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Environmental Impacts and Mitigation <br /> An addendum to previous environmental impact statements was prepared to discover expected impacts resulting from this <br /> scenario and any mitigation that might be necessary. The Station Area Plan was also addressed in the Supplement EIS for the <br /> 2005 Comprehensive Plan update. <br /> Summary of Conclusions: <br /> The uses proposed for the station area are the same general types as, and compatible with land uses currently within the station <br /> area. Impacts, if any, would depend more on building location, site planning and design, than on inherent incompatibility of <br /> uses. Proposed implementing regulations would ensure that site planning, building location, lighting and other design features <br /> are sensitive to adjacent uses. Housing is to be designed to fit into this industrial/office area. <br /> The station area plan would also be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan's "growth center" designation <br /> Some currently permitted uses would be prohibited, however, because they are not compatible with development objectives of <br /> the Station Area. Prohibited uses include those involving outdoor storage, drive through businesses, and adult entertainment <br /> uses. Currently,the station area does contain a number of land uses involving outdoor storage and these would become <br /> nonconforming. These uses are encouraged to remain in the area, though the zoning code requirements for nonconforming uses <br /> include standards/process requirements related to their ability to expand or rebuild in the event of damage. <br /> The recommended plan for the Everett Station Area would not in itself generate direct impacts to land uses. But it would lead <br /> to changes to land use designations, zoning and capital improvement programs applicable to the sub-area, resulting in changes <br /> to land use over a 10-20 year period. <br /> Some existing uses would be displaced by redevelopment projects. Some might locate in new facilities within the station area. <br /> More intensive industrial and commercial uses requiring large sites, however, would likely be displaced to other locations <br /> within or outside the city. The area would take on more of a low/medium density urban office character(including surface <br /> parking lots). Existing industrial and heavy commercial uses would remain in the near future but likely diminish over a longer <br /> period of time. <br /> 12 <br />