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1 g EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> south of Lowell. The subarea planning process will focus on restoration options, but may <br /> address land use alternatives, including the potential for active recreation use. <br /> b. Timber: While there are stands of timber within the Everett Planning Area that have <br /> commercial value, the lands upon which they are located are designated for urban activities. <br /> Therefore, they do not have long-term commercial significance for timber production. No lands <br /> within the Everett Planning Area will be designated for commercial forestry. The City-owned <br /> Chaplain Area watershed, which is located outside of the Everett Planning-Area and the Urban <br /> Growth Area for Snohomish County, includes lands currently managed as commercial <br /> forestlands. It is anticipated that timber harvesting will continue to be practiced on these lands, <br /> in accordance with applicable forest practices regulations and watershed management plans. <br /> c. Housing: Residential uses make up the largest category of land zoned for urban use in the <br /> Everett Planning Area(approximately 11,311 acres, or 55.5 percent of the net land area). <br /> Housing is also allowed in most commercial zones, either as a permitted use or part of a mixed <br /> use development. The population target established for the comprehensive plan proposes that the <br /> Everett Planning Area will grow by approximately 41,942 additional persons between <br /> 2001 and 2025 to approximately 167,519173,270. <br /> A key consideration in addressing adequacy of housing supply and densities is the impact of <br /> additional housing and higher densities upon neighborhood character. Everett residents have <br /> expressed a strong desire and need to protect neighborhoods from wholesale land use changes <br /> that negatively affect the livability of the community. The Everett Vision 2000, Snohomish <br /> Countywide Planning Policies, and PSRC VISION 2020 Growth and Transportation Strategy <br /> (Multi-County Planning Policies) emphasize the need to promote higher densities through the <br /> application of appropriate design standards that make higher densities more compatible with <br /> existing neighborhoods. <br /> The GMA requires a separate Housing Element that includes an analysis of housing conditions <br /> and projected housing needs in the Housing Element section of the comprehensive plan. Rather <br /> than repeat that information herein, the projected land use needs as.a result of future housing <br /> demand are addressed by the land use designations of the Land Use Map of the Land Use <br /> Element. Potential implementation strategies to meet housing demand are identified in the <br /> Housing Element. <br /> In addition to increasing housing opportunities the key recommendations of the Housing Element <br /> that will affect the Land Use Element include: <br /> 1) Encourage a greater variety of housing types as an alternative to the currently predominant <br /> housing types, which are large-scale apartment complexes and the low density single family <br /> detached housing types. <br /> 2) Encourage a variety of housing types. <br /> 5 3) Encourage multiple family development to be more compatibly integrated with surrounding <br /> neighborhoods. <br /> LAND USE ELEMENT 6 <br />