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I City Council Agenda tem Cover Sheet

Project title:

Amendment of Everett Comprehensive Plan for Rethnk Zoning

Council Bill#

interfce use

CB 2009-51

Agenda dates requested:

9/30, 10/7, 10/14 11/4Briefng X Proposed action Consent Acton Ordnance X Pubic hearng X Yes

Budget amendment:

No Yes X No

PowerPoint pesentation:

X Yes No

Attachments:

Ordnance with Exhbts

Department(s) invoved:

Plannng Publc Works Legal

Contact person:

Davd Staheim, Interm Plannng Drector

Pone number:

4252578731

Email:

dstaheim@everettwa ov

Initialed by:

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Project:

Amendment o the Everett Comprehensve Plan or Rethnk Zoning

Patne/Suppier

 n/a

Location:

Ctywide

Preceding action:

Numerous prior actons

Fund:

n/a

Fiscal summary statement:

n/a

Project summary statement:

Rethnk Zoning is a mutyear ntative to update and simpify the City's zonng code. The current version o the Ctys zoning code was adopted in 1989 For the past thirty years, the City has added to ts development regulatons without careu consderation o duplication and conflct with other code provsions The ordnance amends Chapter One, ntroduction and Chapter wo, and Use Element o the Comprehensve Plan he Chapter One amendments remove the procedures or amendment o the Comprehensive Plan, and moves them to Title 15, ocal Project Revew Procedures he Chapter wo amendments ncude a revised and Use Desgnaton Map that includes 28 sitespeciic amendments (see htt severettwa ovDocumentCenter V iew  25947 ); a revsed abe 9 to show the zonng equivaent wth Rethnk Zoning; and new criteria for the new onng distrcts to guide uture rezone requests that may or may not nclude a comprehensive plan amendment More normaton on Rethnk Zonng can be ound at wwweverettwaovrethnk and the olowng: •Summary and hghlghts o proposal(httseverettwa ovDocumentCenterView 25604) •Summary o code chapters (htt severettwaovDocumentCenteriew25604 ) •Public Comment Tracker (httseverettwaov2510HowtoGetlnvoved) •Response to public comments (htt severettwa  ovDocumentCenter ew25604 ) •Response to procedure changes (publc notice, decsionmakng and SEPA)(htts  everettwa ov Docu mentCenter Vew  25952  •and Use Map Change Report (htt severettwa ovDocumentCenterView 25947 ) •Rethink Zonng Maps (httseverettwa ov2509Mas) •State nvronmental Polcy Act Addendum(htts  everettwa  ov Docu m entCenter Vew  25770 ) Pease see the Rethnk Zoning ordinance amendng the Everett Municipal Code or additonal attachments, ncludng a summary and response to pubic comments

Recommendation (exact action requested of Council):

Adopt ordnance amending Chapter One, ntroducton and Chapter wo, and Use Element o the Everett Comprehensve Plan

 

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EVERETT

WASHINGTON

ORDINANCE NO.

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An ORDINANCE Amending Chapter One and Chapte Two of the Everett Compehensve Plan, Amending Ordinance No 2021-94 as amended as pat of Rethink Zoning and the Annual Docket fo 2020 WHEREAS

A.The City of Everet dd ts las major updae to he Cy's zonng requiremens n 1989 and

B.

The Cty of Everett adopted ts firs Comprehensive Plan under he Washngon Sae GrowthManagement ct (GM} in 1994 and conducted a comprehensive revew and updae of he Pann 2015; andThe Growth Management c (RCW 3670130(1}(d}} requres he ciy o adop deveopmenregulaons hat are conssten wih and implement the comprehensve pan and

D

In 2019, the City of Evere amended Chapter wo, Land Use element as the first step n a revewof the ctys Zoning and other deveopmen codes, recognzng tha the "next step  [was]  owork on smpifyng and sreamlinng he land use regulations whle sl providng or qualydeveopment and the proecions for publc heah, safety and welfare Ths process wil ook atmost deveopment codes-no ust zonng  Code revisons ha should be consdered, ncude:Consoldaion o zonng dstrics  streamining use and developmen regulations  inegraingdeveopment standards from oher cty codes  into a unified code  updang and sreamlnngprojec review procedures (Od 366619) and The Cty prepared a pubic paricipaion pan or Rethink Zoning, reviewed by the Ciys PanningCommission on June 2 2020  and by he Cy Councl on Ju 29 2020, which described he goa and approaches o engage public paricpaon, and made ha  ubic arcaton an avaiableon the ciys proec websie at wwweveretwaov/rethnk and

F

The amendments to the and Use Designaton Map include twenyegh dfferent ocaions(hs / everewaov DocumentCener iew  /2594 7 andUseCha neReor82820), mostof which had curren developmen patterns whch were nconssen with curren zonng andcomprehensve plan land use designaons andThe Cty provded notice o afeced propery owners o he Land Use Designation map changesand

H

Ciy sa analyzed exsng zoning disricts and found ha many were nearly identcal in the usesalowed and deveopmen sandards, and presented the resuls comparing he resdenta zonesand commercalndusria zones to the Pannng Commisson and Cy Councl; and