Ordinance 2978-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN II. Background Information A. Existing Conditions This section summarizes the "existing conditions" for demographics, employment, land use, and the holding capacity of the Everett Planning Area for both population and employment. 1. Land Use Inventory: One of the first parts of any comprehensive land use planning effort involves an inventory of existing land uses, zoning and vacant lands. The following chart summarizes the gross land area, gross acres of critical areas, and net acres of land by zoning: Table 1: Land Use Inventory Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6 Total Gross Acres of Land 7,368 5,547 3,761 282 4,164 4,837 25,959 Gross Acres of Critical Areas (Excluding Floodplains) 56 535 760 34 472 640 2,497 Net Acres Zoned for: •Single Family Residential 801 2,720 818 0 983 3,380 8,702 •Multi-Family Residential 294 227 260 65 1,488 275 2,609 •Commercial 291 300 8 159 611 279 1,648 •Industrial 1,923 188 2,414 0 873 0 5,398 •Agriculture(Includes Water Pollution Control Facility in Area 1) 490 790 0 0 0 57 1,337 •Parks 255 205 1 0 209 27 697 Source: 2001 Snohomish County Assessor's digital parcel data,zoning and subarea GIS layers,and aerial images. This does not account for rezones that occurred after 2001. 2. Description of Existing Conditions of Various Land Use Categories The following section is organized as a description of the existing land use inventory and a discussion of several issues related to each type of land use category faced by Everett in evaluating its land use element. The Growth Management Act requires that the land use element address the general distribution and extent of the following land uses: a. Agriculture: Presently there are 1,337 acres of land zoned for agriculture in Everett. The City of Everett-owned water pollution control facility and surround land comprises 490 of those acres. The Everett Planning Area includes an additional 17.6 acres of agricultural land that is proposed to be annexed to Everett. While some areas in Everett zoned for agriculture are not suited for such uses, all of the prime agricultural land in Everett is located within the flood way or flood fringe of the Snohomish River. These lands are not urban in character and are well suited to farming, and will not be designated for urban land uses. However, the City may wish to consider lands in these agricultural areas for future compatible land uses, such as recreation, conservation of wetlands and wildlife habitat, and tidal restoration. The Shoreline Master Program requires that a subarea plan be prepared for the Marshland agricultural area located LAND USE ELEMENT 5