Ordinance 3090-08 - Laserfiche WebLink

2.5.2 Confine hospitals and medical clinics presently located in residential areas to compact configurations developed intensively rather than allowing them to sprawl into neighborhoods and eliminate existing housing stock. 2.5.3 Require development, expansion and remodeling of hospital and clinic activities to be visually compatible with and minimize the parking and traffic impacts upon established residential areas: 2.11.4 Everett Community College and Providence Everett Medical Center are large institutional facilities located in the Northwest Everett neighborhood. In 2005, City Council approved Comprehensive Plan map amendments, along with master plans for both facilities that are implemented through Institutional Overlay zones. The PEMC master plan provides for phased hospital development through 2015; while the ECC master plan provides for phased development through 2011. The approved PEMC expansion includes significant intensification of use on the existing hospital properties as well as expansion to the east of the current site. The expansion to the east will result in the relocation and/or demolition of a block of homes in the Donovan Historic District (Block 248). Future expansions beyond the approved 2015 development will require additional review by the City, which may consist of amendments to the Institutional Overlay zone and Comprehensive Plan amendments. PEMC must work with the surrounding neighborhood residents in planning future expansions. Any future expansions must use existing hospital properties more intensively, excepting transitional buffer area, or extend from Block 248 to the north and northeast. No further homes may be lost to hospital expansion beyond the approved Master Plan. Future expansion to the east of Oakes Avenue beyond Block 248 is prohibited. Hard to Site Facility Policies 2.10.2 "Hard to site" facilities shall be located so as to provide the necessary service to the intended users of the facility with the least impact on surrounding