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• <br /> . introduction <br /> Purpose <br /> The Everett City Council wanted a plan for downtown Everett that would: <br /> • Address building heights and view impacts. <br /> • Address permitted uses for downtown. <br /> • Address both on-street and off-street parking. <br /> • Address building design issues. <br /> • Promote downtown redevelopment. <br /> • Give citizens, property owners, business community, and other stakeholders <br /> the opportunity to develop a vision for downtown. <br /> • Allow City to address a variety of downtown issues comprehensively rather <br /> than individually. <br /> • Re-examine past downtown planning efforts to update or revise and <br /> determine if different growth policies are needed. <br /> • Provide city with more current and well-defined policy guidance for decisions <br /> related to downtown development. <br /> • Reinforce the positive public and private investments that have been made in <br /> downtown with a commitment to promote and require high quality <br /> development. <br /> • Establish housing and employment targets for downtown and identify <br /> infrastructure improvements and development standards needed to <br /> accommodate growth. <br /> EVERETT DOWNTOWN PLAN — DRAFT 6/29/2006 7 <br />