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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />LAND USE ELEMENT <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />CHAPTER2 LAND USE ELEMENT................................................................................................................1 <br />I. <br />INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................1 <br />A. <br />PURPOSE OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT........................................................................................................... 1 <br />B. <br />TOPICS REQUIRED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE LAND USE ELEMENT............................................................... <br />1 <br />II. <br />BACKGROUND INFORMATION...........................................................................................................2 <br />A. <br />EXISTING CONDITIONS...................................................................................................................................2 <br />1. <br />Land Use Inventory: ...................................................................................................................................... 2 <br />Table 1: Land Use Inventory — Land and Water.......................................................................................... <br />2 <br />Table 2: Land Use Inventory — By Zoning / Comprehensive Plan Designation ........................................... <br />3 <br />2. <br />Description of Existing Conditions of Various Land Use Categories...........................................................3 <br />Table 3: Planning Area Population and Housing Composition (2012)........................................................ <br />5 <br />B. <br />HOLDING CAPACITY/BUILDABLE LANDS ANALYSIS......................................................................................7 <br />1. <br />Population and Employment Capacities for 2015 Comprehensive Plan Update...........................................8 <br />Table 4: Alternative 3 Housing Unit and Population Capacity ................................................................... <br />9 <br />Table 5: Alternative 2 Housing Unit and Population Capacity .................................................................10 <br />Table 6. Alternative 1 Housing Unit and Population Capacity .................................................................11 <br />Table7: Employment Capacity ..................................................................................................................12 <br />2. <br />Consistency with Snohomish County Tomorrow Population and Employment Allocations ......................12 <br />Table 8: Adopted Population and Employment Targets for 2035.............................................................12 <br />III. <br />EVERETT'S LAND USE CONCEPT.....................................................................................................12 <br />A. <br />REGIONAL HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT SYSTEM EXTENSION TO EVERETT...................................................... <br />13 <br />B. <br />WHY EVERETT IS MAKING FEW LAND USE CHANGES IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS ................................ <br />14 <br />C. <br />WHY EVERETT PROTECTS INDUSTRIAL LAND.............................................................................................14 <br />D. <br />COMMERCIAL AREAS...................................................................................................................................15 <br />E. <br />WHY EVERETT ENCOURAGES COMPACT HIGHER DENSITY REDEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED AREAS ........... <br />15 <br />F. <br />MIXED USE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS................................................................................................. <br />16 <br />G. <br />TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.......................................................................................................................... <br />17 <br />H. <br />PUBLIC SAFETY............................................................................................................................................ <br />17 <br />Figure 1. Conceptual Light Rail Transit Alignment(s)...............................................................................19 <br />IV. <br />LAND USE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES.........................................................................18 <br />A. <br />OVERALL LAND USE GOAL.......................................................................................................................... <br />18 <br />B. <br />OBJECTIVES: ................................................................................................................................................ <br />18 <br />C. <br />LAND USE POLICIES.....................................................................................................................................20 <br />2.1 <br />Residential Land Use Policies..................................................................................................................21 <br />2.2 <br />Commercial Land Use Policies................................................................................................................22 <br />2.3 <br />Industrial Land Use Policies.....................................................................................................................24 <br />2.4 <br />Metropolitan Center Land Use Policies...................................................................................................26 <br />Figure 2: Metropolitan Center................................................................................................................... <br />28 <br />2.5 <br />Hospital and Clinic Land Use Policies.....................................................................................................29 <br />2.6 <br />Open Space Land Use Policies.................................................................................................................30 <br />Figure3: Open Space................................................................................................................................. <br />32 <br />2.7 <br />Public Facilities Land Use Policies..........................................................................................................33 <br />2.8 <br />Public Utilities Land Use Policies............................................................................................................34 <br />2.9 <br />Agriculture, Timber and Mineral Resources Land Use Policies.............................................................. <br />34 <br />2.10 <br />"Other Land Uses" or "Hard to Site Facilities" Land Use Policies......................................................36 <br />2.11 <br />Specific Geographic Areas Land Use Policies....................................................................................37 <br />Figure 4: Southwest Everett/Paine Field Manufacturing/Industrial Center .............................................. <br />39 <br />Figure5: Airport Influence Area............................................................................................................... <br />44 <br />LAND USE ELEMENT <br />