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EVERETT WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 3773-20 An ORDINANCE Amending Chapter One and Chapter Two of the Everett Comprehensive Plan, Amending Ordinance No. 2021-94,as amended,as part of Rethink Zoning and the Annual Docket for 2020 WHEREAS, A. The City of Everett did its last major update to the City's zoning requirements in 1989; and B. The City of Everett adopted its first Comprehensive Plan under the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) in 1994 and conducted a comprehensive review and update of the Plan in 2015; and C. The Growth Management Act (RCW 36.70A.130(1)(d)) requires the city to adopt development regulations that are consistent with and implement the comprehensive plan; and D. In 2019,the City of Everett amended Chapter Two, Land Use element as the first step in a review of the city's Zoning and other development codes, recognizing that the "next step ... [was] ...to work on simplifying and streamlining the land use regulations while still providing for quality development and the protections for public health, safety and welfare. This process will look at most development codes—not just zoning....Code revisions that should be considered, includ[e]: Consolidation of zoning districts...streamlining use and development regulations...integrating development standards from other city codes...into a unified code..updating and streamlining project review procedures." (Ord 3666-19); and E. The City prepared a public participation plan for Rethink Zoning, reviewed by the City's Planning Commission on June 2, 2020, and by the City Council on July 29, 2020, which described the goal and approaches to engage public participation, and made that public participation plan available on the city's project website at www.everettwa.gov/rethink; and F. The amendments to the Land Use Designation Map include twenty-eight different locations (https://everettwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25947/Land-Use-Change-Report-8-28-20), most of which had current development patterns which were inconsistent with current zoning and comprehensive plan land use designations; and G. The City provided notice to affected property owners of the Land Use Designation map changes; and H. City staff analyzed existing zoning districts and found that many were nearly identical in the uses allowed and development standards, and presented the results comparing the residential zones and commercial-industrial zones to the Planning Commission and City Council; and