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� BEFORE THE HEARING EXA1LiINER FOR THE CITY OF RENTON
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Preliminary Plat , MU'I�ION FOR RF,CONSID�RATION
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12 CnMES NOW SSH1, I.LC, dba DR llorion ("UR Horton'') liereby submits this
13 rnotion for reconsideration of� the Final llccision of the Heas•in� ��aminer of thc City of
14 Renton, dated Ma}� 2i, 2017, and puc�suant to Renton Municipal Code 4-8-1 10(E){8) and 4-8-
�5 100(G)(5) and (9).
�� 'I'hi5 reconsideration is based on what UR Horion belie��es to bc an error of law in the
17 decision which unnecessarily and inadvertcntlti• restricts the llepartment's review authority
1'� under Renton Code.
19 Under RMG 4-4-070(E), all landscaping plans are reviewed and approved by thc
20 Community and F,conomic De��clopi»ent Administrator. For this particular project and in
21 partic�ilar related to the storm draina�e facility�, the landscaping requircmcnts provide that
22 there be a minimum litteen foot �15') �vide strip outside the facility fei�c:e "unless other�visc
23 determined through tl�e site plan revie�� or subdivision review process." RMC 4-4-
24 070(I I)(6). Undcr RMC 4-4-070, the decision-making authority for��-hen to deviate froin the
25 generaliy presumed I S' strip lies ulith the Department Adininistrator. That decision may be
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� made at any time during the subdivision review process, i.e. including during site specific
2 engineering. From a practical standpoint, that is logica] and reasonable as the site
3 engineering and constructian plan process involves the final and detailed landscaping plans.
4 It may be lhat there is good reason to de��iate from the 15' presumption upon final
S engineering. In addition, Rcntan Code d�es not specify that the landscape area be within the
b storm tract; instead Code provides the area be outside the facility ience. In sum, Renton
� Code's reservation of such authority to the Depairtment Administrator is appropriate and
g should not be restricted by the preliminary plat dccisi�n.
y Bascd on this analysis, UR Horton respectlully requests that Che Hearin� Examincr
�� reconsider Condition 4 and revise such condition in the following manner
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13 4� The applica��t shall pro��idc a ����^ ��* r��'� ldnascaped area around the
entire detention pond �� +��� C*,....... 'I' r pursuant to 4-4-U70(6)(c). A tinal
14 detailed landscapc plan consistent with RMC 4-8-120 shall be submitted to
and a}�proved by the City of Renton Pr�ject Manager prior lo issuance of a
�5 construction permit.
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17 RF.SPEC1'I�UI,LY StJBMI�I'"I'L-'I) this s�day of__���__ ---_ __, 2017.
lg .fOHNS M�NRUL MITSt1NAGA &
KOLOUSKOVA, Pf,LC
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DR I�orton
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