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#1111.1 ORDINANCE NO. 3613-18 An Ordinance Adopting the Metro Everett Subarea Plan, Repealing the Everett Downtown Plan and the Everett Station Plan in Accordance with Section 2 and 3 of this Ordinance WHEREAS,the Metro Everett area, consistent with Puget Sound Regional Council's Vision 2040 Regional Growth Strategy, is considered the regionally designated metropolitan center of Snohomish County; and WHEREAS,the City of Everett adopted its first Comprehensive Plan under the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) in 1994 and conducted a comprehensive review and update of the Plan in 2015; and WHEREAS, in the 2015-2035 periodic update of the comprehensive plan,the City committed to completing a subarea plan for the metropolitan center(Land Use Element, Policy 2.4); and WHEREAS,the Growth Management Act, codified as Chapter 36.70A, allows for the initial adoption of subarea plans to be adopted outside of the annual amendment process pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130 (2)(a)(i); and WHEREAS, two existing subarea plans are within the metropolitan center: the Downtown Subarea Plan adopted by Ordinance No. 2921-06 on July 26, 2006, and amended by Ordinance No. 3455-15 on October 21, 2015, and the Everett Station Subarea Plan adopted by Ordinance No. 2853-05 on July 20, 2005, and as amended by Ordinance No. 3456-15 on October 21, 2015; and WHEREAS, the Metro Everett Subarea Plan is an initial adoption of a subarea plan; and WHEREAS, the city initiated the Metro Everett Subarea Plan after the 2015 comprehensive plan periodic update was complete to address, among other matters, improving land use and development standards, accommodating economic and population growth, and implementing the policies of the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS,the Snohomish County Tomorrow 2016 Growth Monitoring Report showed that the housing units permitted in Everett between 2000-15 averaged 401 per year, and in order to meet the City's population allocation,the City would need to average 1,259 housing units per year; and WHEREAS, the Metro Everett Subarea Plan and development regulations are intended to encourage more growth through infill within the metropolitan center through changes in heights, density, off- street parking reductions, and focus on community renewal, while also protecting surrounding residential neighborhoods from incompatible development; and Metro Everett Subarea Plan 1 8/29/18