Ordinance 3613-18 - Laserfiche WebLink

WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act has fourteen goals to guide development and adoption of comprehensive plans and development regulations; and WHEREAS,the City has carefully considered and balanced these goals, and has determined that the Metro Everett Subarea Plan and development regulations will: • encourage development in urban areas where adequate public facilities and services exist; • reduce sprawl by encouraging development within the metropolitan center; • encourage an efficient multimodal transportation system, including high capacity transit routes supported by high density development and planning for light rail; • identify housing strategies to all economic segments of the population; • encourage economic development, including the support for new job creation in the metropolitan center through incentives and other measures; • protect property rights from arbitrary and discriminatory actions, including due notice to all property owners of the proposed changes; • identify park and recreation facilities that will help support additional population within the metropolitan center; • protect lands, sites, and structures that have historical significance by maintaining existing historic overlay zoning requirements; and WHEREAS,the Growth Management Act requires the comprehensive plan to be an internally consistent document and all elements consistent with the future land use map (RCW 36.70A.070); and WHEREAS,to ensure consistency between the existing Downtown Subarea Plan,the Everett Station Subarea Plan and the Metro Everett Subarea Plan, both the Downtown Subarea Plan and Everett Station Plan are proposed for repeal; and WHEREAS,the City completed an analysis of existing conditions and market in the Metro Everett area; and WHEREAS,the City prepared a public participation plan for Everett's Metropolitan Center, reviewed by the City's Planning Commission on February 2, 2016,which described the goal and approaches to engage public participation, and made that public participation plan available on the city's project website at www.everettwa.gov/metro; and WHEREAS, the city implemented the public participation plan over more than two years, including efforts such as: questionnaires and surveys, various public events, and open houses; presentations to neighborhood organizations, the Council of Neighborhoods,the Historical Commission, the Cultural Arts Commission,the Planning Commission,the City Council, the Brownfields Advisory Committee, the Everett Station District Alliance,the Parks Board,the Transportation Advisory Committee,the Tree Committee; design charrette with local business owners and public officials; developer's forum with industry leaders; presentations to service clubs; project website information and electronic notification system; press releases and media coverage in print,TV and radio; and Metro Everett Subarea Plan 2 8/29/18