Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN strategy requires the City to determine how existing commercial areas may be redeveloped efficiently and how they may be made to integrate housing along with commercial services. e. Industry. The City of Everett has 4,148 gross acres of industrially zoned land. (22.2% of the total gross land area). Light industrial uses are also allowed in several commercial zones. The 2012 Snohomish County Buildable Lands Report documented approximately 1,227 developable acres in the City (sites with pending development, vacant sites, and surplus acres on partially used sites), and approximately 230 redevelopable acres. Most of the vacant and developable industrial land is located in the southwest Everett/Paine Field area. Still other large industrially designated areas are located along the Snohomish River, in the delta flood plain, or on the Everett harbor front, where there are more shoreline, environmental, and access or infrastructure constraints. Some of the waterfront industrial areas have seen a decline from wood products and related manufacturing activities and are now vacant or used for low intensity uses. E Recreation. Within the City of Everett, there are approximately 1,354 acres of public park/recreation/public open space lands, or 7.2 percent of the gross land area. This includes public school facilities used for recreational purposes, and active and passive City of Everett park lands. This translates to an average of 13.14 acres per 1,000 residents (2010 population). In addition, open space and other recreational facilities are provided in areas such as private developments, City Utilities properties such as Forgotten Creek (3.75 acres), the WSDOT tract in the Lowell riverfront area (13.1 acres) and City of Mukilteo-owned Japanese Gulch properties (121.7 acres). The bulk of the park land inventory is located in north and central Everett. When the "passive" or undeveloped park lands, much of which are critical areas, are subtracted from the inventory, the overall ratio of active park land to population is extremely low in south Everett and with projected population growth, will be inadequate to serve the future population. This suggests that park land acquisition needs are the greatest in the south part of the City. Parklands are also very limited in Everett's unincorporated MUGA. Snohomish County only owns one 3 acre park and a portion of the Interurban Trail in that area. g. Open Spaces. The Growth Management Act does not define the term "open space" but does require the identification of "open space corridors within and between urban growth areas" which shall include lands useful for recreation, wildlife habitat, trails, and connection of critical areas. Open space areas have not been identified as a separate category of the land use inventory. While agricultural lands, parks, critical areas, lakes, the Puget Sound, and presently undeveloped properties can be thought of as open space, some cannot be assumed to be reserved as permanent open space uses. Open space areas serve many valuable purposes, including recreation, aesthetics, land use buffers, and wildlife habitat. They can be either the focal point (like Silver Lake) or the defining edge (like a ravine) of a neighborhood or business district. Private as well as public open spaces are a necessary component of urban life. The Land Use Element does not propose open space standards. h. Public Utilities. Public utilities, as a land use category, are not listed as a separate category in the Land Use Inventory. The Growth Management Act requires a Public Utilities Element that identifies the location and future capacity needs of electrical, telecommunications and natural gas utilities. The location and capacity of public utilities are largely dependent on the land uses, which require the service of the utility companies. Generally, they respond to the growth that is allowed or promoted by comprehensive plans. While most public utility facilities LAND USE ELEMENT