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EMC Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures Page 92 of 94 <br />The Everett Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 4031-24, passed May 22, 2024. <br />15.03.400 Comprehensive plan amendments. <br />A. Description. Amendments to the comprehensive plan may include both text (e.g., goals and <br />policies) and maps (e.g., land use designations). <br />B. Who May Initiate. Amendments to the comprehensive plan may be initiated as follows: <br />1. Area-Wide Amendments. Area-wide amendments may be initiated only by the city <br />council, mayor or designee, or planning commission. Area-wide amendments could include <br />both text and map amendments. <br />2. Site-Specific Amendments. Site-specific amendments may be initiated by property <br />owners, city council, mayor or designee, or planning commission. <br />C. Review Process. <br />1. Docket. Except as allowed by Chapter 36.70A RCW, the comprehensive plan may only be <br />amended once per year. The city shall review all revisions as a comprehensive package of <br />updates to the plan so the cumulative effect of all proposed amendments is fully <br />understood. The planning director is authorized to set deadlines for applications to amend <br />the comprehensive plan and establish the docket for consideration of amendments. See <br />Chapter 15.02 for application requirements. <br />2. Amendments are considered by Review Process V. See Chapter 15.02 for procedures. <br />D. Land Use Map. The following factors shall be considered in reviewing requests to amend the <br />comprehensive plan land use map. <br />1. The proposed land use designation must be supported by or consistent with the <br />existing policies of the various elements of the comprehensive plan. <br />2. Have circumstances related to the subject property and the area in which it is located <br />changed sufficiently since the adoption of the land use element to justify a change to the <br />land use designation? If so, the circumstances that have changed should be described in <br />detail to support findings that a different land use designation is appropriate. <br />3. Are the assumptions upon which the land use designation of the subject property is <br />based erroneous, or is new information available which was not considered at the time the <br />land use element was adopted, that justify a change to the land use designation? If so, the