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0:1771 CITY OF EVERETT
<br /> Community, Planning and
<br /> Economic Development
<br /> TO: Cassie Franklin, Mayor
<br /> City Council
<br /> FROM: David Stalheim, Long Range Planning Manager
<br /> DATE: December 7, 2018
<br /> RE: Land Use Code Streamlining
<br /> One of Mayor Franklin's initiatives is to develop plans for key business corridors/districts that simplify
<br /> regulations throughout the community to incentivize and streamline the development process.A
<br /> second initiative from Mayor Franklin is to develop a comprehensive housing affordability strategy. Both
<br /> of these initiatives are related in that they affect the city's land use plan and development codes.
<br /> Over the years,Allan Giffen, Planning Director, has provided annual reports to the Mayor and Council
<br /> regarding the increased complexity of the city's development regulations.This complexity has come
<br /> about through piecemeal actions that result in a system that is confusing to staff and the public,
<br /> resulting in inefficient application of standards to improve and protect our community. Our proposed
<br /> work plan,discussed below, is to address the code streamlining process and include housing
<br /> affordability strategies, over the next two years.
<br /> Step 1:Comprehensive Plan—Land Use Element
<br /> The first step in this effort is to review the city's Land Use element.The city's Comprehensive Plan Land
<br /> Use Map has twenty-eight(28)different designations. It isn't only the Land Use Map that is complex, but
<br /> the Land Use Element(1 of 11 chapters) has 199 different goals, objectives and policies.
<br /> Staff has begun working with the planning commission on streamlining the Land Use Element.We have
<br /> presented a Land Use designation scheme that reduces the 28 designations down to six(6):
<br /> • Residential,Single Family
<br /> • Residential, Multifamily
<br /> • Metropolitan Center("Metro Everett")
<br /> • Commercial Mixed-Use
<br /> • Industrial
<br /> • Local Resource Lands (Agriculture,Aquatic,Open Space, Parks,Water Resource Management)
<br /> A draft map showing what this consolidated Land Use Map might look like is attached.These
<br /> designations are based on the following reclassification of existing zoning to land use:
<br /> New Land Use Current Zoning Equivalent
<br /> Residential,Single Family R-S, R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-2A
<br /> Residential, Multifamily R-3, R-3L, R-4, R-5
<br /> Metropolitan Center ULI, UM, UR
<br /> Commercial Mixed-Use B-1, B-2, B-2B, BMU,C-1,C-1R, E-1, E-1MUO,W-C
<br /> Industrial I C-2, M-1, M-2, M-M, M-S
<br /> Local Resource Lands A-1,AQ, OS, PARK,WRM
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