Ordinance 2859-05 - Laserfiche WebLink

3. The proposed change in policy promotes a more desirable growth pattern for the community as a whole. The Restoration Element provides information to property owners and developers that is useful in evaluating options for property development and restoration. The amendments regarding the Marshland properties allow on-going activities to continue, while providing for more detailed restoration/land use planning. 4. The proposed policy changes are consistent with other existing plan policies. The SEWIP and SEWIP SO were incorporated by reference into the SMP and Comprehensive Plan. The proposed Shoreline Restoration Element is based upon that information, as well as information provided in the Snohomish River Basin Salmon Recovery Plan. The amendments to the Marshland designation are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan map designations and policies. Updating the SMP to incorporate the Comprehensive Plan goals and policies for critical areas will provide additional consistency between the documents. WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed amendments to the SMP that will be incorporated into the Zoning Code, including the development regulations for buffers, compensatory mitigation, and the Conservancy Agriculture shoreline environment designation, are consistent with the criteria for amending the Zoning Code text as follows: 1. The proposed amendments are consistent with the applicable provisions of the Everett Comprehensive Plan. 2. The proposed amendments bear a substantial relation to public health, safety or welfare; and 3. The proposed amendments promote the best long term interests of the Everett community. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1: Incorporation by Reference of Critical Area Goals and Policies Section 3.9 of Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2600-02, which was incorporated into the Shoreline Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, and which reads in part as follows Incorporation by Reference Consistent with WAC 173-26-190, and in response to the listing of salmon under the federal Endangered Species Act, the City hereby incorporates the following plans, goals, policies and studies into this Shoreline Master Program only insofar as they apply to areas within shoreline jurisdiction. These documents comprise the substance and procedures for regulating development in critical and sensitive areas within the City of Everett including development within the shoreline jurisdiction. While these documents have broader applications within the City of Everett, they are applied here as an essential element of the regulatory structure to address development proposals within shoreline jurisdiction. These regulations apply to all activities and uses in all environmental designations of the Shoreline Master Plan. 4