Ordinance 2978-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • Building intensities - intensity of development desired for different areas, expressed in various manners, such as building bulk, building height, lot coverage, floor area ratios, open space ratios, etc. • Flooding, stormwater runoff, surface drainage and water quality- a description of the effects of the land use plan on flooding, surface drainage and water quality, and actions required to prevent or alleviate problems, including discharges that pollute waters of the state, including Puget Sound and waters entering Puget Sound, • General aviation airports—protect the airport from the development of incompatible uses in its vicinity. • Military installations—protect Naval Station Everett from the development of incompatible uses in its vicinity. Sections that discuss "Existing Conditions" address this list of issues and topics and a subsequent section that includes recommended policies. C. Relationship to Other Elements of the Comprehensive Plan The Land Use Element, more that any other element, is intricately related to all other elements of the comprehensive plan. The Growth Management Act requires that all elements of the comprehensive plan be internally consistent. The following paragraphs describe the need for the Land Use Element to be consistent with the other plan elements. 1. Transportation The GMA requires that transportation facilities be provided to serve the various land uses designated by the Land Use Element. Travel forecasts for at least ten years shall be based upon the assumptions of the Land Use Element to reflect the location, timing and capacity needs of planned growth. It also requires that level-of-service standards be established for arterials and transit routes, and that funding be provided to meet the prescribed levels of service. If funding falls short of providing the levels of service required to serve the planned land uses, more funding will have to be provided or the land use assumptions must be reevaluated to assure that adequate levels of service are maintained. Jurisdictions must adopt and enforce ordinances that prohibit approval of a proposed development if the development will cause the level-of-service on a transportation facility to drop below adopted standards. Therefore, the land use plan must be reconciled with the ability of the City to finance transportation facility improvements. The location of transportation facilities has always influenced land use patterns. Everett was founded because the combination of its harbor and the anticipated terminus of the transcontinental railroad would have made it a hub for industrial activity. The decision to build a transportation facility in a given location can stimulate increased land use activity, as is common around ports and airports, along highway corridors, at the intersection of arterial streets, and near public transit stations. Successful implementation of the Land Use Element depends upon the manner in which the Transportation Element provides transportation facilities. The manner in which various modes of transporting people and goods occur can either reinforce or undermine the desired types of land uses and urban form called for by the Land Use Element. The goals and visions expressed in the four "guiding forces," for the Everett Comprehensive Plan, particularly the Everett Visioning Reports, Everett Vision 2000 and VISION 2025, call for a highly improved public transportation system that supports the downtown, serves existing LAND USE ELEMENT 2