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IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT 1110 1.4 JOBS/HOUSING BALANCE Policy 1.5.2 The City shall develop design Objective 1.4 The City shall promote a standards for higher density housing types to I housing policy and land use pattern that protect and enhance the character of existing increases the ratio of housing units to jobs neighborhoods. within the Everett Planning Area. IPolicy 1.4.1 The City shall designate on the 1.6 OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING Land Use Map of the Land Use Element Objective 1.6 The City shall promote pro- I sufficient housing densities to enable people grams which increase the opportunity for to live near employment centers, such as residents to purchase housing and to reverse downtown Everett, southwest Everett - Paine the trend toward declining home ownership IField, and the south Everett - Everett Mall rates in the Everett Planning Area. area. Policy 1.6.1 The City shall consider IPolicy 1.4.2 The City shall promote a changes to development regulations which greater proportion of housing units in the provide alternatives for home ownership to I downtown and in commercially zoned areas, the increasingly unaffordable single family to enable people to live near employment and detached dwelling. commercial services. I 1.5 RESIDENTIAL INFILL DEVELOP- Policy 1.6.2 The City shall provide incentives to housing developers which MENT encourage housing types that are attractive IP Objective 1.5 In order to maximize the and affordable to first time and moderate public investment which has already been income home buyers. made in public infrastructure, the City shall I support the compact land use strategy of the Policy 1.6.3 The City shall promote efforts comprehensive plan with housing measures which help to change the incorrect public that increase the residential density of the perception that tenants of rental housing are I Everett Planning Area and which maintain the less responsible citizens than homeowners. quality and character of existing neigh- borhoods. 1.7 MULTIPLE FAMILY HOUSING - IILOCATION AND COMPATIBILITY Policy 1.5.1 The City shall preserve most Objective 1.7 The City shall encourage I existing industrial land for future job growth. new multiple family housing development in However, the City may consider changes to locations which have the least impact to the land use designations of larger existing single family neigh-borhoods, I undeveloped or redevelopment areas which designed to be compatible with and are determined not to be necessary for future complementary to surrounding land uses. economic and job growth needs. The City I should determine if such lands can be used to Policy 1.7.1 The city shall encourage provide more housing near job centers, while multiple family development and redevelop- still providing for the other land use needs of ment in downtown, in mixed use residential- the Everett Planning Area and maintaining neighborhood quality and character. commercial centers, along mixed use arterial corridors, and near major employment areas. I I H-23