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ORDINANCE Page 1 of 5 <br />ORDINANCE NO. ________ <br />An ORDINANCE Adopting the Everett 2044 Periodic Update Development Regulations and Amending <br />Chapters 3.78, 8.60, 13.68, 14.16, 16.20, 19.01, 19.03, 19.04, 19.05, 19.06, 19.08, 19.09, 19.13, 19.17, <br />19.22, 19.25, 19.26, 19.29, 19.33, 19.34, 19.35, 19.37, 19.38, 19.40, 19.43, 19.45, 19.51, and 20.08. <br />WHEREAS, <br />A.The City of Everett maintains development regulations under the Growth Management Act (GMA) <br />and last conducted a periodic review and update of the plan in 2015 with annual amendments <br />adopted since then; and <br />B.The City of Everett initiated the periodic update process under Revised Code of Washington (RCW) <br />36.70A.130 and Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 365-196-610 with a project scoping <br />process including a Determination of Significance and Request for Comments on Scope of <br />Environmental Impact Statement issued on February 18, 2022; and <br />C.The City Council adopted Resolution 7924 on June 13, 2023, advancing a set of specific <br />amendment requests to the periodic update process, including three site specific comprehensive <br />plan land use designation map and/or zoning map amendments and six text amendments to the <br />comprehensive plan and/or development regulations; and <br />D.The disposition of the specific amendment requests, which are all implemented, or partially <br />implemented, in the Everett 2044 ordinances, is detailed in a staff memorandum dated May 30, <br />2025; and <br />E.The Planning Commission led the review and development of the comprehensive plan and <br />development regulations consistent with Chapter 2.20 EMC, including holding forty-two briefings <br />and workshops on various aspects of the plan and regulations before holding a public hearing and <br />deliberating on June 3, 2025; and <br />F.The Planning Commission, after hearing from the public and deliberating, adopted Resolution 25- <br />01 on June 3, 2025, recommending the city council approve the Comprehensive Plan contained in <br />this ordinance, including recommending that the inclusionary zoning regulations contained in <br />19.09.070 should be removed and the City should work proactively on a subarea planning effort; <br />and <br />G.The city assumed lead agency status for processing the proposed action under the State <br />Environmental Policy Act (Chapter 43.21C RCW and Chapter 197-11 WAC); and <br />4102-25