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3. Transit-Oriented Communities Everett Housing Action Plan 39  Puget Sound Regional Council – VISION 2050 Regional Growth Strategy MPP-RGS-6 Encourage efficient use of urban land by optimizing the development potential of existing urban lands and increasing density in the urban growth area in locations consistent with the Regional Growth Strategy. MPP-RGS-7 Provide additional housing capacity in Metropolitan Cities in response to rapid employment growth, particularly through increased zoning for middle density housing. Metropolitan Cities must review housing needs and existing density in response to evidence of high displacement risk and/or rapid increase in employment. MPP-DP-22 Plan for densities that maximize benefits of transit investments in high-capacity transit station areas that are expected to attract significant new population or employment growth. MPP-DP-23 Evaluate planning in regional growth centers and high-capacity transit station areas for their potential physical, economic, and cultural displacement of marginalized residents and businesses. Use a range of strategies to mitigate displacement impacts.  Countywide Planning Policies DP-18 In coordination with transit agencies, jurisdictions that are served by transit should, where appropriate, enact transit oriented development policies and development standards. Transit oriented development should strive to include the following common elements: a. Located to support the development of designated local growth centers, countywide growth centers, regional growth centers, and existing and planned transit emphasis corridors; b. Include pedestrian scale neighborhoods and activity centers to stimulate use of transit and ride sharing; c. Plan for an appropriate intensity and mix of development, including both employment and housing options, that support transit service; and Plan for growth near transit.  Everett Comprehensive Plan Policy 4.7.1 Encourage multiple family development and redevelopment in downtown, in mixed-use residential-commercial centers, along mixed-use arterial corridors, and near major employment areas. Policy 4.7.2 Update design guidelines to ensure that new multiple family housing enhances and is compatible with surrounding uses, yet respects the needs of consumers for affordable housing. Policy 2.9.9 Evergreen Way and Arterial Corridors. The Evergreen Way Revitalization Plan was adopted in 2012. The City should look at ways to provide incentives and simplify the code in order to redevelop the city’s arterial corridors into healthy, vibrant areas. Policy 2.2.4 Identify on the Land Use Map appropriate areas in which to apply commercial mixed- use land use designations. Use the following criteria as a guide to establishing zoning districts and implementing regulations: (a) Mixed Use Commercial-Multiple Family Corridors: Areas where businesses are oriented to the shopping and service needs of the Everett community and surrounding areas of Snohomish County, and in which new development and redevelopment is encouraged to include housing and other supportive services and uses.