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ORDINANCE Page 3 of 5 <br />4.In October 2020, the Puget Sound Regional Council adopted VISION 2050, establishing <br />new multicounty planning policies and a regional growth strategy which calls for Everett, <br />a Metropolitan Center regional geography, to plan for and accommodate 20% of the <br />population growth and 39% of the employment growth in Snohomish County through <br />2050. <br />5.In September 2021, the Snohomish County Council adopted the 2021 Snohomish County <br />Buildable Lands report, which indicated a shortfall in housing capacity in Everett (“Key <br />results: … There is a significant 2035 population capacity shortfall within the City of <br />Everett”), which puts Everett into a so-called reasonable measures framework (see RCW <br />36.70A.215 and appendix D of the Countywide Planning Policies) that requires actions to <br />address the capacity shortfall. <br />6.In June 2023, Snohomish County Tomorrow and the Snohomish County Council <br />completed adoption of a new housing growth target (appendix B, Table H2 of the <br />Countywide Planning Policies) for Everett of 38,557 new housing units in Everett by 2044 <br />at a range of affordability levels. This target further exceeds Everett’s buildable housing <br />capacity and requires actions to address the capacity shortfall as part of, or prior to, the <br />comprehensive plan periodic update. <br />T.The Everett City Council held holding twenty-two briefings and workshops on various aspects of <br />the amended development regulations from 2022 through 2025; and <br />U.On June 11, 2025, the Everett City Council held a public hearing, after proper notice, and <br />considered public comment and the entire record related to the amendments contained in this <br />ordinance. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br />Section 1. Multiple sections of Everett Municipal Code are hereby amended as indicated in Exhibit 1, <br />with strikeout text deleted and underlined text added. <br />Section 2. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary <br />corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener’s/clerical errors, <br />references and ordinance numbering. <br />Section 3. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or <br />phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it <br />would have passed all portions of this Ordinance independent of the elimination of any such portion as <br />may be declared invalid.