2025/06/18 Council Agenda Packet

EVERETT 2044 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 6/17/2025 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT Page 46 DD-3 Encourage opportunities to make indoor/outdoor connections and support retail or active ground floor uses in frontage zones. Encourage a high level of ground floor transparency along primary pedestrian circulation paths. Encourage ground floor recesses or canopies to create weather protected space for retail and service spill-out activities. DD-4 Create horizontal and vertical human-scale. Incorporate articulation and modulation of ground floor façades to create a sense of rhythm and visual interest. Use awnings, overhangs, and building entrances to provide shelter and create human-dimension spaces. DD-5 Recognize the ways diversity in the ages and sizes of buildings contribute to economic and social vitality. DD-6 Encourage and strengthen small-scale commercial and residential development. DD-7 Encourage building and street designs that respect the unique built natural, historic, and cultural characteristics of Everett’s centers, corridors, historic residential pattern areas and open space corridors, as described in the Urban Form element. DD-8 Strive to achieve a “greener” character over time, reflecting the spectacular natural landscape within and surrounding the City of Everett. DD-9 Preserve major stands of trees, riparian corridors, and vegetated ravines both because they are a significant part of Everett’s image, and for the community’s social and mental well-being. DD-10 Manage all trees in public rights-of-way, parks, and other public properties, and expand the city’s overall tree canopy, replacing trees which must be removed. DD-11 Leverage the creative talent of artists and designers to shape the identity of place, enliven a sense of belonging, and drive a compelling vision for the built environment. DD-12 Foster an urban environment and cultural activities that are true to the values and needs of our citizens to encourage and sustain authentic experiences. DD-13 Develop and implement arts experiences that shape the identity of place. DD-14 Recognize the city’s diversity and foster inclusion when naming public places, natural features, and streets. Districts and Neighborhoods DD-15 Distinctions and differences between districts are beneficial. Allow, facilitate, and encourage neighborhoods to become more distinct over time. Recognizing that such distinctiveness arises most of all from the people themselves in a place, the city will ensure robust, ongoing community engagement and participation over time in the ongoing development of Everett’s neighborhoods and districts. DD-16 Foster the development of complete, compact, and connected communities with a diverse mix of housing types to accommodate various income levels and family sizes. DD-17 Encourage the diversity of design in multi-unit residential developments, including provisions for diverse and innovative façade treatments and architectural styles.