Ordinance 2978-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 5. Each jurisdiction's comprehensive plan housing element will specify which strategies are available to attain the jurisdiction's fair share housing objectives. The jurisdictions will consider as appropriate the strategies for achieving affordable housing as described in OD-13. 6. Production of an adequate supply of low and moderate income housing will be encouraged by exploring the establishment of inter jurisdictional private/public financing programs which involve local lenders and foster cooperative efforts with non-profit housing developers. 7. Ensure the availability of adequate affordable housing in designated urban growth areas by implementing land use and density incentives as provided in RCW 36.70A.090 and in rural areas by means of cluster housing that minimizes infrastructure costs. 8. Implement policies and programs that encourage the upgrading of neighborhoods and the rehabilitation and preservation of the supply of existing affordable housing, including but not limited to mobile home park housing, single room occupancy(SRO) housing, and manufactured housing. 9. Implement a coordinated monitoring program to evaluate progress towards achieving housing goals and objectives on a countywide and jurisdictional level. Such a monitoring program shall entail the preparation of a housing monitoring report every five years or more frequently if housing conditions warrant and data availability warrant. The housing report will include an assessment of the adequacy of the jurisdictions' supply of undeveloped, partially used and redevelopable residential land and applications/permits for residential development, the jurisdictions' supply of land for non-residential land uses, the location of urban growth boundaries, and an assessment of the jurisdictions' strategies for achieving their housing objectives. The preparation of the housing report may be combined with the review and evaluation program required by UG-14. 10. Ensure consistent application of Countywide housing planning policies by adopting definitions of affordable housing, extremely low-income housing, very low-income housing, low and moderate-income housing, and middle income housing as established in the Snohomish County Tomorrow growth monitoring system. These definitions may be periodically revised based on consideration of local demographic data and the definitions used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The generally accepted definition of housing affordability is for a household to pay not more than 30 percent of its annual income on housing(HUD). The following definition of special needs housing shall be adopted: Affordable housing for persons that require special assistance or supportive care to subsist or achieve independent living, including but not limited to persons that are frail, elderly, developmentally disabled, chronically mentally ill, physically handicapped, homeless, persons participating in substance abuse programs, persons with AIDS, and youth at risk. 11. Adopt a local planning process that reconciles the need to encourage and respect the vitality of established residential neighborhoods with the need to identify and site essential public residential facilities for special needs populations, including those mandated under RCW 36.70A.200. HOUSING ELEMENT 4