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ix EVERETT WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 3832-21 An ORDINANCE AMENDING the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and Building Heights Map (Everett Municipal Code 19.22.150),AMENDING Ordinance No. 2021-94, as amended, and AMENDING Ordinance No. 3802-21 as part of the 2021 Annual Docket of Comprehensive Plan amendments WHEREAS, A. The City of Everett maintains a comprehensive plan under the Growth Management Act (GMA) and last conducted a periodic review and update of the plan in 2015 with annual amendments adopted since then; and B. Consistent with GMA requirements, the city reviews proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan concurrently as part of an annual docket to facilitate public participation and better understand the cumulative effect of various proposals; and C. The comprehensive plan amendments contained in this ordinance were prepared following the procedural requirements in EMC 15.02.095, EMC 15.03.400, and EMC 15.02.700; and D. The amendments to development regulations(unified development code)contained in this ordinance were prepared following the procedural requirements in EMC 15.02.095 and EMC 15.03.300 E. The 2021 docket of comprehensive plan amendments includes three ordinances: a. Ordinance 3832-21 (this ordinance) b. Ordinance 3831-21 c. Ordinance 3830-21; and F. On June 7, 2021,the city implemented the Smith Island West annexation via Ordinance No. 3801- 21; city staff subsequently identified two official maps(maximum building heights map and future land use map) that needed amendments to eliminate gaps and to be consistent with city land use designation criteria, and initiated this proposal; and G. The Planning Commission held briefings on the proposal on August 17, 2021 and held public hearings on the matter on October 5, 2021 and October 19, 2021; and H. The Planning Commission, after hearing from the public and deliberating, voted to approve Resolution 21-04 on October 19, 2021, recommending the city council approve the amendments