2006/07/26 Council Agenda Packet

PLAN ELEMENTS, Proposed Land Use Improvement Actions L-1 Rezone all of Downtown Core to Downtown Business (B-3). F.-• t This proposal replaces existing C-1 and C-2 zones in the east and west ends of downtown with the B-3 designation. The C-1 and C-2 zones allow a number of industrial and vehicle related uses that are not allowed a` in the B-3 zone. Such uses in existence within the downtown core would c.rt be allowed to remain, but expansion or new industrial and vehicle-related uses would be prohibited or strictly limited. There are two key factors in making this change. First, with increasing land values downtown, the economic viability of new industrial and vehicle related uses in the area is decreasing, Second, these uses are not compatible with the long term plan for downtown, which envisions housingand Everrll Downtown Plan supporting pedestrian-oriented uses - Proposed Zoning Changes G':&'o6 particularly in the area west of Rucker Avenue. Two R-5 zoned areas south of Pacific Avenue would be rezoned from R-5 to B-3 to eliminate - M-2 to i , n4q, split zoning designations on individual C-2_ �G� ownerships square off the zoning /04 1f�c °' ., E4-411%111.11 p q f . a 3 boundary for each block. M!,xto.:. ` Q .�: ,'•,,,',,,"1,4 . • ',F. Also, a half-block area of R-4 zoned land would Existing' be changed to B-3. This change allows for the ;N "'`B-3" `. same types of residential uses, but now allows M•a to cB icy.,—.' Zone ', 6.3 „, C 1_ta for a broad range of commercial uses. Also - see changes to height and density under B•3 Action L-2 below. It is also recommended that the boundary of R-4 to 8-3 raa . the B-3 zone be extended to include some ` "` properties on the east side of Broadway to l C-1 to `R-6 to provide consistent zoning on both sides of the 8.3 8-3 street. (See Figure 36.) Figure 36. Proposed downtown zoning. EVERETT DOWNTOWN PLAN - DRAFT 6/29/2006 51-