Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN of users. Certain types of infrastructure, especially high capacity transit facilities, are financially feasible only in areas of dense redevelopment 3. Compact higher density redevelopment promotes a diversity of building forms, as opposed to a uniform overall intensity. By concentrating new growth into specific locations, the growth is directed away from adjacent lower density neighborhoods so highly valued by residents of the community. 4. Encouraging compact higher density redevelopment within the City allows protection of critical areas as well as rural and resource lands outside of urban areas, without decreasing the overall quantity of development permitted. 5. By establishing compact higher density redevelopment in designated areas, the city will have other lower density areas, thereby promoting a range of densities, and a variety of land uses, housing types and development forms, unique districts and neighborhoods that combine to create a diverse and interesting city with living opportunities appealing to a wide cross section of people. F. Mixed Use Transportation Corridors Transportation corridors offer opportunities to reinforce a concentrated and efficient future development pattern. Within the Everett Planning Area, many of these corridors are comprised of a mix of land uses, which include commercial, office, services, institutional, and residential development. Transportation corridors are intended to provide medium to high intensity areas of mixed-use infill and redevelopment. The levels of intensity projected for the transportation corridors are classified as either high intensity or medium intensity. Within the high intensity transportation corridors, land use intensities significantly higher than those of adjacent neighborhoods are permitted. High intensities in these areas, which are already characterized by high volumes of traffic and commercial activity, are preferred to the conversion of residential areas for commercial uses. The high levels of transportation service support the permitted development intensity within these corridors. These levels of land use intensity are intended to further support public transit service. The following arterials are designated as "high intensity" transportation corridors: • Broadway, north of 41 st Street • Evergreen Way, south from 41 st Street to Gibson Road • Everett Mall Way, from southbound I-5 off -ramp to Evergreen Way • The west side of 19th Avenue SE, north of 112th Street • 128th Street / Airport Road between Interstate 5 and Evergreen Way The medium intensity transportation corridors are intended to provide for a mix of uses compatible with the adjacent neighborhoods. These areas are intended to preserve opportunities for development in the corridor, but are not intended to significantly change the established character of the area. These areas are expected to accommodate townhouses, and low to medium multiple family densities in preference to commercial uses, except within transit -oriented mixed- use buildings. By doing so, a significant portion of the future housing needs of the city could be LAND USE ELEMENT 16