Ordinance 2706-03 - Laserfiche WebLink

2. P Public Park Zone. The purpose of the public park zone is to provide a zoning classification for recreational and open space uses and other compatible public uses on current and future City-owned land. 3. AQ Aquatic Zone. The purpose of the aquatic zone is to protect aquatic areas and the lands underyling them, and to provide for certain limited uses consistent with the shoreline master program and regulations protecting environmentally sensitive areas. 4. OS Open Space Zone. The purpose of the open space zone is to provide a zoning classification for public properties characterized by environmental sensitivity and value to be preserved, for the most part, in their undisturbed state, and to provide and protect open space and other natural assets of the community to improve the aesthetic and functional features of the community, F. Overlay Zones. 1. Floodplain Overlay Zones. The purpose of the floodplain overlay zones is to protect the public health, safety and welfare in areas subject to periodic inundation due to flooding, recognizing the fact that the Snohomish River periodically carries more than the normal flow of water and recognizing a desire to minimize loss of life and property. These regulations control the uses and regulate structures consistent with the degree of flood hazard. In advancing the general purposes of the zoning ordinance and the Everett general plan, the specific intent of the floodplain overlay zones is: a. To restrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health, safety or property in times of flood or which cause excessive increases in flood heights or velocities; b. To require that uses vulnerable to floods, including public facilities which serve such uses, shall be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction; c. To ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions; d. To ensure that potential buyers are notified that property is in an area of special flood hazard; e. To meet the minimum requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program, thus qualifying residents of the city to participate in the Federal Flood Insurance Program. 2. PRD Planned Residential Development Overlay Zone. The purpose of the planned residential development overlay zone is to: a. Permit flexibility in design of residential environments through placement and spacing of buildings, use of open spaces, pedestrian circulation, facilities and off-street parking areas in order to achieve the best utilization of a site characterized by special features of geography, vegetation, topography, size or shape; b. Promote orderly growth in undeveloped areas of the city by maximizing the efficiency of utilities and roads and other capital improvements; c. Provide for a variety of housing types in conformance with the policies of the Everett general plan; d. Preserve and maintain environmentally sensitive areas which could be negatively impacted by traditional development techniques; e. Provide a mechanism enabling residential development in areas of the city where assembly of parcels is difficult; f. Provide greater predictability for the developer on his chances of gaining approval on a conceptual design basis;