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ORDINANCE Page 1 of 5 <br />ORDINANCE NO. ________ <br />An ORDINANCE Adopting the Everett 2044 Periodic Update Comprehensive Plan and Repealing the <br />Central Waterfront Redevelopment Plan and the Southwest Everett/Paine Field Subarea Plan and <br />SEPA Planned Action. <br />WHEREAS, <br />A.The City of Everett maintains a comprehensive plan under the Growth Management Act (GMA) <br />and last conducted a periodic review and update of the plan in 2015 with annual amendments <br />adopted since then; and <br />B.The City of Everett initiated the periodic update process under Revised Code of Washington (RCW) <br />36.70A.130 and Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 365-196-610 with a project scoping <br />process including a Determination of Significance and Request for Comments on Scope of <br />Environmental Impact Statement issued on February 18, 2022; and <br />C.The City Council adopted Resolution 7924 on June 13, 2023, advancing a set of specific <br />amendment requests to the periodic update process, including three site specific comprehensive <br />plan land use designation map and/or zoning map amendments and six text amendments to the <br />comprehensive plan and/or development regulations; and <br />D.The disposition of the specific amendment requests, which are all implemented, or partially <br />implemented, in the Everett 2044 ordinances, is detailed in a staff memorandum dated May 30, <br />2025; and <br />E.The Planning Commission led the review and development of the comprehensive plan and <br />development regulations consistent with Chapter 2.20 EMC, including holding forty-two briefings <br />and workshops on various aspects of the plan and regulations before holding a public hearing and <br />deliberating on June 3, 2025; and <br />F.The Planning Commission, after hearing from the public and deliberating, adopted Resolution 25- <br />01 on June 3, 2025, recommending the city council approve the Comprehensive Plan contained in <br />this ordinance, including recommending that the inclusionary zoning regulations contained in <br />19.09.070 should be removed and the City should work proactively on a subarea planning effort; <br />and <br />G.The city assumed lead agency status for processing the proposed action under the State <br />Environmental Policy Act (Chapter 43.21C RCW and Chapter 197-11 WAC); and <br />4101-25