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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Policy 8.1.3 Manage all trees in public rights-of-way, parks and other public properties, and <br />preserve or expand the size of the city's tree canopy, replacing trees which have to be removed <br />with one or more trees. <br />Policy 8.1.4 Remove non-native invasive plant species from critical areas and open spaces on <br />City owned and maintained property, and encourage removal of non-native invasive plant <br />species from critical areas and open spaces on private property to protect native species. <br />Policy 8.1.5 Encourage the mixing of commercial uses with higher density housing as <br />redevelopment occurs. <br />Policy 8.1.6 Enhance the quality of development throughout the city over time through the use <br />of design guidelines/standards and design review. Implement the design guidelines/standards and <br />design review to ensure the quality of development throughout the city is enhanced over time. <br />Policy 8.1.7 Encourage the incorporation in early building design of secure and convenient <br />bicycle parking for guests and tenants with associated amenities such as repair and servicing <br />facilities, bike wash areas in residential buildings, and showers/changing areas for employees <br />who bike. Visitor parking should be readily visible to passers-by. <br />Policy 8.1.8 Require transit -oriented development in the Metropolitan Center near bus rapid <br />transit stations and near future light rail stations. <br />Policy 8.1.9 Collaborate with Snohomish County on design measures to improve the quality of <br />development in the city's Urban Growth Area. <br />Policy 8.1.10 Establish a sign amortization program to reduce the clutter of large signs and <br />billboards along major streets. <br />Implementation Concepts for Mixed -Use Development <br />slow <br />Hou6iN6 li <br />Nout) IN4 <br />♦ �I <br />orrice � <br />fCCrA IL <br />Mixed-use development should take <br />the form of 3 to 6 story structures, <br />depending upon the location, <br />combining retail, commercial and <br />multi -family housing. <br />Mixed-use developments should <br />incorporate structured parking with <br />access from the side or rear of the <br />building. <br />URBAN DESIGN AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ELEMENT 3 <br />