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' EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
<br /> LAND USE ELEMENT
<br /> y7) encourage preservation of existing housing The following table shows the estimated 1992
<br /> stock, particularly affordable single family population and housing totals for each
<br /> II housing. Planning Sub-area, the proportion of dwelling
<br /> units by type, and household size.
<br /> IArea 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6 Total
<br /> '90 Populat. 26,431 22,636 3,567 6,947 26,947 17,928 104,456
<br /> I (U.S. Census)
<br /> '92 Estimated 26,957 23,449 3,760 7,133 30,533 18,940 111,772
<br /> Population
<br /> I #Dwellings 12,247 9,841 1,367 3,177 14,902 6,739 48,273
<br /> '92 (Census+
<br /> Bldg. Permits)
<br /> I #Single Fam. 6,201 6,211 1,226 855 3,110 5,327 22,930
<br /> % Single Fam. 51% 63% 90% 27% 21% 79% 47.5%
<br /> I #Multi-Fam. 4,722 2,245 12 1,479 9,590 846 18,894
<br /> Multi-Fam. 39% 23% 1% 47% 64% 13% 39.1%
<br /> #Dupl. & MH. 1,324 1,387 129 843 2,202 568 6,453
<br /> I % Dupl. & MH. 11% 14% 10% 27% 15% 8% 13.4%
<br /> Persons Per 2.206 2.386 2.767 2.248 2.051 2.818 2.299
<br /> 111) Dwelling, '92,
<br /> All Types,
<br /> including vacant
<br /> Id. Commerce: The Everett Planning Area square feet of retail space per dwelling within
<br /> contains approximately 1,231 acres of a community, the average of all six sub-areas
<br /> I commercially zoned land (6.6% of the net land of the Everett Planning Area is 155 square feet
<br /> area). Of this total, 67 percent is developed per dwelling. This ratio is especially high in
<br /> commercially or with residential densities sub-area #1 (North End) where the ratio is
<br /> Igreater than eight dwellings per acre; 23 248 square feet per dwelling.
<br /> percent is vacant; and 10% is developed with
<br /> I low density single family dwellings. Much of Because land use patterns are well established
<br /> this inventory of commercial zoning is located in most of the Everett Planning Area, it has
<br /> along arterial streets. Much of the commer- been difficult in previous planning efforts to
<br /> 1 cially developed land is considered to be elicit support for significant expansion of
<br /> underdeveloped, or not developed to the commercial areas or the establishment of new
<br /> intensity permitted by existing zoning. Many commercial areas. Because subdivision and
<br /> I commercial areas of Everett, particularly the property ownership patterns are primarily in
<br /> downtown area, suffer from high turnover in small lot configurations, it would appear that
<br /> tenants or high vacancy rates. This may be rather than designating more land for
<br /> 16 explained by the high overall ratio of commercial use, the challenge for future
<br /> commercial retail space to the number of commercial development in Everett is in
<br /> dwellings within the Planning Area. While assembling parcels of sufficient size for large
<br /> Iplanning studies suggest a range of 22-55 scale retail or mixed commercial and
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