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growth areas, agricultural land, lakes, Port Gardner Bay and other waterfront areas. Additionally, usable portions of privately owned lands, such as common areas in residential developments or office park settings provide private open space which adds to the amenity of the community and the value of the property. BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: The Growth Management Act requires that the land use element designate the general distribution, general location and extent of a variety of uses of land, including open spaces. GMA states that each city and county "shall identify open space corridors within and between urban growth areas. These open space corridors shall include lands useful for recreation, wildlife habitat, trails and connection of critical areas." The Washington Administrative Code (WAC) guidelines for preparing the Land Use Element suggest including the generalized location of land needed for open space corridors within the planning area. Park lands and other publicly owned open space areas (school playfields, parcels consisting of environmentally sensitive areas and their buffers, and Port of Everett recreational property) will be designated as a land use category on the Land Use Map. All other private open space lands will not be designated or mapped as a specific land use category. However, a separate map indicating existing open space lands is included in the land use element as a supplement to the policies contained herein. In addition to public park and school lands, other portions of the Everett Planning Area may be considered to be permanent open space, such as lands which are regulated as environmentally sensitive areas, excess lands within public rights-of-way, utility corridors, land placed in tracts or under covenants as greenbelts or native growth areas, agricultural land, lakes, Port Gardner Bay and other waterfront areas. Additionally, usable portions of privately owned lands, such as common areas in residential developments or office park settings provide private open space which adds to the amenity of the community and the value of the property. SECTION 3: The Table in Section VI.A of the Land Use Element of the City of Everett Growth Management Comprehensive Plan, Exhibit A of Ordinance No. 2021-94, as amended, which currently reads as follows: LAND USE DESIGNATION EQUIVALENT ZONING 1.1 R-S 1.2 R-1 or R-2 1.3 R-1(A) or R-2 1.4 R-2(A) 1.5 R-3(L) 1.6 R-3 1.7 R-4 1.8 R-5 2.0 P Overlay Zone 2.1 Existing zoning 2.2 Institutional Overlay Zone or Existing zoning 2.3 Existing zoning 2.4 Institutional Overlay Zone or