Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The City shall compile and maintain a list of changes to the comprehensive plan or implementing programs or development regulations that have been suggested by the public, other agencies, civic or business organizations, or other interested parties. This list shall be presented to the Planning Commission to decide if such requests should be included in the annual update to the comprehensive plan. This list shall be available for review by the public. Provided, however, notwithstanding any language herein, the City is authorized to initiate and/or make amendments to the comprehensive plan and/or development regulations independent of the annual docketing process herein described. 5. Reapplications for Reclassification of Property Re -applications for the amendment of the land use designation of property under the comprehensive plan are prohibited unless the applicant establishes that there has been a substantial change of circumstances pertaining to a material issue. E. Public Participation in the Plan Amendment Process The City shall use a public participation program that is designed to ensure that the public in general and affected parties in particular are informed of the proposed amendment and have the opportunity to participate in the public review of the plan amendment process. A variety of public participation measures which may be used include, but are not limited to, notification of the Council of Neighborhoods, notification of recognized neighborhood organizations for area specific amendments, mailing of notice to a comprehensive plan notification list, mailing of notice to area property owners for property specific proposals, notification of public agencies, public meetings, public workshops, environmental review, public hearings, newspaper articles and legal publications, posting of parcels of land affected by a proposed amendment, and other measures appropriate to the proposed amendment. The public participation process described herein may be waived or modified by the City if necessary to make an amendment in the event of an emergency. F. Planning Commission Review The Planning Commission shall review and make a recommendation to the City Council on all proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan initiated pursuant to Section X.D above. The Planning Commission review should begin early and include opportunities for the public to understand and comment on each of the proposed amendments. While the Planning Commission should be aware of all pending amendments each year, it need not withhold action on all proposed amendments if the decision on one amendment is not related to or will not affect the decision process for another amendment. The Planning Commission may hold meetings on different dates to discuss individual proposals for amendments that are not directly related to another proposed amendment. G. City Council Action The City Council shall hold a public hearing to review the recommendations of the Planning Commission for comprehensive plan amendments. The City Council may consider various proposed amendments on different dates, but shall not adopt an ordinance amending the comprehensive plan until all proposed amendments have been reviewed and the cumulative impact of all of the proposed amendments is fully understood, except as provided in Section X.C. INTRODUCTION 22