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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT evaluation of environmental impacts and land enough to support an efficient public411 use compatibility, and extensive public input. transportation system. Within this hierarchy, downtown Seattle is the largest, or the g) Coincidental with the decisions "regional center." Within each county would concerning alignment of high capacity transit be located at least one "metropolitan center," corridors and siting of stations, the City connected to the regional center by the should evaluate land use designations to proposed high capacity transit (HCT) system. assure compatibility, and maximize benefits to The Snohomish County-Wide Planning the community in return on the public Policies have endorsed the VISION 2020 investment. strategy as the growth policy for Snohomish County, including the establishment of "urban 1.11.8 Paine Field: Paine Field is a county centers" in which future growth will be owned general aviation airport which contains encouraged. In addition to the "metropolitan a significant amount of land available for center," which is the Everett central business airport compatible light industrial uses. Noise district, smaller centers proposed for impacts from the airport affect land uses Snohomish County are the subregional center, surrounding Paine Field, which has resulted in growth center, activity center, small the majority of the noise impacted lands within cities/towns, and the manufacturing and the Everett Planning Area being designated for industrial center. There are different standards non-residential use. Everett's plan maintains for size, character, densities of employment the existing light industrial land use and population, and type of public designation on the airport property. While transportation service which apply to these Everett does not propose to change the role of centers. Within the Everett Planning Area, are41111 Paine Field to a commercial airport, general proposed to be located the metropolitan job and population growth in the region would center, growth centers, activity centers and the place demands on flight and ground activity on manufacturing and industrial center. The the airport and create impacts in the following policies shall apply to the "urban surrounding areas. Evaluation of policies con- centers" located within the Everett Planning cerning future activities on and off site, Area: ground transportation facilities, utilities, public services, noise, urban design and other issues a) Metropolitan Center, The Everett Cen- may be necessary, considering the increased tral Business District is the metropolitan level of economic activity expected in this center for Snohomish County. The boundary area. However, Everett supports maintaining contains approximately 475 acres gross land the existing Paine Field Master Plan and area (including street rights-of way). It is existing zoning on airport property. The intended to be the focus of intensive mixed use zoning on surrounding properties within the development with high density housing, Everett Planning Area shall be consistent with various types of employment, and cultural the designations on the Land Use Map. activities, served by the regional high capacity transit system. 1.11.9 Urban Centers. The VISION 2020 Growth and Transportation Strategy proposes 1) Development standards and infrastructure a hierarchy of "urban centers" for the Central shall be established to permit a minimum of Puget Sound region as a means of 20,000 jobs at employment densities of 45 concentrating future growth into defined employees per gross acre by 2012. geographic areas developed at densities high 1 LU-32