Ordinance 2021-94 - Laserfiche WebLink

IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT b areas, inter-modal transfer,* central location, "curb appeal." To some extent, this image redevelopment, and job-housing balance. The takes away from the belief that Everett is an commercial and residential redevelopment attractive community with quality neigh- , that is occurring in the CBD should continue borhoods, an historic downtown core, and over the next twenty years. beautiful views of water and mountains. 1 4. North Everett. The North Broadway 6. Paine Field/Southwest Everett/and area of North Everett is under pressure to Unincorporated Areas Near the Paine 1 change. The two institutions with potential Field Airport. This area has both developed to grow--Providence/General Hospital and and vacant industrial sites, including large Everett Community College--delicately exist parcels of undeveloped lands currently zoned ' along with quality residential areas. Working for industrial development. As further de- out a way for all three land uses to co-exist velopment occurs, the area has potential and expand will be a major challenge. Both regional implications. The Southwest area of Ithe hospital and the college are important Everett will continue to emerge as a major resources for the community. employment center led by Boeing and a diverse group of businesses. Paine Field and INear the Central Business District, the surrounding area could provide more Providence Hospital is located between industrial space related to aircraft and I downtown and a residential area. Providence aviation and, if it is chosen as the site for a has just completed a major expansion. future commercial airport, other types of transportation development will be attracted P These institutions provide services and jobs. Along with those benefits are greater to the area. Infrastructure, utilities, plans, and zoning are already in place to respond to transportation impacts which include more the heavy and light industrial market for space I traffic and the need for more parking, as well north of Seattle. Existing high employment as a need for more transit. Increased transit concentrations in parts of this area, along service may help resolve some of the parking with the potential for significant job growth, 1 and traffic problems. make it a candidate for service by the regional high capacity transit system. 5. I-5 - Downtown "Gateway". The area 7. Strip Retail/Commercial Areas. that links I-5 to North Everett and Traditionally, retail uses have hugged the Downtown has an active business and arterials. Evergreen/Rucker, Broadway, I industry area. The area on both sides of I-5 from the Snohomish River to businesses on Hewitt, Everett Mall Way and other arterial concentrations of retail and service businesses Broadway and from 42nd to Everett Avenue seem to be thriving in some areas while I has a mix ranging from hotel to warehouse to remaining underutilized and unattractive in the City's public works facility and transit other sections. Within the unincorporated maintenance center, to office use to lumber portion of the planning area, 128th/Airport I operations. In addition to three major ar- and 19th Ave SE have potential for more terials connecting to I-5, the area is served by commercial uses. rail. From I-5, the view is active, but lacks in %IP Everett's preferred alternative envisions more *for example: high-capacity transit such as light rail efficient utilization of existing commercial to bus,bicycle to bus,bus to foot I land, more dense housing, mixed-uses, and ED-11