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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT City-owned Chaplain Area watershed, which appropriate design standards which make 41111 is located outside of the Everett Planning Area higher densities more compatible with existing and the Urban Growth Area for Snohomish neighborhoods. County, includes lands currently managed as commercial forest lands. It is anticipated that The GMA requires a separate Housing timber harvesting will continue to be practiced Element which includes an analysis of housing I on these lands, in accordance with applicable conditions and projected housing needs in the forest practices regulations and watershed Housing Element section of the compre- management plans. hensive plan. Rather than repeat that information herein, the projected land use • c. Housing: Residential uses make up the needs as a result of future housing demand are largest category of land zoned for urban use in addressed by the land use designations of the the Everett Planning Area (approximately Land Use Map of the Land Use Element. 9,544 acres, or 63 percent of the net land Potential implementation strategies to meet area). Housing is also allowed in most housing demand are identified in the Housing commercial zones, either as a permitted use or Element. part of a mixed use development. The population target established for the In addition to increasing housing opportunities comprehensive plan proposes that the Everett and residential densities, the key recommenda- Planning Area will grow by approximately tions of the Housing Element that will affect 45,000 additional persons between 1990 and the Land Use Element include: 2012 to approximately 150,000. 1) encourage a greater variety of housing Based upon the population holding capacity of types as an alternative to the currently the pre-GMA comprehensive plans in effect in predominant housing types, which are large the Everett Planning Area, more land must be scale apartment complexes and the low density designated for residential use, existing single family detached housing types. residential land must be designated for higher densities, additional population must be 2) encourage a variety of housing types in located in non-residential areas, or a both existing and new neighborhoods. combination of all of the foregoing must be implemented. 3) encourage multiple family development to be more compatibly integrated with sur- A key consideration in addressing adequacy of rounding neighborhoods. housing supply and densities is the impact of additional housing and higher densities upon 4) encourage high density housing around the neighborhood character. Everett residents downtown core, job centers, and activity have expressed a strong desire and need to centers such as proposed transit stations. protect neighborhoods from wholesale land use changes that negatively affect the livability 5) encourage the development of mixed use of the community. The Everett Vision 2000, residential and commercial centers in commer- Snohomish County-Wide Planning Policies, cially zoned areas. and PSCOG VISION 2020 Growth and Transportation Strategy (Multi-County Plan- 6) encourage a higher rate of owner occu- rring Policies) emphasize the need to promote pancy in Everett's housing stock. higher densities through the application of ' LU-6 '