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EVERETT 2044 <br />DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS <br /> <br /> <br />6/17/2025 <br />DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS <br />Page 82 <br />evenly among all of the lots, rather than to apply all credit toward one lot. The planning director shall 1 <br />have the authority to modify lot area, dimensional requirements and setbacks in applying this 2 <br />requirement through the land division process. For single-family lots, no individual lot shall contain less 3 <br />than four thousand five hundred square feet after the dedicatfon, excluding access easements. 4 <br />F. Transfer of Development Rights (TDR). Reductfons in minimum lot size, lot width and lot depth may 5 <br />be granted as part of a TDR in accordance with Chapter 19.37 EMC. 6 <br />19.06.090, OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. 7 <br />A. Building Setback Modificatfons for Single-Family and Two-Family (Duplex) Uses on Lots Without 8 <br />Frontage on a Public Street. 9 <br />1. An applicant may propose and the planning director, using the Review Process II described in 10 <br />EMC Title 15, may allow an applicant to deviate from the building setback standards in Table 6-2 11 <br />in EMC 19.06.020, provided the proposal satfsfies the evaluatfon criteria in Chapter 15.03 15.02 12 <br />EMC. 13 <br />2. In evaluatfng such a proposal, the planning director, using the criteria, shall determine if the 14 <br />alternatfve design or plan provides equivalent or superior results to that which would be 15 <br />required by compliance with the development building setback requirements of this chapter. 16 <br />B. Front and street (side) setback reductfon on lots with excess right of way. 17 <br />1. An applicant may propose and the planning director may allow, using the review process in Title 18 <br />15 EMC, a reduced front or street (side) setback on lots determined by the city engineer to have 19 <br />excess right of way. 20 <br />C. Minimum residentfal development 21 <br />BD. Development Standards That Cannot Be Modified. Any standard that is not specifically listed in this 22 <br />sectfon for modificatfon requests, or in EMC 19.06.080, cannot be modified except as permitted in EMC 23 <br />19.41.010 for variances. 24 <br />19.06.100, RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES—MULTIPLE-FAMILY USES. 25 <br />A. Overview. “Density” means a ratfo of dwelling units to lot area. Some residentfal developments are 26 <br />subject to minimum or maximum density requirements, depending on locatfon or housing type. Other 27 <br />development requirements, such as maximum floor-to-area requirements, height and building coverage 28 <br />limits, building setbacks, and off-street parking requirements, may affect density that can be achieved as 29 <br />well. 30 <br />B. Minimum Density. In order to ensure efficient use of land within areas designated for multffamily 31 <br />residentfal development, a minimum number of residentfal units is required as set forth in Table 6-6 32 <br />below. These minimum residentfal development requirements do not apply to lots within Everett’s 33 <br />historic overlay zones. 34 <br />Minimum Residentfal Development. Except within historic overlay zones, residentfal development in the 35 <br />UR7, MU7, MU15, or LI-MU zones must result in at least three attached dwelling units. 36