Ordinance 2488-00 - Laserfiche WebLink

2) Existing land uses such as the nearby school and housing can be protected through use of conditions established by a Resolution of Intent to Rezone; and 3) Circumstances related to the subject property and the area in which it is located have changed sufficiently to justify a change to the land use designation due to increase airport and surface traffic in the area since the original County designation was established, then copied by the Everett Comprehensive Plan; and 4) Assumptions upon which the land use designation of the subject property is based were not and are not now erroneous, however, changes in local noise levels have made use of this area better suited to commercial activity which justifies the proposed change in the land use designation; and 5) The proposed land use designation does promote a more desirable land use pattern for the community as a whole in that it makes the best use of the available land, thus the proposed change in the land use designation is in the greater community's best interest; and 6) The proposed land use designation could be applied to other properties in the vicinity but only after examining each proposed change on a case by case basis. Further, this property is somewhat unique in that is it currently vacant. Other properties in the immediate area are in use. By changing the land use designation as recommended, the City is not providing a special grant or privilege to the applicant for the above stated reasons. Further, since this is action is in the greater community's interest, changing the land use designation as recommended will not provide a special grant or privilege to the applicant; and 7) The effect of the proposed action is to potentially add to the office / commercial base in this area. The conditions placed on the subject site, such as limiting uses to those which will produce minimal impact on the adjacent school and residential properties are intended to minimized noise, odor and light impacts to a level approximately the same as what would be experienced if the R-S zone were applied to site; and 8) Pressure to change the land use designation of other properties in the vicinity outside the present location should be discouraged, particularly the use of C-2 zoning along Airport Road and its arterioles; and WHEREAS,with regard to the Marc Bhend Property located near the southwest corner of Airport Road and 112th Street SW, the City Council further finds: 1) The applicant has offered, in letters and testimony before the Planning Commission, a desire to have minimal impact on surrounding school and residential properties in the area, and 3