AEE-94 & 95-95
BEFaRE SPUKANE COUNTY DIVISxON UF BUILDING AND
PLANNING
IN THE MATTER (lF A LACK OF STREET } FINDINGS OF FACT,
FR+dNTAGE ADMINISTRATIVE EXCEPTIQN ~ CUNCLUSIONS AND
AEE-94&95-95 ) DECISIUN RECEIUED
.NANiE: RO'BERT G. SHAi]VxN ~
CDMPANILIN FILE(S): CE-525-95 A&B ) AUG 2.1.1995
PARCEL NO: 45201.0519 & 45201.0527 )
Ca~~ty
THIS M.A'T7`ER, an applicarion for raad frantage A.dministratave Exceptian, has been receive?gi""i"
and decided upon, pursuant to e Zoning Code of 5pakane Gounty, Sections 14.506.020(7)
anti 14.506.040, on the oday of August, 1995.
FINDINGS OF FACT AND C()NCLLISI(JNS
1. Z'he ind.ividual signing below has been delegated the respvnsibiiity far rendering this
decisivn by the Spokane Cvunty Directar of Building and Planning.
2. Spokane County Divisivn of Buiiding and Flanning has received an application from Bev
Smith for an Administratiye Exception from the road frvntage requirements of the Urban
Residenrial-3.5 Zone (LTR-3,5). The subject sites have 70 feet of frvntage on Faurth
Avenue, a public road. Under Sectivn 14.616.315 of the Spvkane County Zoning
Cvde, parcels in the CJR-3.5 Zone are required tv have 80 feet of frantage.
3. In addition to the Administrative Exceptian (AE), an application for Certificate of
Exemptions (CE) for a"minvr lvt-line adj usfitnent" has been made. The site can meet the
CE application requirements, provided the road front.age standards can be satisfied
thxough the AE application.
4. The properties are located sauth of and adjacent to Four[h Avenue, approximately 1100
feet east of the intersection of Farr Road and Faurth Avenue, in the SE 1/4 of Sectivn 20,
Township 25N, Range 44 EWM. Spokane County, Washington.
5. The current zoning of the prvperty is Urban Residential-3.5 (IJR-3.5) ; which requires a
min;mum Iot size of 10,0{}0 square feet and 80 feet of road frontage. Each of the existing
sites are 31,605 square feet in size and have 70 feet of frantage on Fourth Avenue, The
proposed minor Iox-line adjustment will result in bvth lvts having 70 feet of frontage and
the east 1ar being 63,350 square feet anci the west lot being I0,150 square fe+et.
6. In Complianee with RCW 36.70.450, Spokane County Divisian of Building and Planning
ha.s detemiined that this prvposal is cansistent, as canditianeci, with the iJrban
Cvmprehensive Plan designation.
7. The Arterial RQad Plan designates Fourth Avenue as a Collector Arterial, with an ex.isting
right-of-way of 40 feet. A.ccording tQ the Plan, Callector Arterrials are tv have 70 feet of
right-af-way. Therefore, further subdiWisivn of the existiag sites may require a strip of
prvperty alang the frQntage of Fourth Avenue be set aside as a future acquisition area.
8. Public notiee of the decision will be pravided tv adjacent prvperty awners. Opponents of
the decision shall have the opportunity to appeal the decisian within the a.lllvwable time
period.
9. The two parcels with dwellings have existed since 1946. Neither adjacent properties nor
the general health, safety and welfare wiU likely be adversely affected by approval caf this
request as cvnditioned, based upan the information currently awailable..
10. The groject is exempt frorn the State Enviranmental Policy Act, pursuant to WAC 197-1 1-
$0fl(6)(b).
DECISICIN
BASED UP+aN THE ABOVE Findings of Fact and Conclusivns, this Administrative Exeeption
application is hereby APPRUVED, subject to the conditions noted bel+ow. This decision is final
unless appealed in writing, consistent with appeal pracedures.
CONDITIONS OF APPR'QVAL
1, The fallowing conditions shall apply ta the applicant, vwner vr vwners of the property,
and successars in interest and shall run with the land.
2. Failure to comply with any of the conditions of approval contained in this decision shall
cvnsritute a vivlatian of the Zoning Cade of Spokane County and be subject to such
enforcement as is apprapriate.
3. 5ubdivision of the praperty may render the ad.ministrative exceptian status deierniination
null and void and of no further force or effect.
4. This parcel shall nvt be further subdivzded unless consistent with RCW 58.I7, the Caunty
subdivisian ardinances, the Zoning Cade and the Comprehensive Plan.
Under State Law and Counry Chdinance, you have the right ta appeal this decision to the Spokane
Cvunty Hearing Examiner Committee, If yvu desire to file such an appeal, yau must subnut the
appropriate APPEAL APPLICATICIN together with the required FEE, payable to Spokane
County Diyisian of Building and Planning, within 20 cal.endar days frvm the date this decision is
signed. Upon receipt of a complete appeal application, a public hearing wiil be schedulecl.
DATEI] THIS rla~ DAY OF August, 1995.
o Nun ~yl Senior planner
For: Doug R. Smith, Pl r I
c:
Bev Smxth F3ox 141 562 Spokane, WA 99214 (Certified Mai1)
5pakane County Division of Engineering and Rvads
Spokane Couzaty Divisivn of Utilities
Spokane County Uepartment of Buildings
Spokane Cvunty Fire Protectivn District No. $
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