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ORDINANCE NO. 3864
AN 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.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a public participation process for calendar
WHEREAS, in September of 2010, the City Council asked the Planning Board to
review the boundaries of the Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center during 2011; and
WHEREAS, after holding a public hearing on September 28, 2011, the Planning
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
Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the Medical/Highway 99
Activity Center on November 1, 2011, and referred the matter to Committee for further review;
and
WHEREAS, the CS/DS Committee subsequently recommended that the Council
hold a second public hearing on removing single family -zoned and designated areas from being
within the Activity Center boundary, and expressed support for removing these areas; and
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WHEREAS, a second public hearing on the Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center
was held on December 6, 2011; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, upon deliberation, directed the City Attorney to
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
the Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center; and
WHEREAS, a second Comprehensive Plan amendment was proposed by the
owners (hereinafter "Odgers") of three parcels in south Edmonds desiring to develop their
properties with multiple dwelling units; and
WHEREAS, these properties (hereinafter "Odgers Properties") are located at
8609/8611/8615 244th Street SW totaling 0.88 acres; and
WHEREAS, the current Single Family Residential (RS -8) zoning designation
allows one house per lot; and
WHEREAS, the Odgers Properties reside in a transitional neighborhood between
Highway 99 and Firdale Village and are bordered by a Multiple Residential (RM -1.5) zone to the
east and single family zoned properties to the north and west; and
WHEREAS, in order to apply for a rezone, they must first obtain a change in the
Comprehensive Plan designation from "Single Family Urban 1" to a designation that would
allow for a future proposal to change the zoning to an RM zone; and
WHEREAS, after holding a public hearing on April 27, 2011, and deliberating on
the request, the Planning Board voted to deny the request to change the designation of three
parcels at 8609, 5611 and 8615 — 244TH Street Southwest from "Single Family Urban 1" to
"Edmonds Way Corridor" on the Comprehensive Plan Map. However, based on the findings of
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fact, conclusions and attachments in the staff report, the Planning Board voted to forward a
recommendation of approval to the City Council to change the designation from "Single Family
Urban 1" to "Multi Family — Medium Density"; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered this matter on July 5, 2011 and directed
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;
and
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
ordinance; and
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
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. The Edmonds Comprehensive Plan and, specifically, the boundaries of
the Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center are hereby amended to be shown as set forth in Exhibit
A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth herein.
Section 2. The Edmonds Comprehensive Plan and, specifically, the policy
language describing the Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center are hereby amended to read as set
forth in Exhibit B, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as if fully
set forth herein (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in stfikethrough).
Section 3. The Edmonds Comprehensive Plan and, specifically, the map
designating land uses are hereby amended to redesignate from "Single Family Urban 1" 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 1" 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.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APP' VED:
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MAYOR DAVID O. EARLING
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED :
ITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
JEFF TARADAY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
ORDINANCE NO. 3864
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3864
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 20"' 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 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.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 21St day of December, 2011.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
4827-7313-5630, v. I
Exhibit A to Ordinance 3864
Amended Comprehensive Plan Map
Showing Adjusted Boundary for Activity Center
Medical/Highway 99 Activity Center and Highway 99 Corridor
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. Highway 99 is characterized by a corridor of generally commercial development 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 following goals:
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 high-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 redevelopment that includes an appropriate 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 major 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.
Exhibit B to Ordinance 3864
Within the activity center, policies to achieve these goals include the following:
A.1. Provide street trees, buffers, and landscape treatments which encourage and
support an attractive mixed use pattern of development characterized by
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
Highway 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 neighborhoods.
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 streetscape design.
AA Uses adjoining the Highway 99 Corridor should provide more intensive levels of
mixed use development, including higher building heights and greater density.
However, pedestrian linkages to other portions of 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.
Exhibit B to Ordinance 3864
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Exhibit C to Ordinance 3864
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON
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Snohomish, and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of general
circulation 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
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