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Chapter 19.04 EMC, Definitions Page 55 of 55 <br />The Everett Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 4031-24, passed May 22, 2024. <br />statewide or nationwide impact of the events or persons associated with the property, or its <br />architectural type or style in information potential. The local area can include the city, county, or <br />western Washington, or a modest geographic or cultural area, such as a neighborhood. Local <br />significance may apply to a property that illustrates a theme that is important to one or more <br />localities; state significance to a theme important to the history of the state; and national <br />significance to property of exceptional value in representing or illustrating an important theme <br />in the history of the nation. <br />“Site,” as used in Chapter 19.28 EMC, means a place where a significant event or pattern of <br />events occurred. It may be the location of prehistoric or historic occupation or activities that <br />may be marked by physical remains; or it may be the symbolic focus of a significant event or <br />pattern of events that may not have been actively occupied. A site may be the location of ruined <br />or now nonexistent building or structure if the location itself possesses historic cultural or <br />archaeological significance. <br />“Special valuation for historic properties” or “special valuation” means the local option program <br />which when implemented makes available to property owners a special tax valuation for <br />rehabilitation of historic properties under which the assessed value of an eligible historic <br />property is determined at a rate that excludes, for up to ten years, the actual cost of the <br />rehabilitation (Chapter 84.26 RCW and Chapter 19.221, Laws of 1986). <br />“State Register of Historic Places” means the state listing of properties significant to the <br />community, state or nation but which do not meet the criteria of the National Register. (Ord. <br />3774-20 § 5(D) (Exh. 3), 2020.) <br />The Everett Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 4031-24, passed May 22, 2024. <br />Disclaimer: The City Clerk’s Office has the official version of the Everett Municipal Code. Users <br />should contact the City Clerk’s Office for ordinances passed subsequent to the ordinance cited <br />above. <br />City Website: www.everettwa.gov <br />Hosted by General Code.