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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Policy 4.3.5 Collaborate with Snohomish County to report housing characteristics and needs <br />pursuant to CPP HO -5. <br />Policy 4.3.6 The City should establish a priority permit procedure for affordable housing <br />developments. <br />Policy 4.3.7 Consider a variety of infrastructure funding alternatives in order to identify <br />measures that minimize the costs of housing production and increase housing opportunities for <br />low to moderate income households. <br />Policy 4.3.8 Evaluate existing development, infrastructure, and building code requirements to <br />determine if revisions can be made to lessen the cost of producing housing without <br />compromising public safety or community character. <br />Policy 4.3.9 Evaluate the housing cost and supply implications of proposed regulations and <br />procedures. <br />Policy 4.3.10 Provide incentives to encourage affordable housing within walkable distances to <br />public transit. <br />Policy 4.3.11 Consider permitting "affordable housing demonstration projects" in which <br />development standards may be negotiated to provide a more affordable housing product, without <br />sacrificing the public protections provided by the standards being negotiated. <br />Policy 4.3.12 Work with financial institutions and the Washington State Housing Finance <br />Commission and others to overcome barriers that inhibit the development of affordable housing. <br />Policy 4.3.13 Develop and implement lower off-street parking requirements in locations <br />where car ownership rates are low for resident populations, such as multifamily units, student <br />housing, and mixed use developments near transit serviced areas, to help reduce housing costs <br />and increase affordability. <br />D. Jobs/Housing Balance <br />Objective 4.4 Promote a housing policy and land use pattern that increases the ratio of housing <br />units (for a variety of income levels) to jobs within the Everett Planning Area. <br />Policy 4.4.1 Designate on the Land Use Map of the Land Use Element sufficient housing <br />densities to enable people to live near employment centers, such as downtown Everett, Everett <br />Station, transit corridors, southwest Everett - Paine Field, and the south Everett - Everett Mall <br />area. <br />Policy 4.4.2 Promote high density housing in the downtown, areas around the downtown, and <br />in commercially zoned areas, in transit station areas and transit corridors, to enable people to live <br />near employment and commercial services. <br />Policy 4.4.3 Encourage employers located in the City to develop employer assisted housing <br />programs for resident employees. <br />HOUSING ELEMENT 26 <br />