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sP „wiEL/ERETT ORDINANCE NO. 2012-94 An Ordinance amending the City's Zoning Code concerning notification requirements for area-wide rezones and City Council's consideration of Planning Commission recommendations, amending Section 41.160 of Ordinance No. 1671-89 (EMC 19.41.160), and Section 42.130 of Ordinance No. 1671-89 (EMC 19.42.130), as amended by Ordinance No. 1788-91 WHEREAS, the City adopted Ordinance No. 1671-89 establishing a new Zoning Code for the City on December 28, 1989; and WHEREAS, Section 41.160.B.3 of Ordinance No. 1671-89 sets forth the procedures to be used for notification for both "site-specific rezones" and "area-wide rezones," which are identical and require the notification of all owners of property within 500 feet of the boundaries of all properties proposed to be rezoned; and WHEREAS, the State Legislature adopted the Growth Management Act in 1990 which mandated the adoption of new Comprehensive Plans by cities and counties in Washington, and that these plans accomplish many different objectives related to land use, such as the reduction of urban sprawl, the protection of natural resource lands, increased housing densities in urban areas, sufficient land for future economic growth, and protection of"critical areas;" and WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act requires that zoning maps be consistent with the Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan adopted pursuant to the Act; and WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act requires "early and continuous public involvement" in the Comprehensive Plan development process; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett has conducted an extensive public outreach and participation process in developing its Growth Management Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, this extensive public participation process is unique to the development of the Growth Management Comprehensive Plan and does not occur for less comprehensive area-wide rezones; and WHEREAS, the Preferred Alternative for the Comprehensive Plan will require the rezoning of numerous parts of the City to implement the land use map; and WHEREAS, in establishing the notification requirements of Section 41.160.B.3 of Ordinance No. 1671-89, the City did not anticipate the requirements for city-wide revisions to the Zoning Map dictated by the Growth Management Act; and