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EVERETT 2044 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6/17/2025 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />MARINE PORT ELEMENT <br /> Page 186 <br />MP-5 The City recognizes the important role that the Port of Everett plays in regional employment <br />and economic development; the long-term preservation of the Marine Port Core Area ensures <br />that the Port of Everett facilities and related industrial uses will have room to thrive in the city. <br />MP-6 Prioritize, protect and preserve land for Marine Port activity, compatible manufacturing, <br />industrial-related office, cargo yard, rail, warehousing, transportation facilities, ship building, <br />maintenance and repair uses. <br />MP-7 Prioritize uses that support substantial growth in the number of family wage jobs over uses <br />that consume large areas of land without a corresponding increase in job growth. <br />MP-8 Do not allow unrelated uses to gradually encroach on the Marine Port Core Area through <br />modifications of the Marine Port Core Area boundary. Consider boundary adjustments only in <br />collaboration with the Port of Everett and Naval Station Everett as part of a comprehensive <br />review of long-term port and port-related container and industrial land needs. <br />MP-9 Maintain a Port Compatibility Area to provide for uses allowed in the nearby underlying zones <br />while protecting the Port of Everett and reducing the potential for land use conflicts. <br />MP-10 Develop and adopt standards to protect the livability of adjacent areas, where natural buffers <br />do not provide an adequate transition. <br />MP-11 The Port of Everett should continue to implement the Marine Terminal Master Plan policies to <br />work with the City and area residents to identify and resolve noise issues in accordance with <br />applicable laws and policies. <br />MP-12 The City and the Port should work together to identify transition areas near the Port where <br />additional noise attenuation may be required in new building construction to ensure that <br />interior noise levels and noise levels in required outdoor recreation areas are sufficiently low to <br />protect the public health and welfare. The analysis should be based upon the maximum noise <br />levels permitted on Port property by the City’s noise regulations. <br />MP-13 In an effort to establish a transition area between the Marine Port Core Area and surrounding <br />uses, limitations should be implemented on new residential construction within an area <br />adjacent to the Port to be identified by the City and Port. <br />MP-14 In the Marine Port Core Area, allow for localized impacts associated with industrial activities <br />that may include outdoor storage, relatively large building mass and impervious surface area. <br />While localized impacts are permitted, continue to require Marine Core Area industrial uses to <br />be developed in a manner that protects the environment and preserves public health and <br />safety. <br />MP-15 Exterior lighting and glare on Port properties should not adversely impact adjacent properties <br />or nearby neighborhoods. Lights must be shielded and directed downward onto the site. <br />Marine Terminal lighting shall implement dark-sky measures to the maximum extent <br />practicable, while ensuring a safe working environment.