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IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT 116 adopted policy or ordinance of the city. The policies and regulations. Development along SEPA process can be extremely useful in shoreline areas requires approval of a I implementing the goals and policies of the shoreline permit, which is subject to the SMP Land Use Element as well as other elements of policies and regulations. The SMP supple- the comprehensive plan. ments the concepts of the Land Use Element i for shoreline areas with specific policies and In certain instances, revisions to the zoning or standards pertinent to the limited and unique I subdivision codes will not adequately shoreline environments. These policies and implement the goals of and policies of the standards are used in concert with the comprehensive plan. The city must use a sys- comprehensive plan policies and other •tematic, consistent method to determine how development regulations of the city to evaluate I' the cumulative environmental impacts of development proposals. development proposals are going to be I mitigated through SEPA, or another miti- 2. Grading and Drainage Ordinances: The gation process, so it does not miss grading and drainage ordinances are used to opportunities to implement the comprehensive implement the environmental and land use I plan. objectives of the city. As land use policies or environmental standards are revised, these two Additionally, the SEPA ordinance itself ordinances should also be evaluated for I contains many policies that are used to consistency. evaluate and approve development proposals. P This ordinance and its policies should be 3. Building and Fire Codes and Regulations: reviewed periodically to maintain consistency While building and fire codes for the city are with the comprehensive plan. derived primarily from national codes and State requirements aimed at the protection of tIt may also be desirable, when revisions are life and property, they should be reviewed made to the City's various development periodically to determine how they might be I regulations, to raise the threshold of projects revised to assure compatibility with the which are now subject to environmental comprehensive plan and effectively be used to review. This would reduce the permit pro- implement its land use goals. I cessing time for exempted projects and the administrative workload for the City. 4. Zoning Compliance. Minimum Mainte- nance and Nuisance Abatement Enforcement: E. Other Land Use and Development Enforcement of zoning regulations, minimum Regulations: The following programs, ordi- property maintenance regulations and nuisance nances and development regulations of the city abatement ordinances are a necessary compo- I can affect the manner in which the Land Use nent of any land use policy and administration Element, as well as other elements of the program. Without the effective enforcement comprehensive plan, are implemented. of property development and maintenance I standards, the intent of land use policies and 1. Shoreline Master Program: The State related programs can be seriously undermined. Shoreline Management Act requires a The City must commit itself to enforcement of 1110 Shoreline Master Program (SMP) for the land use related policies and regulations it significant shorelines of the State. Everett has adopts to protect the value, character and many areas which are subject to the SMP. livability of the physical environments IThe SMP contains detailed shoreline use addressed by the Land Use Element. 111 LU-65