Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN for commercial agricultural purposes and other compatible land uses, including habitat restoration, as specified in the Everett zoning code and shoreline master program. Fish and wildlife habitat restoration and enhancement is encouraged consistent with the Marshland Subarea Plan. The Snohomish County Council added a city -owned parcel on Lowell Snohomish River Road to the City's Urban Growth Area in 2004. The 2005 Comprehensive Plan update designated this property "agricultural" as it had been designated by the previous County comprehensive plan, and incorporated the County Shoreline Master Program designation "rural" for the area. This area will be included in a future update to the City's Shoreline Master Program. In 2012, the City Council approved an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to expand the City's urban growth area to include a city -owned parcel adjacent to the Water Pollution Control Facility and to designate the area 2.8 (Public / Quasi Public Facilities. This area is part of a larger wetland mitigation / restoration area extending west and south of the subject property. In 2015, the Snohomish County Council approved the expansion of the City's urban growth area. The City is now initiating annexation of the area and is proposing to zone the area Agriculture consistent with the City's other Water Pollution Control Facility properties and to incorporate the County Shoreline Master Program designations "Resource" and "Aquatic" for the area until such time as the City's Shoreline Master Program is updated. None of Everett's agricultural lands are designated agricultural resource lands under WAC 365- 190 and cannot be until the city has a program for transfer or purchase of development rights. In addition to lands designated Agriculture on the Comprehensive Plan map, a wide variety of areas in the city are used for the production and sale of food and other agricultural products. Policy 2.9.2 Encourage and promote access to healthy food resources and other agricultural products, such as flowers, for all residents through opportunities for urban agricultural activities, such as farmers markets, farm stands, community supported agriculture drop-off sites, community gardens, pea patches, school gardens, home gardens and urban farms. Policy 2.9.3 Establish development regulations that encourage urban agricultural uses in large portions of the city, and provide for off-site sale and delivery of healthy foods on public and private property, where appropriate. Policy 2.9.4 Mineral Resources: The mineral extraction areas in Everett will probably be reaching the end of viable mining within the next ten years. Large portions of the area have been transitioning to other uses over the last few years. When mining activity has concluded, mineral extraction sites shall be reclaimed for other urban land uses as planned and permitted by the Land Use Element. Policy 2.9.5 Timber/Watershed/ Resource Management Lands: There are no timberlands of long term significance located within the contiguous Everett Planning Area. Timber lands within the City owned Chaplain property shall continue to be permitted to be harvested in accordance with applicable forest practices regulations and wildlife habitat management plans, where appropriate. The urban growth policies, which pertain to the lands within the Everett Planning LAND USE ELEMENT 35