2025/06/18 Council Agenda Packet

EVERETT 2044 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 6/17/2025 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT Page 49 DD-46 Provide weather protection for pedestrians, such as awnings and canopies, into buildings to facilitate walking year-round. These components may project into the public right-of-way. DD-47 Buildings should be designed so that shadows and glare on public spaces and adjacent residential properties is minimized. DD-48 New open spaces should be designed for sociability, with multiple reasons for people to be present. Such spaces should be located adjacent to sidewalks and alleys in larger redevelopments to help soften the built environment, and to encourage public interest, connection, and activity. DD-49 Street type designations will be used to identify sidewalk widths, landscape treatments, and other improvements to encourage public usage and interactions between the building and the street. DD-50 Street furniture, fixtures, and landscaping should be integrated with the adjacent land uses and not obstruct pedestrian pathways and flow. Placement of these amenities should reflect both their social value and their ability to buffer pedestrians from automobiles, parking areas, and adverse weather. DD-51 Adopt residential development design standards which include clear connections to the public realm and sociability for residents via pedestrian access, windows, other relevant architectural details, and well-designed landscaping. DD-52 Encourage designs with distinctive architecture elements that exemplify the age and incorporate several public amenities such as innovative open spaces at the ground level and commercial public spaces near the top. DD-53 Support active neighborhood small businesses, not only retail or office but also light industry. Design and building orientation of the industrial-use portions of Metro Everett should be compatible with the neighboring buildings, uses, and street type designations. DD-54 Building design at the edges of institutional and civic property should be complementary to neighboring properties yet recognize that greater height and mass is preferable to horizontal expansion of campus boundaries. DD-55 Design lighting that contributes to the character of the area, enhances safety, and does not disturb adjacent developments and residences. DD-56 Design buildings and sites to provide safe, accessible, convenient, and lighted way-finding to nearby transit stops and transit stations. DD-57 Avoid locating structured parking along sidewalk frontages; incorporate active uses or amenities between structured parking and the sidewalk. DD-58 Encourage public art in public spaces within Metro Everett, such as sculptures, murals on blank walls, or art integrated into buildings themselves. Prioritize public art that people can interact with.