Ordinance 2781 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 4: The commission shall elect its own chair- man and create and fill such other offices as it may determine it recuires. The commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month for not less than nine months in each year. It shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a written record of its meetings, resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public re cord. Section 5: The expenditures of the commission authorized and established under this ordinance, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the Uouncil. Within such limits the commission is authorized to employ s.,ch employees and expert consultants as are deemed necessary for its work. Section 6: The council of the bity of Everett is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the preparation by ius commission and the adoption and enforcement of c@ordin- ated plans for the physical development of said city. For this purpose such council, in such measure as is deemed reasonably necessary or requisite in the interest of health, safety, morals, and the general welfare, upon recommendation by its commission, by general ordinances of the City, may regulate and restrict the location and the use of buildings, structures and land for residence, trade, industrial and other purposes; the height, number of stories, size , construction and design of buildings and other structures; the size of yards, courts and other open spaces on the lot or tract; the density of population; the set back of buildings along highways, parks or public water frontages; and the subdivision and development of land. Section 7 : For any or all of such purposes the council, on recommendations of its coI!.mission, may divide the City or.• any portion thereof into districts of such size, shape and area, or may establish such official map or maps, or development plans for the whole or any portion of the area of said City es may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this ordinance; and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures or land. Section 8: All such regulations shall be worked out as parts of a comprehensive plan which the commission shall prepare for the physical and other generally advantageous development of said City, and shall be designed, among other things, to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the City; to lessen traffic congestion and accidents; to secure safety from fire ; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population , to promote a coordinated development of the unbuilt areas; to encourage the formation of neighborhood or community units; to secure an appropriate allotment of land area in new develop- ments for all the requirements of community life; to conserve and restore natural beauty and other natural resources; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage , and other public uses and requirements. -2-