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Proposed Land Use Improvement Actions L-1 Rezone all of Downtown Core to Downtown Business (B-3). 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 in the B-3 zone. Such uses in existence within the downtown core would 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 housing and supporting pedestrian -oriented uses - 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 split zoning designations on individual AC -2 ownerships and square off the zoning boundary for each block. Also, a half -block area of R-4 zoned land would be changed to B-3. This change allows for the same types of residential uses, but now allows for a broad range of commercial uses. Also see changes to height and density under Action L-2 below. It is also recommended that the boundary of the B-3 zone be extended to include some properties on the east side of Broadway to provide consistent zoning on both sides of the street. (See Figure 36.) f..CK(I Na "9wn rill rropoaoa toning CW906 PLAN ELEMENTS Y:ac"A Existing' B -3 - to ' Zone - - a R-4 to B-3 C-1 to B-3 C-1 to e i 5 B-3 Figure 36. Proposed downtown zoning. EVERETT DOWNTOWN PLAN - DRAFT 6/29/2006 51