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111 <br /> EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> HOUSING ELEMENT <br /> IDstances in residential zones. Ensure that noise Policy 1.3.4 The City shall coordinate with <br /> and traffic impacts of commercial activities do Snohomish County and other cities within the <br /> I not negatively affect adjoining residential <br /> areas. county to ensure that enough housing is <br /> provided to meet the needs of the projected <br /> population levels and household incomes <br /> I Policy 1.2.6 The City shall locate city- within the county for the next twenty years <br /> sponsored public facilities in areas which and beyond. <br /> minimize the need to demolish or relocate <br /> I existing housing stock. Policy 1.3.5 The City shall establish a <br /> priority permit procedure for affordable <br /> Policy 1.2.7 The City shall consider housing developments. <br /> I establishing relocation assistance programs <br /> for low income households that are displaced Policy 1.3.6 The City shall consider a <br /> by new development or redevelopment. variety of infrastructure funding alternatives <br /> 1 in order to identify measures which minimize <br /> the costs of housing production. <br /> 1.3 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY <br /> IObjective 1.3 The City shall increase Policy 1.3.7 The City shall evaluate existing <br /> access to affordable housing by instituting a development, infrastructure, and building <br /> I variety of programs increasing the supply of code requirements to determine if revisions <br /> housing while maintaining the character of can be made to lessen the cost of producing <br /> existing neighborhoods. housing without compromising public safety <br /> or community character <br /> Policy 1.3.1 The. City shall consider <br /> providing incentives to housing developers Policy 1.3.8 The City shall consider <br /> II and home builders in return for providing permitting "affordable housing demonstration <br /> housing that is affordable to lower and projects" in which development standards <br /> moderate income households. may be negotiated to provide a more <br /> I <br /> affordable housing product, without <br /> Policy 1.3.2 The City shall consider sacrificing the public protections provided by <br /> inclusionary housing programs along with the standards being negotiated. <br /> I affordable housing incentives as necessary to <br /> promote affordable housing in the Everett Policy 1.3.9 The City shall establish an <br /> Planning Area. Affordable Housing Advisory Committee to <br /> Iidentify obstacles to providing affordable <br /> Policy 1.3.3 The City shall evaluate existing housing and make recommendations to the <br /> I land use regulations to identify measures Planning Commission and City Council on a <br /> which could increase the supply of affordable variety of housing related issues. <br /> housing throughout the entire Everett <br /> I Planning Area. Examples of potential code Policy 1.3.10 The City shall consider <br /> revisions include smaller single family lot establishing a "housing demolition mitigation <br /> sizes, more liberal allowance of duplexes and fund" that would require payment of a fee to a <br /> single family attached dwellings, rear yard low income housing production fund to <br /> infill dwellings, as appropriate. replace low and moderate income housing <br /> which is demolished. <br /> I <br /> I H-21 <br />