Ordinance 3864AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING
AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
REMOVING CERTAIN PROPERTIES FROM THE MEDICAL /
HIGHWAY 99 ACTIVITY CENTER, REVISING POLICY
LANGUAGE DESCRIBING THE MEDICAL / HIGHWAY 99
ACTIVITY CENTER; REDESIGNATING CERTAIN
PROPERTIES FROM "SINGLE FAMILY URBAN 1" TO
"MULTI FAMILY MEDIUM DENSITY"; AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
Board opted to recommend adding policy language in the plan's discussion of the
Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center that would further clarify the intent of the
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the Medical/Highway 93
Activity Center on November 1, 2011, and referred the matter to Committee for further review;
within the Activity Center boundar , and expressed support for removing these areas� an
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prepare an ordinance that would amend the Comprehensive Plan to adopt the Planning Board's
recommended policy language along with a map amendment that would remove two areas from
WHEREAS, a second Comprehensive Plan amendment was proposed by tlj
owners (hereinafter "Odgers") of three parcels in south Edmonds desiring to develop their
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Comprehensive Plan designation from "Single Family Urban I" to a designation that would
WHEREAS,, after holding a gublic hearing on Abril 27 atin A
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"Edmonds Way Corridor" on the Comprehensive Plan Map. However, based on the findings of
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recommendation of approval to the City Council to change the designation from "Single Famil"
Urban I" to "Multi Family — Medium Density"; anii
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the City Attorney to include the Planning Board's recommended action in conjunction with the
other Comprehensive Plan amendments to be brought back to the City Council for final action;
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WHEREAS, the City Council is considering the amendments herein in
conjunction with its review of the Capital Facilities Plan, which will be adopted by separate
WHEREAS, the City Council expressly finds that, consistent with the
requirements of RCW 36.70A.130, the adoption of these amendments (albeit in separate
ordinances) complies with the requirements of the Growth Management Act, that said
amendments have been considered by the City Council concurrently, that the City Council
ascertained cumulative effect of the various proposals, that the City Council finds the changes to
be internally consistent, and that their cumulative effect is consistent with the purpose and intent
of both the Growth Management Act and the City's Comprehensive Plan, NOW THEREFORE
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the Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center are hereby amended to be shown as set forth in Exhibit
Section 2, The Edmonds Comprehensive Plan and, specifically, the p6licl
Section 3. The Edmonds Comprehensive Plan and, specifically, the map
designating land uses are hereby amended to redesignate from "Single Family Urban I" to
"Multi Family — Medium Density" the Odgers Properties, which are outlined in blue on Exhibit
C, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth herein.
Note that the Odgers Properties are still shown as "Single Family Urban I" on Exhibit C. The
Planning Manager is hereby authorized to reflect this redesignation to "Multi Family — Medium
Density" on all current land use maps of the City.
Sectioordinance, being an exercise of a power specif]
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JEFF TARADAY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK' i24672011
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL-
PUBLISHED,
EFFECTIVE DATE:
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On the 20 th day of December, 2011, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3864. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMOND
WASHINGTON, ADOPTING THE FOLLOWIN
AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PL
REMOVING CERTAIN PROPERTIES FROM THE MEDICAL
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HIGHWAY 99 ACTIVITY CENTER, REVISING POLIC
LANGUAGE DESCRIBING THE MEDICAL / HIGHWAY 91
ACTIVITY CENTER; REDESIGNATING CERTAI
PROPERTIES FROM "SINGLE FAMILY URBAN 1" T
"MULTI FAMILY MEDIUM DENSITY"; AND FIXING
TIME THEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
trry CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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Amended Comprehensive Plan Map
Showing Adjusted Boundary for Activity Center
Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center and Highway 99 Corridor I
The Medical/Highway 99 activity center is intended to encourage the development of a pedestrian
and transit oriented area focused on two master planned developments, Stevens Hospital and
Edmonds-Woodway High School, with a related high -intensity development corridor along Highway
99. Hi'vhway, 99 is characterized by, a corridor of generally, commercial develoyment with less intense
uses or designed transitions serving as a buffer between adjacent neighborhoods, In contrast, the
overall character of the mixed use activity center is intended to be an intensively developed mixed
use ' pedestrian -friendly environment, in which buildings are linked by walkways served by
centralized parking, and plantings and landscaping promote pedestrian activity and a park -like
atmosphere. In addition to the general goals for activity centers, the Medical/Highway 99 activity
center is intended to achieve the o owing goa s:
A. Goals for the Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center.
• To expand the economic and tax base of the City of Edmonds by providing
incentives for business and commercial redevelopment in a planned activity center,�
• Provide for an aesthetically pleasing business and residential community consisting
of a mixed use, pedestrian -friendly atmosphere of attractively designed and
landscaped surroundings and inter -connected development;
• Recognize and plan for the distinct difference in opportunities and development
character provided by the Highway 99 corridor versus the local travel and access
patterns On local streets;
• Promote the development of a mixed use area served by transit and accessible to
pedestrians;
• To provide a buffer between the bigh-intensity, high-rise commercial areas along SR
99 and the established neighborhoods and public facilities west of 76th Avenue West-,
• To discourage the expansion of strip commercial development and encourage a
cohesive and functional activity center that allows for both neighborhood
conservation and targeted edevelopment that includes an appEopriate mixes of single
family and multiple dwelling units, offices, retail, and business uses, along with
public facilities;
• To provide a pleasant experience for pedestrians and motorists along maj or streets
and in a planned activity center, and provide a gateway along 212th Street SW into
the City of Edmonds;
To provide an integrated network of pedestrian and bicycle circulation that connects
within and through the activity center to existing residential areas, the high school,
the hospital, and transit services and facilities.
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A. 1. Provide street trees, buffers, and landscape treatments which encourage and
support an attractive mixed use pattern of development characterized y
pedestrian walkways and centralized parking. Use these same features, in concert
with site and building design, to provide a transition from higher -intensity mixed
use development to nearby single family residential areas.
A.2. Provide a more efficient transportation system featuring increased bus service
pedestrian and bicycle routes as well as adequate streets and parking areas.
Transit service should be coordinated by transit providers and take advantage of
links to future high -capacity transit that develops along corridors such as
ighway 99.
A.3. Development should be designed for both pedestrian and transit access.
AA Encourage a more active and vital setting for new retail, office, and service
businesses, supported by nearby residents and visitors from other parts of the
region.
A.5. Support a mix of uses without encroaching into single family neighborhoo s.
Uses adjoining single family neighborhoods should provide transitions between
more intensive uses areas through a combination of building design, landscaping
and visual buffering, and pedestrian -scale strectscape design.
• Uses adjoining the Highway 99 Corridor should provide • intensive levels •
mixed use development, including higher building heights and greater density.
However, pedestrian linkages • • portions • the activity center — and
adjoining focus areas along the Highway 99 Corridor — should still be provided
in order to assist pedestrian circulation and provide access to transit.
A.7. In some cases, heavy commercial development (e.g. wholesale or light industrial
uses) may still be appropriate where these uses are separated from residential
uses.
Odgers Comprehensive Plan Amendment Comprehensive
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Exhibit C to Ordinance 3864
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY F SNOHOMISH S.S.
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that she is Principal Clerk of
THE HERALD, a daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Everett, County of
Snohomish, and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of general
circulgion in said County and State; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal
newspaper by order of the Superior Court of Snohomish County and that the notice
Sumniary of Ordinaries
No. 3864
City of Edmonds
a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said newspaper proper and not
in supplement form; in the regular and entire edition of said paper on the following days and
tunes, namely:
December 25, 2011
and that said n1c".spaap or was regularly d sttibuteg,tat Its sulywibers "during all of said period,
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th
day of December, 2011
Notary etbii- ztt�tzsw forthe Stat or ash u`- cIa ,'residifig at Everett, Snohomish
County. r ,
Account Name: City of Edmonds Account Number: 101416 Order Number: 0001762111