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• <br /> 2. <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> An Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 1671-89 (EMC Title 19),as amended, <br /> with the Addition of a Section Entitled "Unit Lot Subdivisions" and amending other <br /> related sections the Zoning Code <br /> WHEREAS,the City Council fmds the following: <br /> 1. The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBA)requested that <br /> the City of Everett initiate consideration of a code amendment to allow for subdivision of <br /> lots for townhouse and single family detached lots in zones that allow single family <br /> • <br /> attached housing. <br /> 2. The City's land use code allows townhouse development to be"for sale product"in these <br /> zones,which is accomplished under the Washington State condominium statutes. <br /> 3. The MBA members attended Planning Commission workshops to explain a number of <br /> problems related to financing homes created through the condominium process. <br /> 4. Problems include lower property valuations for resale of condos by homeowners, <br /> difficulty for homeowners to refmance,higher homeowner association fees,more costly <br /> mortgage insurance, and greater difficulty for homebuyers to qualify for financing. <br /> 5. Many of the problems described above also apply to single family detached . <br /> condominiums that have been developed in zones allowing single family detached and <br /> multiple family dwellings. <br /> 6. Other cities in Snohomish County have recently adopted regulations to allow greater <br /> flexibility for subdividing townhouse developments and also allowing the unit lot <br /> subdivision process to be applied to existing condominium developments. <br /> 7. The proposed code amendment would not increase the permitted residential densities in <br /> zones that allow development of single family attached housing. <br /> 8. The City planning staff recommended against allowing the unit lot subdivision process to <br /> be used for new single family detached development in zones that are planned for higher <br /> density housing,as such developments typically are built at much lower densities than the <br /> City has planned for in multiple family zones. <br /> 9. Staff from the Fire,Building, Public Works, Legal and Planning departments have <br /> carefully reviewed the issues and problems that have been noted in existing townhouse <br /> and single family detached condominium developments with private access drives, <br /> private utilities, off-street parking supply, and property maintenance in order to prepare a <br /> code amendment that adequately addresses such concerns for the proposed unit lot <br /> subdivision amendments. <br /> 1 <br /> 4 <br />