Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Goal 6.4 Environmental Considerations Promote the provision of capital facilities while ensuring environmentally sensitive, safe and reliable service that is visually compatible with the surrounding land uses and results in reasonable economic costs. Objective 6.4.1 All capital facilities expansion and construction shall consider the environment and ways to minimize impacts to it in siting, construction and use. Policy 6.4.1 When adverse impacts to the environment are considered likely as a result of a capital facilities project, the City shall use a preferred order of mitigation per the City's Critical areas ordinance (i.e., avoid, minimize, rectify, reduce over time and compensate). Policy 6.4.2 In providing capital facilities, the City shall minimize, to the extent possible, incompatible land uses (see also Land Use Element). Implementation 1. When reviewing capital facilities projects in residential neighborhoods, retaining privacy, minimizing traffic and avoidance of adverse environmental impacts shall be primary considerations. 2. Capital facilities constructed in residential neighborhoods shall be designed and constructed in a manner consistent with the character of the area. Where actual design of a structure cannot be modified, appropriate buffer/screening measures shall be required as a condition of development. 3. The City shall minimize encroachment on view and solar access of existing residences by new capital facilities or expansion of existing facilities or improvement. 4. New capital facilities development shall be in compliance with the city's Critical Areas Ordinance and regulations addressing surface and storm water management, as well as all other City codes. 5. Capital facilities shall be designed, constructed and used in a manner that minimizes visual incompatibility with adjacent land uses. Goal 6.5 Climate Change / Sustainablity Support actions to reduce GHG emissions and promote sustainability in the design, construction, and operation of capital facilities. Objective 6.5.1 To continue to reduce GHG emissions from municipal operations and to strengthen the community's resilience and increase its adaptive capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change. Objective 6.5.2 Reduce surface water runoff in both the combined and separated areas of the sewer system by encouraging the use of green infrastructure, such as rain gardens, pervious paving, downspout disconnections and rainwater harvesting in all development. Policy 6.5.1 The City should encourage the reduction of GHG emissions through waste reduction, recycling, and composting both community -wide and in municipal operations. CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT