Ordinance 3186-10 - Laserfiche WebLink

WHEREAS,THE EVERETT CITY COUNCIL FINDS: 1. The sole purpose for the requested comprehensive plan amendment and rezone is to allow Everett Gospel Mission to use a single family residence as an office in support of its Woman's and Children's shelter located in the Lowell neighborhood, which the requested B-2 zone will allow, 2. To allow the proposed office use the City needs amend the Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan from"1.3, Single Family Residential"to "Community Business" and to rezone the single family structure from R-2 (Single Family)to B-2 (Community Business), 3. The public health, safety and welfare would be provided for by the proposal only if the comprehensive plan amendment and rezone were implemented by a Development Agreement between the City and the Gospel Mission, and 4. The proposed rezone promotes the best long term interest of the Everett Community only if the proposal is supported through use of a development agreement that will ensure the conditions specified herein will be met. WHEREAS CITY COUNCIL CONCLUDES: 1. The public health, safety and welfare would be provided for by allowing the Gospel Mission to use the subject single family structure as an office , which would be made possible if the the Comprehensive Plan land use map designation is revised from Single Family (1.3)to Community Business (4.4) and the property is rezoned from R-2 (Single Family) to B-2 (Community Business), and if steps are taken to protect nearby homes from commercial intrusion, 2. The proposed rezone promotes the best long term interest of the Everett Community only if the proposal is supported through use of a development agreement; and 3. The approval as requested does not constitute a grant of special privilege to the proponent, due in part to the unique nature of the requested use. - 2 -