Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN of the Snohomish River. These lands are not urban in character and are well suited to farming, and will not be designated for urban land uses. However, the City may wish to consider lands in these agricultural areas for future compatible land uses, such as recreation, conservation of wetlands and wildlife habitat, and tidal restoration. A subarea plan for the Marshland agricultural area located south of Lowell was adopted in 2011. It identifies potential restoration options, and includes the potential for passive recreational use. b. Timber. While there are stands of timber within the Everett Planning Area that have commercial value, the lands upon which they are located are designated for urban activities. Therefore, they do not have long-term commercial significance for timber production. No lands within the Everett Planning Area will be designated for commercial forestry. The City -owned Chaplain Area watershed, which is located outside of the Everett Planning Area and the Urban Growth Area for Snohomish County, includes lands currently managed as commercial forestlands. It is anticipated that timber harvesting will continue to be practiced on these lands, in accordance with applicable forest practices regulations and watershed management plans. c. Housing. Residential uses make up the largest category of land zoned for urban use in the City of Everett (approximately 9,143 acres, or 48.9 percent of the gross zoned land area). Housing is also allowed in most commercial zones, either as a permitted use or part of a mixed use development. The conditional population target established for the comprehensive plan proposes that the City of Everett will grow by 61,900 additional persons between 2011 and 2035. The default population target proposes that the City of Everett will grow by approximately 39,900 additional persons between 201 land 2035 to approximately 143,000. The unincorporated portion of Everett's MUGA is projected to grow by an additional 5,072 over 2011 levels to approximately 47,156. A key consideration in addressing adequacy of housing supply and densities is the impact of additional housing and higher densities upon neighborhood character. Everett residents have expressed a strong desire to protect neighborhoods from wholesale land use changes that negatively affect the livability of the community. The Everett growth concept emphasizes the need to promote higher densities through the application of appropriate design standards that make higher densities more compatible with existing neighborhoods. The GMA requires a separate Housing Element that includes an analysis of housing conditions and projected housing needs. The projected land use needs as a result of future housing demand are addressed by the land use designations of the Land Use Map and land use policies. Potential implementation strategies to meet housing demand are identified in the Housing Element. In addition to increasing housing opportunities the key recommendations of the Housing Element that will affect the Land Use Element include: 1) Encourage a greater variety of housing types. 2) Encourage multiple family developments to be more compatibly integrated with surrounding neighborhoods. LAND USE ELEMENT 4