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z <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />RESOLUTION NO. 10-05 <br />A Resolution Recommending that the City Council Amend the Zoning Code to add,a new <br />section to the B-3 Zone (Central Business District) to allow consideration of unlisted uses in <br />basements and other spaces in order to allow greater flexibility for re -use of existing <br />buildings. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Everett Zoning Code contains regulations for the B-3 Zone (Central <br />Business District); and <br />WHEREAS, it is necessary from time to time to update zoning regulations to provide clarification <br />or create additional standards related to specific uses; and <br />WHEREAS, the existing B-3 zone specifies the uses that are permitted in downtown, consistent <br />with the Downtown Plan adopted in 2006; and <br />WHEREAS, when the City adopted the Downtown Plan in 2006, it concurrently adopted new <br />development regulations for the B-3 zone and expanded the limits of the B-3 zone by rezoning <br />several blocks from other commercial zoning classifications to B-3; and <br />WHEREAS, there are many older buildings in downtown that contain spaces in basements or <br />other portions of buildings that do not lend themselves to some of the permitted uses <br />specifically listed in the B-3 zone; and <br />WHEREAS, adding a review process to the B-3 zone to provide for consideration of uses not <br />specifically listed in the zoning code through a site-specific public review process using <br />evaluation criteria to ensure that the proposed use will not have unreasonable impacts on the <br />surrounding properties or the Central Business District as a whole will provide the opportunity <br />for existing underutilized building space to be put into productive use; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the Zoning Code will provide for increased economic <br />activity, investment and improvement to buildings in the downtown; and <br />5 <br />