Ordinance 3768-20 - Laserfiche WebLink

offer opportunities to reinforce a concentrated and efficient future development pattern.Within the Everett Planning Area, many of these corridors are comprised of a mix of land uses,which include commercial,office, services, institutional, and residential development. Transportation corridors are intended to provide medium to high intensity areas of mixed-use infill and redevelopment. These sections of the plan are quoted because they clarify several things: One, that higher density residential and mixed use redevelopment is envisioned along arterial corridors; two, that Evergreen Way is one of those arterial corridors that is expected to experience that kind of redevelopment; three, that mixed use transportation corridors are appropriate places to develop with that kind of infill and redevelopment; and four, that commercial arterial corridors will be a focus area for transit-compatible commercial, residential, and mixed-use development. As such, the parcels presented for this comprehensive plan amendment are in the right area and this proposal is consistent with the goal of placing higher density residential uses here, given that they front and even have an established access to Evergreen Way.As the corridor zone is a residential zone according to the zoning plan, so most of criteria D is not applicable. The plan discusses the need to maintain compatibility with existing residential neighborhoods. The northern parcels wish to be redesignated to Commercial Mixed Use and El in order to continue the uses the owners already have to the north. Residential Land Use Policy 2.1.3: Strongly discourage the conversion of residential areas to nonresidential uses. Discourage the encroachment of commercial uses into residential zones, except in the following circumstances: (a)consider allowing a very limited amount of small scale, compatible neighborhood retail uses within walking distance of all homes in a neighborhood(b)a limited amount of small scale office or retail uses in mixed use buildings in multiple family zones(c)home occupations as a subordinate and clearly accessory use to the permitted residential use, as regulated by the zoning code. Based on the foregoing citation, this proposal is compliant, as the rezone for the church properties sought is to multifamily residential rather than commercial. While it changes the density of the site, it does not change the residential nature and as such does not represent a conversion of residential to commercial. Even insofar as commercial could be pursued, it would fully fall under part b of the above policy. Whatever commercial uses could be permitted would be on the first floor only and no more than one half of that floor's gfa, as outlined in the zoning code. The proposed site plan is subject to review by the City to ensure that it will meet the requirements of the comprehensive plan,particularly as the zoning code has embodied the comprehensive plans goals and policies. This draft site plan is intended demonstrate that the proposal will provide landscape buffering for adjacent residential uses;will provide a buffer to protect the existing steep slope feature lying south of the site; will provide storm detention as required by code; will provide safe access to the highway.