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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />E. Residential Infill Development <br />Objective 4.5 In order to maximize the public investment that has already been made in public <br />infrastructure, the City shall support the compact land use strategy of the comprehensive plan <br />with housing measures that increase the City's residential capacity and that maintain the quality <br />and character of existing neighborhoods. <br />Policy 4.5.1 Update design standards for higher density housing types to protect and enhance <br />the character of existing neighborhoods. <br />Policy 4.5.2 Provide amenities and incentives to encourage the construction of high density <br />housing in target areas including downtown, the Core Residential Area, the Broadway corridor, <br />Everett Station area, Evergreen Way corridor, and in other transit corridors. <br />Policy 4.5.3 Allow attached and detached accessory dwelling units in single family <br />neighborhoods subject to specific development, design and locational standards. <br />Policy 4.5.4 Encourage infill development on underutilized sites that have adequate urban <br />services and ensure that the infill housing enhances and is compatible with the nearby <br />neighborhood and community. <br />F. Home Ownership <br />Objective 4.6 Promote programs and consider enacting incentives that increase the <br />opportunity for residents to purchase housing in the Everett Planning Area. <br />Policy 4.6.1 Consider changes to development regulations that provide alternatives for home <br />ownership to the increasingly unaffordable single-family detached dwelling. <br />Policy 4.6.2 Consider providing incentives to housing developers that encourage housing types <br />that are attractive and affordable to first time and moderate -income homebuyers. <br />Policy 4.6.3 Promote efforts that help to change the incorrect public perception that tenants of <br />rental housing are less responsible citizens than homeowners. <br />Policy 4.6.4 Consider establishing administrative, regulatory and financial incentives that <br />increase opportunities for home ownership, especially considering that most housing <br />developments in the future in Everett will be multiple family housing. <br />G. Multiple Family Housing - Location and Compatibility <br />Objective 4.7 The City shall encourage new multiple family housing development in locations <br />that have the least impact to existing single-family neighborhoods, designed to be compatible <br />with and complementary to surrounding land uses. <br />HOUSING ELEMENT 27 <br />