Ordinance 2706-03 - Laserfiche WebLink

1. M-S Maritime Services Zone. The purpose of the maritime services zone is to: a. Provide and protect areas of the city for marine-related commerce; b. Preserve Everett's "working waterfront" character; c. Further the goals of the Everett comprehensive plan and shoreline master program relating to public access to and enjoyment of the shoreline; d. Provide for uses and review processes which strike a balance between the needs of water- dependent industrial uses and limited commercial activities as listed in the permitted uses of this title, and the responsibility of the city to provide public access to the shoreline; and e. Adult use businesses are permitted uses, consistent with the purpose and intent of this zone; provided they meet the locational requirements of Section 39.025.A. 2. C-2 Commercial/Light Industrial Zone. The purpose of the commercial/light industrial zone is to provide area for heavy commercial services and a wide variety of manufacturing activities and to promote an upgrading of the quality of development of properties located along arterial streets. Adult use businesses are permitted uses, consistent with the purpose and intent of this zone; provided they meet the locational requirements of Section 39.025.A. 3. M-1 Office-Industrial Park Zone. The purpose of the office-industrial park zone is to: a. Provide for and protect areas for high quality campus style office and industrial park development on large parcels of land; b. Establish standards which promote a high level of aesthetic amenities such as view, open space, native vegetation, landscaping, unusual natural site features and quality architectural design; c. Protect and buffer adjacent residential uses from the incompatible aspects of office and industrial park development; and d. Allow for only those uses which are able to comply with the development requirements and performance criteria which assure compatibility with surrounding uses and which recognize the lands within this zone which are environmentally sensitive. e. Adult use businesses are permitted uses, consistent with the purpose and intent of this zone; provided they meet the locational requirements of Section 39.025.A. 4. M-M Business Park Zone. The purpose of the business park zone is to provide areas for development of high-quality single or multiple tenant business parks which offer opportunities for a wide variety of nonretail business to locate in small to medium office and warehouse spaces. Adult use businesses are permitted uses, consistent with the purpose and intent of this zone; provided they meet the locational requirements of Section 39.025.A. 5. M-2 Heavy Manufacturing Zone. The purpose of the heavy manufacturing zone is to provide for and protect certain areas of the city for heavy manufacturing uses. Adult use businesses are permitted uses, consistent with the purpose and intent of this zone; provided they meet the locational requirements of Section 39.025.A. E. Other zones 1. WRM Watershed Resource Management Zone. The purpose of the watershed resource management zone is to provide a land use classification which allows for the continuation of existing uses and anticipated future uses for land in the City-owned Chaplain Tract within the corporate limits of Everett. These are lands that are not intended for urban development and are located outside the urban growth boundary. These properties are intended to be used only for municipal service purposes that do not conflict with the maintenance of a safe and adequate water supply for the Everett water system, and which are in accordance with applicable license requirements.