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ORDINANCE NO. 2206-97 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance#1671-89, as Amended, the Everett Zoning Code, by the Establishment of a New Zoning Classification Entitled"Watershed- Resource Management." WHEREAS, the City of Everett owns and manages the Chaplain property in the Sultan River basin for the purpose of providing a municipal water supply for the City of Everett and other areas is Snohomish County; and WHEREAS,the City has annexed this property and therefore has the responsibility for regulating the use of land within this area of approximately 3,100 acres; and WHEREAS,the Chaplain property zoning of R-S (Suburban Residential) was established upon annexation because the City did not have a land use zoning classification which provided for the intended use of the property; and WHEREAS,the Everett Comprehensive Plan has designated the Chaplain property "watershed- resource management"and includes policies calling for the establishment of a new zoning classification to be applied to the Chaplain property that provides for the provision of a safe and adequate water supply as the primary purpose for the new zoning classification; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on January 7, 1997 to consider the addition of a new zoning classification entitled"Watershed - Resource Management"to the City of Everett Zoning Code and recommended that the City Council approve the new zoning classification as an amendment to the Zoning Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on February 26, 1997 to consider the recommendation of the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds: 1. The proposed amendment to the text of the Zoning Code is consistent with the Everett Comprehensive Plan. 2. The proposed amendment bears a substantial relationship to public health, safety and welfare. 3. The proposed amendment promotes the best long term interests of the Everett community. Now, therefore,the City of Everett does ordain: