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<br /> City Council Memo <br />Page 3 of 31 <br /> <br />Geography Features <br />Special areas Concept: Master planned developments with phased development plans in place. <br />Definition: Waterfront Place and Riverfront. Redevelopment of the former Baker <br />Heights development is currently under consideration by the city and would be <br />included in this list if approved during the update process. <br />Employment <br />areas <br />Concept: Areas designated for industry, commerce, services, and employment. <br />Employment areas overlap residential areas along major arterial corridors, in Metro <br />Everett, and in a few other areas. <br />Definition: Areas currently Industrial, Commercial Mixed-Use, Metropolitan Center. <br />Housing Typology <br />Housing type categories identify general types and scales of buildings, streetscapes, and neighborhood <br />form. Higher-scale zones also permit lower-scale development and will also be mostly characterized by <br />existing lower-scale development for a long time. For example, an area may be designated mid-rise, but <br />would still allow duplexes to be built if the property owner prefers and would still be mostly characterized <br />by preexisting detached houses, accessory dwelling units, and middle housing, especially early in the <br />planning period. To make efficient use of land, the city currently applies a minimum density for new <br />development in higher-scale zones. This concept would presumably be carried into the updated <br />comprehensive plan, such as by prohibiting development of new detached houses or accessory dwelling <br />units in high-rise areas. <br />Typology Housing Types <br />Single-family <br />Residential <br />Existing single-family designations. <br />Neighborhood <br />Residential <br />Detached single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes, and accessory dwelling units, <br />townhomes, quadplexes, fiveplexes, sixplexes, stacked flats, cottage style and <br />courtyard apartments (middle housing) <br />Low-Rise Walk-up apartments or condominiums (up to 3-4 floors) <br />Mid-Rise Apartments or condominiums in buildings with ~5-7 floors <br />High-Rise Apartments or condominiums in buildings with more than 7 floors (>75 feet in <br />height) and requiring steel frame construction <br />