Ordinance 2853-05 - Laserfiche WebLink

Bicycle and pedestrian system improvements should be incorporated throughout the planning area, which greater emphasis on connections mentioned above. Continue and improve the connection to downtown activities, transit connections, and parking via the bus circulator. In key pedestrian activity areas, focus improvements on slowing through traffic using special paving or pavement markings and"bulbs"at selected intersections and mid-block crossings to narrow the pedestrian crossing distances. 4. Encourage transit-supportive development. The area surrounding the Everett Station can evolve or time into a dense compact district that is friendly to pedestrians and bicyclists, is supportive of business. Some specific objectives are: • Make multiple use of existing and new parking resources. • Utilize vacant land for more intensive employee based business. • Encourage in the areas north and west of the Everett Station area that currently allow residential uses to develop high- density residential development to compliment Everett Station and the businesses immediately surrounding the station area. • Encourage uses within the station area, which have high visitor/employee densities. • Discourage new uses within the station area that are auto-oriented uses and uses with low employee densities such as vehicle storage and warehousing. • Encourage a variety of scale in new development, ranging from two to five stories. • Encourage street-level activity and pedestrian orientation especially those areas between the station and downtown Everett. • Minimize conflicts between Everett Event Center/commuter traffic and local traffic and pedestrian activities. • Maximize on street parking opportunities. 6