Ordinance 3172-10 - Laserfiche WebLink

WHEREAS, the City Council concludes: 1. An interim change to the City's zoning development standards for minimum lot area, lot width and lot depth in the R-3L, R-3 and R-4 zoned areas located outside the Core Residential Area would allow for existing, completed single family attached developments to be subdivided and sold to individual homeowners; and 2. Establishing an interim regulation for approximately one year will allow the City time to conduct a review to determine if the amendment of the minimum lot area and width standards to allow zero-lot-line townhouse developments in multiple family zones would be in the best long term interests of the City; and 3. The proposed interim regulation is consistent with the policies of the Everett Growth Management Comprehensive Plan related to increasing the opportunities for owner occupied housing. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY DOES HEREBY ORDAIN: SECTION 1: Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 19 EMC (Ordinance No. 1671-89 as amended), an interim zoning regulation is established to allow existing single family attached dwellings, as defined by EMC 19.04, to be subdivided into fee simple zero-lot-line lots that do not otherwise meet the minimum lot area, lot width or lot depth standards of the zone in which they are located, provided they meet all of the following: a) the dwellings are located in buildings with 3 or more dwelling units attached by a common wall or walls; and b) the dwellings are located in the R-3L, R-3 and R-4 zones outside the Core Residential Area; and c) the dwellings meet all applicable building codes and City development standards for access and utilities; and c) the dwellings meet the multiple family development standards of EMC Chapter 19.15 and design guidelines of City Council Resolution No. 4618; SECTION 2: This interim regulation shall be effective for one year from the effective date of this Ordinance. Staff is hereby directed during the interim effective period to develop and implement a work plan to review the existing zoning regulations to determine if it is in the best long-term interests of the Everett community to extend these standards or similar standards to new single family attached dwelling developments beyond the interim effective period. Section 3: Severability. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this Ordinance be pre-empted by state