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IIIEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT 1110 holding capacity of the Everett Planning Area effort involves an inventory of existing land for both population and employment. uses, zoning and vacant lands. The following I chart summarizes the land area, net acres of land by zoning, environmentally sensitive land, 1. Land Use Inventory: One of the first floodplain acreage, and acreage of vacant Iparts of any comprehensive land use planning developable land: IArea 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6 Total Gross Acres 6,006 4,977 3,482 3,398 4,156 4,129 26,148 I . of Land Net Acres Zoned For: I -Residential -Commercial 1,229 2,895 1,044 1,035 2,263 3,236 11,702 254 257 2 117 494 107 1,231 -Industrial 566 378 2,269 1,412 431 45 5,101 -Agriculture 0 657 0 00 0 0 657 Acres Env. 165 145 667 115 128 764 1,984 Sens. Land (exc. Floodplains) I Acres Floodplain 560 628 0 0 0 0 1,118 p Acres Vacant Developable Land: -Residential 38 94 136 231 362 591 1,340 -Commercial 0 40 4 28 32 48 160 111 -Industrial 331 140 723 166 77 0 1,497 I 2. Description of Existing Conditions of the flood plain or flood fringe of the Various Land Use Categories. The Snohomish River. These lands are not urban following section is organized as a description in character and are well suited to fanning, I of the existing land use inventory and a and will not be designated for urban land uses. discussion of several issues related to each However, the City may wish to consider lands type of land use category faced by Everett in in these agricultural areas for future I evaluating its land use element. The Growth compatible land uses, such as recreation or Management Act requires that the land use conservation of wetlands and wildlife habitat, element address the general distribution and or potentially for future municipal utility 1 extent of the following land uses: purposes. I a. Agriculture: Presently there are 637 b. Timber: While there are stands of timber acres of land zoned for agriculture in Everett. within the Everett Planning Area which have The Everett Planning Area does not include commercial value, the lands upon which they 16 any additional land in the County which is are located are designated for urban activities. presently zoned for agricultural use. While Therefore, they do not have long term some areas in Everett zoned for agriculture commercial significance for timber production. I are not suited for such uses, all of the prime No lands within the Everett Planning Area will agricultural land in Everett is located within be designated for commercial forestry. The LU-5