Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN service activities, including portions of property owned by the Port of Everett, and other waterfront properties with access to water -borne methods of transportation. 20. Light Industr. (5.3 on the Land Use Map.) This designation is applied to areas presently suited for light industrial activity near the Central Business District, Paine Field, and in southwest Everett. 21. Office and Industrial Park. (5.4 on the Land Use Map.) This designation is applied to areas suited for large parcel, campus style office and/or industrial development. 22. Agricultural. (6.1 on the Land Use Map.) This designation has been applied to all land within the Snohomish River floodplain or flood fringe that is presently zoned for agricultural uses, except for the properties west of Lowell-Larimer Road. 23. Aquatic. (7.1 on the Land Use Map.) This designation has been applied to all aquatic areas below the ordinary high water mark for the Snohomish River, Port Gardner Bay, and all lakes within Everett's Urban Growth Boundary, as well as the lands underlying those waters. Exceptions include the aquatic areas within the Urban Deep Water Port and Urban Maritime shoreline environments. E. Residential Densities The land use designations of the Land Use Map include a density range for the residential land use designations expressed in "dwellings per gross acre." The density ranges provided are meant to indicate the number of dwellings that could be developed for an area, given optimum conditions for construction of the improvements necessary to support residential development. The density ranges expressed are not intended to guarantee that a property owner can build at the maximum, or even the minimum density indicated on the map. Numerous factors influence how densely a given property can be developed. However, the density ranges expressed on the Land Use Map provide a guide to the establishment of development regulations that will be used to determine how property is developed, especially the development standards for density or lot size contained in the Zoning Code. In order to realize the higher end of the density range of the Land Use Map, a property owner must choose housing types, development styles, and construction methods that enable one to achieve the higher density. For example, to realize the upper end of the density range for the 1.2 "Single Family Detached, 5 to 10 Dwellings per Gross Acre" designation, one must develop duplexes in the R-2 zone at the highest density possible (a duplex on a lot containing 7,500 square feet exceeds a density of 10 dwellings per acre), or single family detached dwellings with an accessory dwelling unit in the R-1 Zone. Single-family detached dwellings without the accessory dwelling unit will allow a property owner to realize the lower end of the density range, but not the top end. In multiple family land use designations, it may be necessary to place off-street parking below grade to realize the higher end of the density range. LAND USE ELEMENT 60