Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN subsequently revised to reflect the zone as a part of a subsequent annual Comprehensive Plan Update, as a docket item, if needed. B. Legal Effect Under the State Growth Management Act, all zoning actions and development regulations must be consistent with the community's adopted comprehensive plan. This requirement gives greater legal weight to the map and text of the comprehensive plan. Therefore, it is imperative that the Land Use Map be sufficiently detailed to enable the public to understand what the designations on the Land Use Map imply for the future zoning and, what land uses will be allowed in various locations. C. Guide to Decision Making The Land Use Map will serve as a guide for elected officials as they make decisions about the need for, and the locations of, public services, utility systems, transportation routes, and other capital facilities. The Map will also be consulted by private citizens, developers, and others interested in the city's future as they make decisions about where to live, work, invest, and conduct business. The Land Use Map and its accompanying policies also play a key role in land development and zoning decisions made by elected and appointed officials. Since all zoning decisions must by law be consistent with the comprehensive plan, land development proposals inconsistent with the Land Use Map and policies will not be approved. When property has a Comprehensive Plan Map designation of 2.1 Schools/Churches, 2.2 College/University, 2.3 Cemetery, 2.4 Hospital and 2.8 Public/Quasi Public Facilities and there is a request to rezone a property, the process to be used shall be a Planning Commission / City Council review as a part of the annual Comprehensive Plan Update (Review Process VA). In situations where a proposed use is allowed under the existing zoning, it shall be processed under the established permit process, and the Comprehensive Plan map designation should be subsequently revised to reflect the zone as a part of a subsequent annual Comprehensive Plan Update, as a docket item, if needed. D. Land Use Designations - Locational Criteria The land use categories described herein have been designated on the Land Use Map. The following criteria have been used in applying the various land use designations on the Land Use Map. These criteria shall be used in evaluating future changes to land use designations, in concert with the criteria contained in Section R.3 for Amending the Land Use Map, and the land use policies contained in Section O. 1. Single Family Detached Residential. ("Ll," "1.2," and "1.3" on the Land Use Map.) This designation is applied to areas presently developed with predominantly single-family detached dwellings that the City intends to preserve LAND USE ELEMENT 57