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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Policy 10.19 Promote eco -industrial development, in which a waste stream from one firm <br />becomes the raw material for another, thus minimizing the use of raw materials. <br />Policy 10.20 Encourage local recycling businesses in appropriate locations with appropriate <br />standards. <br />Policy 10.21 When buildings must be demolished, encourage the deconstruction of buildings <br />and reuse of salvageable material. <br />4. Economy <br />Policy 10.22 Promote local purchasing for businesses and residents to support local vendors, <br />services, and stores and to reduce GHG emissions from commerce -related transportation and <br />food production and distribution. <br />Policy 10.23 Encourage community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA) and <br />farmer's markets. <br />5. Potential Implementation Measures <br />i. Support or provide incentives for electric vehicle charging stations. <br />ii. Require or provide incentives for installation of charging equipment in new and <br />remodeled developments. <br />iii. Use green stormwater infrastructure and low carbon materials when designing and <br />building infrastructure when feasible. <br />iv. Amend the multiple family property tax exemption standards to require increased energy <br />efficiency beyond standard building code requirements. <br />V. Apply for grants to develop technical assistance to help owners retrofit historic buildings <br />for energy conservation and use of new technologies, such as solar power. <br />vi. Promote tax incentives available for renovation of historic buildings. <br />vii. Examine possibilities with Snohomish County PUD to use solar, wind and other non- <br />GHG producing energy sources on a larger scale. <br />viii. Develop appropriate regulations that support the installation of distributed systems, such <br />as solar power in appropriate scales and locations. <br />ix. Develop regulations that provide solar access or solar easements to ensure that solar <br />systems are not blocked or made less efficient by development on neighboring properties. <br />X. Develop regulations for outdoor lighting that reduces electrical usage by directing the <br />light where needed and matching the lighting intensity to the need, as well as encouraging or <br />CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY ELEMENT <br />