Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Goal 8.8 Improve and enhance the community image and property values by developing attractive streetscapes on heavily traveled and highly visible streets and highways within Everett's Planning Area. Objective 8.8.1 Develop programs and standards that will serve as a guide for upgrading and improving Everett's visual image, public and private properties located on all arterial streets, and the aesthetic qualities of designated gateway corridors. The City shall: Policy 8.8.1 Designate the following arterials and highways as "gateway corridors" for which particular attention will be given to design and maintenance of public improvements and the application of standards to development of abutting properties: Broadway north of 41St Street, North Broadway, West Marine View Drive, Pacific Avenue, Hewitt Avenue, Everett Avenue, Rucker Avenue between 19th Street and 43`d Street, Colby Avenue, Mukilteo Boulevard, 41" Street, Evergreen Way, Everett Mall Way, 19th Avenue SE, 128th — 132nd Street corridor, SR 526, and Interstate 5. Policy 8.8.2 Give priority to the design and development of visual and transportation improvements for the following gateway corridors serving downtown to encourage and stimulate the redevelopment of downtown consistent with the Land Use, Housing and Economic Development policies of the comprehensive plan: Broadway north of 41 st Street, North Broadway, Hewitt Avenue, Everett Avenue, Pacific Avenue, Colby Avenue, Rucker Avenue between 19th and 43`d Streets, and West Marine View Drive. Policy 8.8.3 Include aesthetic as well as functional considerations in the design and implementation of public improvement projects in any of the designated gateway corridors identified in this section to support and enhance the visual quality, livability and character of the city. Such aesthetic considerations shall include, but not be limited to, appropriate street trees and plantings, utility structures such as street lighting and traffic control devices, public right-of- way signs, retaining walls and pedestrian safety rails, bicycle lanes, transit benches and shelters, signage and other right-of-way improvements as appropriate. Policy 8.8.4 Develop street tree planting and maintenance plans for public rights-of-way for designated gateway corridors and plant trees as is financially possible. First priority should be given to downtown and to those portions of gateways that create a positive first impression for people entering the city (for example, along those gateways immediately adjacent to and leading into the city from freeway off -ramps). Policy 8.8.5 Encourage the Washington State Department of Transportation to preserve the large, native trees growing within and adjacent to the Interstate 5 right-of-way, and to supplement existing vegetation with additional tree plantings along freeways and state highways, and at highway interchanges, and to replace trees, if feasible, when removal is necessary. URBAN DESIGN AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ELEMENT 25