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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT 1.7.4 Capital facilities shall be located in areas where they are needed to best serve the citizens of 1.8.1 The City shall designate on the land use Everett, as determined by land availability and the map, to the extent possible, the desired location of financial capabilities of the City. However, the essential public utilities. City shall attempt to locate new capital facilities in close proximity to the planned location of major 1.8.2 All public utilities should be sited and activity centers in order to ensure adequate developed so as to be compatible with adjoining capacity and promote the development of such land uses,to the maximum extent possible. centers 1.7.5 The City shall coordinate the siting of 1.9 Agriculture, Timber and Mineral Re- public facilities of a regional or county-wide nature sources Land Use Policies: The following with the other jurisdictions in Snohomish County policies shall apply to agriculture, timber and in order to ensure that each community accepts mineral resource land uses in the Everett Planning responsibility for hosting necessary facilities, and Area. that a disproportionate share of such facilities do not continue to be located in Everett. The City 1.9.1 Agriculture: Agricultural land uses in may oppose siting of essential public facilities of a Everett are located within the floodplain and flood county-wide or statewide nature within the Everett fringe of the Snohomish River. These areas shall Planning Area if it feels that other jurisdictions continue to be permitted to be used for commercial have not responsibly accepted their fair share of agricultural purposes and other compatible land such facilities. uses as specified in the Everett zoning code. 1.7.6 The city shall ensure that essential public 1.9.2. Mineral Resources: The mineral extraction facilities located within the Everett Planning Area areas m Everett will probably be reaching the end are dispersed evenly throughout the planning area of viable mining within the twenty year planning so as to avoid over-concentration in certain areas. period covered by the comprehensive plan. When mining activity has concluded, mineral extraction 1.7.7 Those water, sewer, and transportation sites shall be reclaimed for other urban land uses as planned and permitted by the Land Use public facilities for which sites have previously Element. been approved by the Planning Commission and City Council shall not be subject to an 1.9.3. Timber/Watershed/Resource Management additional siting process. In addition, facility Lands: There are no timber lands of long term locations which appear in updates or revisions significance located within the contiguous Everett to existing approved plans and do not involve Planning Area. Timber lands within the City major new facilities will also be exempt from owned Chaplain property shall continue to be additional siting processes. permitted to be harvested in accordance with applicable forest practices regulations, watershed 1.8 Public Utilities Land Use Policies: Public management plans, and FERC license #2157, utility providers generally respond to the growth where appropriate. The urban growth policies occurring in the Everett Planning Area. While the which pertain to the lands within the Everett land use needs of major utility facilities do not Planning Area shall not apply to the city-owned appear to be substantial, the impacts associated Chaplain area, which is located outside of the with the siting of public utility installations often urban growth area for Snohomish County. causes concerns about environmental impacts and land use compatibility. The following land use The City of Everett supplies the majority of policies shall apply to the siting of such public Snohomish County with domestic and 18 4 utilities. industrial water. It is anticipated that the LU-27