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NARRATIVE STATEMENT— EVALUATION CRITERIA All applications must be accompanied by a separate narrative statement describing how the proposal is consistent with the following criteria and applicable rezone type. Please note that this information is important for the City's evaluation of your Comprehensive Plan map amendment and rezone application. Comprehensive Plan Policies Everett's Comprehensive Plan contains the following criteria that provide guidance to decision makers in their review of applications to amend land use designations. Please consider each of the following review criteria and respond to them on a separate piece of paper. The response should identify which of the criteria is being addressed. Where the criteria spells out relevant policies or criteria, found in either the City's Comprehensive Plan or Zoning Code, please reference the relevant section when noting such support for your application. City staff will help with any questions you may have in regard to completing this work. 1) The proposed land use designation must be supported by or be consistent with the existing policies of the various elements of the Comprehensive Plan. NOTE: Please refer to the location criteria beginning on page LU-23. Please refer to specific policies, especially those in the Land Use and Housing sections. 2) Have circumstances related to the subject property and the area in which it is located changed sufficiently since the adoption of the Land Use Element to justify a change to the land use designation? If so, the circumstances which have changed should be described in detail to support findings that a different land use designation is appropriate. 3) Are the assumptions on which the land use designation of the subject property is based erroneous, or is new information available which was not considered at the time the Land Use Element was adopted that justify a change to the land use designation? If so, the erroneous assumptions or new information should be described in detail to enable the Planning Commission and City Council to find that the land use designation should be changed. 4) Does the proposed land use designation promote a more desirable land use pattern for the community as a whole? If so, a detailed description of the qualities of the proposed land use designation that make the land use pattern for the community more desirable should be provided to enable the Planning Commission and City Council to find that the proposed land use designation is in the community's best interest. 5) Should the proposed land use designation be applied to other properties in the vicinity? If so, the reasons supporting the change of several properties should be described in detail. If not the reasons for changing the land use designation of a single site, as requested by the proponent, should be provided in sufficient detail to enable the Planning Commission and City 2930 Wetmore Ave,Suite 8-A Everett,WA 98201 • 425.257.8731 • www.everettwa.gov • Updated 2019