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• ORDINANCE No. C/fid'`f A Binding Site Plan Ordinance for Business, Commercially and Industrially Zoned Lands. WHEREAS, the City Council finds that RCW 58.17.040(4) authorizes the City of Everett to adopt procedures to develop and divide business, commercial and industrial land; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that there exists a need to adopt land use regulatory requirements for business, commercial, and industrial zoned lands so that they may be divided and developed under one procedure; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: SECTION I: ADMINISTRATION A. Title B. Authority C. Purpose D. Jurisdiction E. Applicability F. Administration G. Definitions A. Title: This ordinance shall be known as "The Binding Site Plan Ordinance of the City". The requirements set forth in this Ordinance are applicable to all divisions of land zoned business, commercial, and industrial within the City. B. Authority: These regulations are authorized by Chapter 58.17 R.C.W. and all other applicable State laws and City ordinances. C. Purpose: It is the intent and purpose of this Ordinance to establish an alternative process to subdividing and short subdividing of land as provided in the City's Subdivision Ordinance. The Binding Site Plan review process is approval of division of land with an overall site plan. The Binding Site Plan will promote the harmonious development of such properties in a manner that will have the most beneficial relationship between the development of the land and such things as the circulation of traffic, the effective use of utilities, adequate landscaping, parking, loading, refuse disposal, outdoor storage, and pedestrian flow. D. Jurisdiction: These regulations shall apply to all property exempt from the City' s Subdivison Code that is being divided through the binding site plan process in business, commercial and industrial zones within the incorporated area of the City. -1- 1121G