a plan of action on are:
On the Notice of Violation and Order to Correct:
Violation 1 – All vehicles that are on the property are to be operable and licensed. The two that
were observed in a recent inspection (white Montana trailer (Lic#1371-NW), and white Ford van
(Lic# C00737T)) will need to corrected.
Violation 2 – Going over the previous Hearing Examiner decision from 2019, it states, in part,
“It is concluded that Mr. Carner is indeed “grandfathered” to the use of his property to store up to
five noncommercial automobiles that are the subject of Violation No. 1 of the FOV, but not to any
outdoor storage of commercial vehicles, the cargo container or the wood, oil drums and solid waste
that is the subject of Violations No. 2-4. Further, even though the noncommercial automobiles are
grandfathered, for the reasons identified in the Introduction section to this decision those
grandfathered automobiles are still subject to current City regulations that limit the number of
parked vehicles to four on Mr. Carner’s property.”
I will be amending my Notice of Violation to state “Limit the number of licensed and operable vehicles to
five (5).” A recent inspection showed at least 7 vehicles on the property, this will need to be corrected.
Violation 3- All vehicles will need to be parked permissibly. Grass and/or dirt are not approved
surfaces.
Violation 4- You have previously stated in an email that you have family living in a recreational
vehicle. This will need to be corrected.
This is another term used (Non Conforming Use). Here are some examples of what I’m trying to explain, and literally are
thousands of examples.
A nonconforming use is a use of property that was allowed under the zoning regulations at the time
the use was established but which, because of subsequent changes in those regulations, is no longer
a permitted use.
Nonconforming uses and structures are not illegal uses and structures; they are generally allowed to
continue as is, subject to local restrictions. In Rhod-A-Zalea v. Snohomish County (1998), the state
supreme court explained the basis for this treatment of nonconforming uses:
The theory of the zoning ordinance is that the nonconforming use is detrimental to some
of those public interests (health, safety, morals or welfare) which justify the invoking of
the police power. Although found to be detrimental to important public interests,
nonconforming uses are allowed to continue based on the belief that it would be unfair
and perhaps unconstitutional to require an immediate cessation of a nonconforming
use.
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Local restrictions typically prohibit expansion of nonconforming uses and structures. Nonconforming
uses usually lose their legal status under local regulations if they are discontinued for a particular
period of time, such as six months or a year. Nonconforming structures typically lose their legal status
if they are destroyed, such as by fire, in whole or in part
Uses that become nonconforming as a result of changes in zoning regulations are still subject to
reasonable regulations under a city or county's police power to protect the public health, safety, and
welfare that are enacted subsequent to the use being established.
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