Ordinance 3285-12 - Laserfiche WebLink

WHEREAS,THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS: 1. The purpose for the requested Comprehensive Plan land use map amendment is to ensure consistency between the Comprehensive Plan map and the zoning map, and to ensure the designation and zone for this property match its historic and anticipated use. 2. To achieve the desired consistency between the two noted maps,the City needs to amend the Comprehensive Plan map designation on the west portion of the property from 1.2 (Single Family)to 1.6 (Multiple Family), Exhibit A, and the zoning in the same location needs to be changed from M-2 (Heavy Industrial)to R-3 (Multiple Family), Exhibit B. 3. City representatives meet with the Port Gardner neighborhood on February 13, 2012 to discuss this proposal. 4. Planning Commission held a public meeting to learn of and discuss the proposed change on November 11, 2011 and held a public hearing on this proposal on March 6, 2012. 5. On March 6, 2012, Planning Commission passed Resolution 12-09, recommending adoption of this action by City Council. 6. The public health safety and welfare would be provided for by the proposal under existing development regulations of the City. 7. The proposed amendment to the land use map and rezone promotes the best long term interest of the Everett Community. 8. Any conclusions below that may be construed as a finding is included here as such by this reference. WHEREAS, CITY COUNCIL CONCLUDES: 1. Any finding above that may be construed as a conclusion is included here as such by this reference. 2. The requested action is supported by, or consistent with, the Comprehensive Plan because Chapter V of the Land Use element (C) Guide to Decision Making, "All zoning decisions must by law be consistent with the comprehensive Plan."This action is specifically intended to make the subject area's zone and underlying comprehensive plan both consistent with each other, and the same as the designation and zone on the remaining portion of the property, after the needed changes are made. (findings 1 and 2) 3. Circumstances related to the subject property and the area in which it is located have not changed. Rather this action is undertake to make the comprehensive plan map designation and zoning on the entire property the same, and consistent with one another. (findings 1 and 2) 4. There are no erroneous assumptions or new information regarding this action known at the time this action was taken. (findings 2, 3 and 4) - 2 -