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ORDINANCE NO. 2854-05 <br /> AN ORDINANCE Amending the Zoning Code and Zoning Map Relating to t - - ett Station <br /> Area Plan and the 2002 and 2004 Comprehensive Plan Updates, <br /> Amending Ordinance No. 1671-89, as Amended (Title 19 EMC) <br /> WHEREAS, the City adopted a Comprehensive Plan in August 1994 in conformance with the <br /> Washington State Growth Management Act; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act, codified as Chapter 36.70A, allows for <br /> comprehensive plans to be amended on an annual basis; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City initiated its 2002 annual comprehensive plan amendment process in July, <br /> 2002, which included the Everett Station Area Plan as well as the proposed revisions to the <br /> Zoning Code and zoning map for the Everett Station Area; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City completed a SEPA environmental review for the Everett Station Area <br /> Plan, development regulations, and design standards, and issued a revised Notice of Adoption of <br /> EIS and Addendum to the EIS for the Everett Growth Management Comprehensive Plan on <br /> April 18, 2003; and <br /> WHEREAS, following completion of SEPA environmental review and a public participation <br /> process that included several workshops and public hearings, on November 18, 2003, the <br /> Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt the Everett Station Area Plan - <br /> Recommended Direction and Implementation that incorporated the Employment Emphasis <br /> Alternative, rather than the Mixed-Use Alternative, which would have allowed housing in the <br /> portion of the area west of Everett Station; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Everett Station Area Plan effort was put on hold while the City worked on the <br /> Riverfront development request for qualifications and the 10-Year Comprehensive Plan update; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the schedule established by the Growth Management Act in RCW 36.70A.130(4) <br /> mandates that each city in Washington take action to review and, if necessary, revise its <br /> comprehensive plan to ensure compliance with the Growth Management Act; and <br /> WHEREAS, Everett's deadline to comply with said schedule was December 1, 2004, which was <br /> extended by the state legislature to December 1, 2005; and <br /> 1 <br />