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ORDINANCE NO. 3615-18 An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Code by Adding Two New Chapters Regarding Metro Everett Uses and Development Standards for Metro Everett and Core Residential Area,Amending Ordinance No. 1671-89, as amended WHEREAS,the City Council has taken action to adopt a new subarea plan for Metro Everett; and WHEREAS, the Metro Everett Subarea Plan includes new goals, policies and actions for the area, including new land use designations, building heights and street designations; 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 is 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 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 Chapters 19&20,Metro Everett and Core Residential Area Development Regulations 1 8/29/18