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li#V14111.41,1114. ORDINANCE NO. 2547-01 AN ORDINANCE concerning the Historic Overlay Zone, designating Norton Grand and redesignating Rucker Grand as Historic Overlay Zones, providing reduced height limits in the Historic Overlay Zones, modifying certain Neighborhood Guidelines and Historic Overlay Zone Standards, amending Ordinance No. 1671-89, as amended ( Title 19 EMC), and superseding Ordinance No. 1923-93 WHEREAS, Section 33 of Ordinance No. 1671-89, the Everett Zoning Code, provides for the designation of the Historic Overlay Zone in areas of the City meeting certain specified criteria; and WHEREAS, in 1993, through the adoption of Ordinance No. 1923-93, the City designated the area located on Grand and Rucker Avenues, from 10th Street to 24th Street as an Historic Overlay Zone for numerous reasons including the fact that it was 50 years old or older, it was significantly associated with the history, architecture or cultural heritage of the community and to retain historic integrity; and it was identified within the Everett Historic Resource Survey as a potential Historic District because "it is a cohesive, intact neighborhood which exhibits residential architecture of quality and in various styles popular in the years between 1891 and 1930;" and WHEREAS, a significant majority of the structures and properties located on Norton and Grand Avenues have been determined to be 50 years old or older, to be significantly associated with the history, architecture or cultural heritage of the community and to retain historic integrity; and WHEREAS, the Norton Grand district from Pacific to 35th Street was identified with the Everett Historic Resource Survey as a potential Historic District and was described as "one of the first residential neighborhoods in Everett. Established over ninety years ago, this neighborhood contains many of Everett's earliest homes." Initially it was a neighborhood of mill houses and simple bungalows built from lumber available from Everett mills. The homes in Port Gardner became more architecturally elaborate as people with higher incomes moved into the area. The area is thus, a setting for a variety of transitional architectural styles that have retained much of their original character; and WHEREAS, the Historical Commission initiated a study of Norton and Grand Avenue neighborhood from Pacific to 35`h Street to determine if it should be designated on the Zoning Map as an Historic Overlay Zone for the purpose of protecting the historic qualities of the neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the Historical Commission recommends specific boundaries of the proposed Historic Overlay Zone, identifies the significant elements of the historic district, and proposes that specific provisions of the underlying zoning standards be modified to further the goal of preserving and enhancing the significant historic architectural qualities of the proposed Historic Overlay Zone; and