HomeMy WebLinkAboutJ_Justification Letter_190709_v1.pdfCity of Renton
Development Department
1055 S. Grady Way
Renton, WA 98057
5/21/19
To City of Renton Development Department,
My Name is Harjinder Gill. The address of the property that I own under my
company name (Majestic Homes LLC) is 1001 N 33rd Place Renton, Washington. It is a
10,200 square foot property with an older home on it. With this property I would like to
develop it into two short plats. This property was purchased in March 2019 and a
feasibility study was done that did not show any issues for facing Garage on 33rd place.
When I started developing this property I found that I have to develop an alley to Burnet
AVE on back of my property. At this point all of the garages within homes are facing 33rd
PL except two houses on corner of park avenue and 33rd place. The first house address
is 1121 33rd PL and second house is 1117 that are located on the corner of park avenue
and 33rd place. On east side of my property three houses, addressed as 1005, 1007,
and 1009 are brand new houses and their garages are facing 33rd place. On west side
of my property three houses (address numbers 909, 915, and 921) are in good
condition and have no plans to demolish in near future and build their garages facing an
alley. As stated above, all of the houses listed have their garages facing 33 rd place and
not an alley way. The last house had an application to City of Renton for development
but again it’s a corner lot and they can get benefit from alley to prevent any traffic/
accidents.
With that being said, I will be the only one using that alley except the two last
houses that ones are on 33rd place and Burnet AVE. In the cases of snow, bad weather,
fire, and any permitted case of emergency that disrupts transportation this alley way can
be seen as a safety hazard. The house on back side of my property is at least 6 feet
elevation to property and have a retaining wall that issues a large slope. With these
conditions the alley way would have to be at a slope which further safety issues
regarding transportation and flooding. Each house on either side of my property have
fully fenced yards with complete landscaping down. With the development of an alley
way, the neighbor’s landscape and fencing will be disrupted and further be a burden
upon these people. With the requirement of the alley way development, there seems to
be more disturbances and safety issues versus actual benefit of having an alley way. I
will attach videos of the houses on that road showing house conditions and orientation
of the garage to further justify why I ask to face my garage on 33rd place. With this being
said, I would like to permission to waive the requirement of having an alley and allowing
the orientation of the garage to be facing 33rd place directly.
Sincerely,
Harjinder Gill
(206) 979-0920