Ordinance 2021-94 - Laserfiche WebLink

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT 2. Continue informal out-of-door events participate and where vendors can serve the such as musical events, arts, crafts and public. markets in the summer months. 14. Create shuttle or transit feeder lines for 3. When possible, coordinate Downtown pedestrians. events with Community Theater presen- tations. 15. Improve pedestrian access from business and residential properties in and near 4. Further study parking needs and consider downtown to link the businesses on Pacific, development of additional low-cost public Hewitt, California and Everett to Downtown parking. and the Port, Marina Village and the Navy base. 5. Assist development of a Downtown Busi- ness Improvement District. 16. Develop a recognizable pedestrian route from Downtown to the Port areas. Tie the 6. Improve the pedestrian environment with river front to the salt waterfront by extending additional plantings, benches, waste recepta- sidewalks and bicycle lanes, tree plantings and des, and transit shelters. other "gateway" design features between the two waterfronts. 7. Increase sense of safety with additional foot and bicycle police patrols. 17. Locate residential uses to minimize the impacts of street noise and require noise 8. Clean and maintain streets and sidewalks attenuation in residential structures. more often through a Business Improvement District or other City program. 18. Develop incentives for child care facili- ties. 9. Encourage additional Downtown events, day and evening, to increase business 19. Plan for the special parking needs activity in restaurants and shops. associated with entertainment that lasts two to three hours plus time for a visit to 10. Promote the Downtown views of restaurants and shops. mountains and sound to multi-family, restaurant, and office complex developers. 20. Assist the creation of a Business Improvement Area(BIA) which can build and 11. Encourage restoration of historically operate parking structure(s). significant and interesting structures and promote Special Valuation opportunities for 21. To improve the CBD as a destination, Historic Structures. encourage hotel and motel development. This will serve performers and visitors to the 12. Promote the library and the community Community Theater which has soon-to-be- theater as downtown destinations. recognized notable acoustics. With another I hotel, Everett will have another source of 13. Promote development of more "people hotel-motel tax revenue. places" such as a city square, movie theater, or sports facility. For example, a skating rink 22. Work with property owners to develop 11/1 is a place where people can watch or aesthetic improvements on private properties ED-22 I