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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> CHAPTER 2 LAND USE ELEMENT 1 <br /> INTRODUCTION 1 <br /> A. PURPOSE OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT 1 <br /> B. TOPICS REQUIRED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE LAND USE ELEMENT 1 <br /> C. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2 <br /> 1. Transportation 2 <br /> 2. Housing 3 <br /> 3. Capital Facilities(including Parks)and Utilities 3 <br /> 4. Urban Design and Historic Preservation 4 <br /> 5. Economic Development 4 <br /> II. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 5 <br /> A. EXISTING CONDITIONS 5 <br /> 1. Land Use Inventory: 5 <br /> Table 1: Land Use Inventory 5 <br /> 2. Description of Existing Conditions of Various Land Use Categories 5 <br /> Table 2: Planning Area Population and Housing Composition by Subarea 7 <br /> Table 3: Park Land Inventory 8 <br /> B. HOLDING CAPACITY/BUILDABLE LANDS ANALYSIS 10 <br /> 1. Population and Employment Capacities for 2005 Comprehensive Plan Update 10 <br /> Table 4: 2025 Population Capacity and Targets Based on Comprehensive Plan 12 <br /> Adopted by City in August, 2005 12 <br /> Table 5: 2025 Population Capacity and Targets Based on Comprehensive Plan 12 <br /> Adopted by Snohomish County in December, 2005 12 <br /> Table 6: 2025 Employment Capacity and Targets Based on Comprehensive Plan 12 <br /> Adopted by City in 2005 12 <br /> Table 7: 2025 Employment Capacity and Targets Based on Comprehensive Plan 13 <br /> Adopted by Snohomish County in December, 2005 13 <br /> 2. Consistency with Snohomish County Tomorrow Population and Employment Allocations 13 <br /> Table 8: 2007 Adopted Population and Employment Targets for 2025 14 <br /> III. EVERETT'S LAND USE CONCEPT 14 <br /> A. WHY EVERETT IS MAKING FEW LAND USE CHANGES 14 <br /> B. WHY EVERETT ENCOURAGES CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH 15 <br /> C. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS 16 <br /> D. WHY EVERETT ENCOURAGES CONCENTRATED DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED AREAS 16 <br /> E. ACTIVITY CENTERS AND MIXED USE CORRIDORS 17 <br /> 1. Downtown Core Activity Center: 17 <br /> 2. Other Activity Centers 18 <br /> 3. Challenges of Mixed Use Activity Center Development 18 <br /> 4. Mixed Use Corridors 19 <br /> F. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 20 <br /> IV. LAND USE GOALS,OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES 21 <br /> A. OVERALL LAND USE GOAL 21 <br /> B. OBJECTIVES: 21 <br /> C. LAND USE POLICIES 22 <br /> 2.1 Residential Land Use Policies 22 <br /> 2.2 Commercial Land Use Policies 24 <br /> 2.3 Industrial Land Use Policies 26 <br /> 2.4 Central Business District Land Use Policies 28 <br /> 2.5 Hospital and Clinic Land Use Policies 29 <br /> 2.6 Open Space Land Use Policies 30 <br /> LAND USE ELEMENT <br />