2018/02/14 Council Agenda Packet

5 ORDINANCE NO. An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Code(EMC Title 19,as amended)Definition of "Clinic," and Repealing Sections 2, 4 and 5 of Ordinance No.2708-03. WHEREAS, the City Council finds the following: 1. The Everett Zoning Code currently allows only one opiate substitution treatment facility in the city; 2. Therapeutic Health Services,which operates the existing facility located in south Everett has requested that the City amend the Zoning Code to allow them to operate another facility in the city,which includes among other services, dispensing of methadone for opiate substitution treatment; 3. There is a significant need in Everett and Snohomish County for additional treatment capacity for persons suffering from addiction to opiates; 4. The Planning Commission conducted a public workshop on May 2,2017,to take public testimony concerning a proposed amendment to the Zoning Code to allow a second opiate substitution treatment facility in the city; 5. The Planning Commission conducted public hearings on June 20,2017,November 7, 2017, and on December 5,2017,to take additional public testimony and consider making a recommendation to the City Council; 6. The documented need for additional treatment for opiate addiction in Snohomish County, according to the Snohomish County Human Services Department,is most prominent in north Everett, Marysville, and Tulalip; 7. The existing opiate substitution treatment facility located in south Everett has operated successfully within a commercial corridor outside of downtown for approximately fifteen years,with minimal impact on the community; 8. The downtown Everett business community has expressed concerns about having an opiate substitution treatment facility in the downtown area,in part due to the already high concentration of social service use in downtown and potential for additional impacts to business from additional services locating downtown; 1 16