The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. Unless otherwise specified, written comments on projects should be mailed to 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019. Appeals are made, unless otherwise noted, to the Office of the Hearing Examiner, Seattle Municipal Tower, 40th Floor (SMT-40-00), 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 4000, Seattle, WA 98104. Appeals must be accompanied by a $50 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle. The project number is in parentheses. For more information, call 684-8467.
PERMIT APPLICATIONS
❚ 1522 12th Ave. S. (3008038) for a Land Use Application to subdivide one parcel into six unit lots. The construction of residential units is being reviewed under Project No. 6138146. This subdivision of property is only for the purpose of allowing sale or lease of the unit lots. Development standards will be applied to the original parcel and not to each of the new unit lots. The following approval is required: Short Subdivision to create six unit lots. Water Availability Certificate may be needed but was not included in this application. Written comments accepted through Wednesday, Nov. 14.
❚ 3638 Courtland Place S. (3008030) for a Land Use Application to subdivide one parcel into four unit lots. The construction of residential units is being reviewed under Project No. 6152580. This subdivision of property is only for the purpose of allowing sale or lease of the unit lots. Development standards will be applied to the original parcel and not to each of the new unit lots. The following approval is required: Short Subdivision to create four unit lots. Water Availability Certificate may be needed but was not included in this application. Written comments accepted through Wednesday, Nov. 14.
❚ 1506 12th Ave. S. (3008037) for a Land Use Application to subdivide one parcel into six unit lots. The construction of residential units is being reviewed under Project No. 6141188. This subdivision of property is only for the purpose of allowing sale or lease of the unit lots. Development standards will be applied to the original parcel and not to each of the new unit lots. The following approval is required: Short Subdivision to create six unit lots. Water Availability Certificate may be needed but was not included in this application. Written comments accepted through Wednesday, Nov. 14.
PERMIT DECISIONS
❚ 1110 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. (3005674) on a Land Use Application to subdivide one parcel of land into two parcels. Existing structure to be demolished. The following appealable decision has been made based on submitted plans: Short Subdivision to create two parcels of land conditionally granted. The hearing examiner must receive appeals of this decision no later than Monday, Nov. 12.
❚ 1722 13th Ave. S. (3007426) on a Land Use Application to subdivide one parcel into eight unit lots. The construction of townhouses is being reviewed under Project No. 6127214. This subdivision of property is only for the purpose of allowing sale or lease of the unit lots. Development standards will be applied to the original parcel and not to each of the new unit lots. The following appealable decision has been made based on submitted plans: Short Subdivision to create eight unit lots conditionally granted. The hearing examiner must receive appeals of this decision no later than Nov. 15.
INTERPRETATIONS
❚ 1834 S. Lane St. (3007656) The subject property is described as Lots 21 and 22, Block 34, Hill Tract Addition Supplemental. Lots 21 and 22 are individually smaller than the minimum lot size of 5,000 square feet. There is an existing house on Lot 22. Until 2006, Lots 21 and 22 were under common ownership. Lot 22 was conveyed to a new owner in 2006. In 1966, under Seattle Building Permit No. 520606, a 10-foot-by-20-foot deck addition to the house was constructed. Permit No. 520606 describes the property that was the subject of development as Lots 21 and 22 together. The deck, constructed under Permit No. 520606, was demolished by the present owner of Lot 21 after he purchased Lots 21 and 22, but there is no record of a demolition permit.
The present owner of Lot 21 requested the interpretation. At issue is whether the house on Lot 22 was expanded over the lot line between Lots 21 and 22 by construction of the deck addition in 1966, and whether the construction of the deck consolidated the two lots by development. A further question is whether Lots 21 and 22 may now qualify as separate legal building sites under any of the exceptions to minimum lot area requirements set forth in the Seattle Land Use Code at Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) Section 23.44.010 B.
The DPD decision is that Lots 21 and 22 were consolidated into a single legal building site by construction of the deck addition over the common lot line in 1966. Removal of the encroaching deck occurred after Jan. 18, 1987, when the Land Use Code was amended to prevent removal of structures to allow separate development of undersized platted lots pursuant to the minimum lot area exception for historically platted lots in Section 23.44.010 B 4. The lots also do not qualify for any other minimum-lot-area exception in Section 23.44.010 B and thus do not qualify for development as separate building sites.
Appeal of the Interpretation may be submitted through 5 p.m. Nov. 15 and must be accompanied by a $50 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle. The appeal must state specifically why the appellant believes the Interpretation is incorrect. The appeal must be sent to City of Seattle Hearing Examiner, 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 4000, P.O. Box 94729, Seattle, WA 98124-4729.[[In-content Ad]]
