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EVERETT WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 3713-19 An ORDINANCE Amending Ordinance No. 1671-89,as amended by Section 2 of Ordinance No. 3615-18 (EMC 19.20.300 and 19.20.340), Removing the Sunset Clause for Upper Floor Modulation and Design Standards in the Urban Mixed Zone for Development Abutting Residential Zones WHEREAS, A. Following public input into development regulations to implement the Metro Everett Subarea Plan, the City Council added provisions to Ordinance No. 3615-18 to address concerns of residential neighborhoods abutting the new Urban Mixed Zone. B. Ordinance No.3615-18 included requirements for upper floor modulation for development which abuts a residential zone along the rear property line. C. Ordinance No. 3615-18 included design standards for development exceeding 15,000 square feet of gross floor area in an Urban Mixed Zone abutting a residential zone. D. Both provisions cited above have sunset provisions set for December 31, 2019. E. The City is rethinking its zoning code, including these provisions, with the intention to adopt new or amended provisions by the end of 2020. F. The City does not wish to let the existing provisions cited above expire until the new zoning code standards are enacted. NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Section 2 of Ordinance 3615-18, as amended (codified at EMC 19.20.300(C)) is amended as follows, with strikeouts deleted and underlining added: 19.20. 300 Building form standards. C. Upper Floor Modulation Adjacent to Residential Zones. Development of property within an urban mixed(UM)zone,which abuts a residential zone along the rear property line with height limits thirty-five feet or less,may not exceed thirty-five feet in height within thirty feet from the rear property line. (See illustration below.)This provision shall sunset on December 31,2019. Illustration 20-6: Upper Floor Modulation between UM and Residential Zones