Ordinance 2162-96 - Laserfiche WebLink

pattern described in the text of the Land Use Element for the 19th Avenue SE "medium intensity mixed use corridor." 11. Circumstances which have changed since August, 1994 which support a change to the land use designation include the completion of the Everett Clinic office and the Providence medical center further to the south on 19th Avenue SE, and the recent City Council decision to construct 19th Avenue SE as a 5 lane improvement, and the use of the subject property for office purposes would provide a buffer between the increased highway traffic and abutting apartments. 12. The B-2(B) zone allows both office and multiple family uses, and would not preclude the development of housing on the subject property should the property change hands or the current owner decide not to build an office building. 13. The uses allowed by the implementing B-2(B) zone are consistent with the existing uses in the vicinity of the subject property. WHEREAS, with regard to the Seaway Center, Lot 3 property, the City Council finds: 14. Circumstances related to the subject property and the area in which it is located have not changed sufficiently since the adoption of the Land Use Map in August, 1994 to justify a change to the land use designation. 15. The assumptions upon which the "Office and Industrial Park" land use designation of the subject property are based include the need and desire to preserve existing industrially zoned land for future job growth. This is a valid planning goal, as the City must maintain industrially zoned property for future economic growth, because there is a limited supply of large industrial parcels served by utilities and transportation access in Snohomish County, the inventory of undeveloped industrial land in King County has decreased which should cause a greater demand for industrial land in Snohomish County, and Everett has the largest supply of accessible and developable industrial land in Snohomish County. 16. Approval of the proposed change of the land use designation sought by the applicant may create pressure to change the land use designation of other properties in the vicinity from "industrial" to "residential," thereby further reducing the ability of the City to provide for the future job and economic growth needs in the community. 17. Unlike other industrial lands in Everett, such as those along the Snohomish River or on Smith Island where there are significant challenges to development (access, floodplain or flood fringe, utilities, wetlands, etc.), the subject site contains approximately 33 acres of land which is readily developable for industrial uses, is near other recent industrial developments, has good transportation access for industrial uses, and is located within an area that has been master planned and developed for industrial use with all of the required utilities and street infrastructure. 18. While the applicant's position is that there is not currently a market for industrial land in the Everett area, and that there is a stronger demand for land for single family plats, the Planning Commission finds that it is premature at this time to begin removing readily developable land with utilities and transportation access from the City's industrial base. WHEREAS, with regard to the residential area located north of Pacific Avenue, west of Nassau Street, and south of Wall Street, the City Council finds: k