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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT f) Urban Environment - Silver Lake410 To enhance the water quality of Silver Lake, Definition. The Urban Silver Lake Environ- the natural vegetation and habitat areas ment encompasses the shorelines around surrounding Silver Lake, and to mitigate the Silver Lake excepting the areas owned by the potential adverse impacts of land development Everett Department of parks and Recreation, around the lake. which are designated "Conservancy-Re- creation.". The area includes a variety of land To enhance the natural visual character of the uses including single family and multi-family shoreline areas through the planting of111 residential, retail, commercial, and several additional natural vegetation and site vacant parcels that have the potential for landscaping. redevelopment. To ensure that new will be compatible with Silver Lake is the primary shoreline resource existing uses and will provide additional public in southeastern Everett in terms of public amenities in the shoreline area to enhance the recreation, visual quality and environmental desirability and economic viability of new management. Silver Lake Park (also known commercial and residential development. as Thornton A. Sullivan Park) is located on the west side of the lake and provides a variety Criteria for Designation. Areas designated of recreational opportunities including swim- Urban Silver Lake should be within 200 feet ming, boating, picnicking, informal play and of the shoreline of Silver Lake and associated nature study. A future park site has been wetlands including areas that may not have acquired by the City on the southeast side of direct frontage on the lake shoreline. Silver the lake. At the south end of the lake is an Lake Park is not included in this designation. 11111 ecologically complex wetland habitat with emergent, scrub-brush and forested vegetation Shoreline Use Policies. zones. State Route 527 rings the eastern and northern portions of the shoreline, making the 1) Development of properties adjacent to the lake itself very visible and accessible to the shoreline should provide public access population in southwestern Snohomish improvements according to the standards of County. contained in the Shoreline Master Program. Purpose. All new construction should be set back rP 2) from the shoreline as required by the Shoreline To provide public access and the opportunity Master Program except for public access for the public to enjoy the shoreline by improvements, environmental enhancement, developing a continuous public pathway and water dependent activities. around the lake connecting the park, beaches, piers, habitat areas and other points of 3) New development should be required to interest. restore and enhance the shoreline in accordance with the standards of the Shoreline To enhance public recreational activities by Master Program. providing public facilities such as picnic areas, habitat settings, fishing and boating docks and 4) All stormwater and site drainage shall be other improvements that supplement park managed as directed by the Public Works activities at Silver Lake Park. Department. I LU-42