Ordinance 2021-94 - Laserfiche WebLink

iEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT b2) Development standards and infrastructure development of the HCT system and transit shall be established to permit new residential stations. development to exceed 25 dwellings per net acre, and the overall density of the 1) High intensity, mixed use housing and metropolitan center to exceed 10 dwellings employment development are encouraged I per gross acre. within the growth centers. Although the form and character of each growth are expected and 3) Parking management programs which en- encouraged to vary from one location to I courage the use of public transit shall be another, minimum employment densities of 30 established which include preferential parking jobs per employment acre with up to 2,000 for high occupancy vehicles, maximum as well jobs in each growth center are to be permitted as minimum parking requirements, and limits by development standards and infrastructure. on the number of off-street parking spaces. I 2) New housing development shall be per- 4) Stations for the regional high capacity itted at minimum densities of 20 dwellings per system shall be located centrally so all portions net acre, with a minimum overall density for I of the metropolitan center are within the growth center of 10 dwellings per gross approximately one-half mile walking distance acre. of the stations. I 3) New development and re-development 5) New development and re-development within growth centers shall be designed to shall be designed to be compatible with transit encourage public transit use, pedestrian access P use, as well as encouraging pedestrian and and bicycle activity. bicycle activity. 4) The city shall establish parking manage- ' b) Growth Centers. Growth centers are to ment programs within growth centers which be located outside of the CBD at stations for encourage transit use. the high capacity transit system. Growth I centers shall be compact, with a radius of c) Activity Centers. Activity centers are to be approximately one-quarter mile from the located at local transit stations rather than at transit station, with the emphasis upon stations for the regional high capacity transit I pedestrian access to the transit station. The system. These centers are encouraged to be potential locations for growth centers are developed at higher densities than for the depicted on the Land Use Map. However, surrounding neighborhoods. Activity centers Isince the High Capacity Transit (HCT) System shall be compact, with a radius of not more will only have one route, many of the potential than one-quarter mile from the local transit I Growth Centers shown on the Land Use Map station. Activity centers are to be connected will be removed following the selection of a to the metropolitan center and growth centers transit corridor. The Growth Centers in the by the local transit system. The potential I locations that are removed from the Land Use locations for activity centers are depicted on Map following the selection of a transit the Land Use Map. Additional Activity Cen- corridor could become "Activity Centers," as ters may be added to the Land Use Map lb described below. The development of Growth following the selection of a High Capacity Centers will occur primarily through private Transit corridor, when "Growth Centers" redevelopment ventures that follow the public designated on the land use map that are not 111 located on the transit corridor are re-classified II LU-33