19.22.020 Heights for principal and accessory buildings

19.22.020 Heights for principal and accessory buildings.

1. Principal Buildings. Maximum building heights for principal buildings are set forth in Map 22-1 and in Table 22-1 below. A building must meet both standards in Table 22-1 (maximum floors and maximum feet).

Table 22-1: Maximum Building Heights
Height Standard	Zone
Height Standard	Single-Family Zones (R-S, R-1, R-2, R-2(A))	UR3¹	UR4	NB	B	MU	LI1	LI2	HI	AG
Maximum Floors	n/a	4	See map	See map	See map	See map	See map	See map	See map	3
Maximum Feet	28'	50'	See map	See map	See map	See map	See map	See map	See map	35'

1If located within an historic overlay, the maximum height is limited to three floors or thirty-eight feet in maximum height, with the maximum height to the eaves at the side lot line twenty-four feet. (see Figure 22-1).

Figure 22-1: Where to Measure Eave Height

2. Detached Accessory Residential Buildings. Maximum building heights for detached accessory residential buildings are set forth in Table 22-2 below.

Table 22-2: Maximum Detached Accessory Residential Building Heights
Development Site	Zone
Development Site	Single-Family Zones (R-S, R-1, R-2, R-2(A))	UR3	UR4
Alley lots	1. 6:12 pitch roof or greater: 2 floors up to 24' 2. Less than 6:12 pitch roof: 1 1/2 floors up to 18'	2 floors, up to 28' maximum	The greater of 2 floors, up to 28' maximum, or the height of the existing/proposed principal building
Nonalley lots	1 1/2 floors up to 18' maximum	2 floors up to 24' maximum	2 floors up to 24' maximum

3. Accessory Dwelling Units. The maximum building height for accessory dwelling units is twenty-eight feet for alley lots and twenty-four feet for non-alley lots, except that accessory dwelling units located within a principal dwelling unit may meet the height of the zone.

4. See EMC 19.22.090 for height limits on other accessory uses and structures.

B. Minimum Building Heights. In order to encourage efficient use of property within Metro Everett, and along streets designated as transit-oriented development (see Map 33-1 in Chapter 19.33 EMC), minimum building heights are required as set forth below.

Table 22-3: Minimum Building Heights
Building Type	Zone or Street Designation
Building Type	UR3	UR4	MU	MU on TOD Street
Principal Building	2 floors	2 floors	2 floors	4 floors
Accessory Building	No minimum	No minimum	No minimum	No minimum

C. Incentive Height Maximums. Where Map 22-1 includes a range of maximum building heights (e.g., five to eight floors), the lower number is referred to as the “base height maximum” and the higher number is referred to as the “incentive height maximum.” A building may be built to the base height maximum without application of the development heights incentive program. See development height incentives program (EMC 19.22.080). (Ord. 3963-23 § 7, 2023; Ord. 3774-20 § 5(K) (Exh. 3), 2020.)