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Instructions to reader:This is a new chapter in the Unified Development Code.For a summary of the effect of the changes,please visit the Rethink Zoning Library at https://everettwa.gov/2453/Rethink-Zoning-Library. Chapter 19.09 Multifamily Development Standards Table of Contents CHAPTER 19.09 MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS 1 19.09.010 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY 1 19.09.020 BUILDING FORM AND DESIGN STANDARDS. 1 19.09.030 BUILDING ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS. 3 19.09.040 FRONT PORCHES 4 19.09.050 REQUIRED OUTDOOR AND COMMON AREAS. 5 19.09.060 OTHER REQUIREMENTS. 7 19.09.100 MODIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS 7 19.09.120 DESIGN REVIEW 7 19.09.140 AUTHORITY OF PLANNING DIRECTOR. 8 19.09.010 Purpose and Applicability. A. Purpose. The purpose of the requirements contained in this chapter is to promote a broad range of housing opportunities in the city, improve the livability of multiple-family housing,encourage development of single-family attached and multiple-family housing in Everett that enhances safety and creates an attractive environment for residents and which reinforces and enhances the desirable qualities of the city's neighborhoods. B. Applicability. 1. The standards in this chapter apply to residential development within multifamily zones(UR3 or UR4), commercial zones(NB, B, MU)and where allowed in industrial zones(LI1). 2. Conflicts. In the event of a conflict between these requirements and the standards of other sections of the Unified Development Code,these requirements shall control; provided,however,the requirements established as part of the creation of any historic overlay zone shall take precedence over any conflicting requirements in this chapter. 3. Mixed Use.When multifamily development is to be part of a mixed-use commercial development,the requirements contained herein shall apply to the multifamily development but may be modified by the planning director as needed to provide for the reasonable accommodation of mixed-use and commercial development encouraged by the comprehensive plan. 4. Future Phases.When multifamily development is proposed to be added as a later phase to an existing multifamily development which does not meet the requirements contained herein,the requirements contained herein shall apply,but may be modified by the planning director as needed to provide for continuity between the existing and proposed phases of development. 19.09.020 Building form and design standards. A. Building Modulation 1. See EMC 19.12.030 for standards that address finish floor levels and building modulation. 2. In addition to the requirements set forth in EMC 19.12.030, multifamily development outside of Metro Everett is required to have an additional five-foot(5') interior side setback for each ten feet(10')or fraction thereof by which the building exceeds thirty-five feet(35')in height for only those portions of the building which exceed thirty-five feet(35')in height. Ch.19.09,Multifamily Development Standards 1 City Council Action(11/04/2020)