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The designations established herein serve as a basis for application of development standards in the land use code. They are not to be confused with the functional street classification system used by the city, state and federal government for transportation planning.

A. Street Type Designations Map. Streets within Everett may have one of four street types designated: transit oriented development street (TOD), pedestrian street, connector street and residential mixed-use corridor. All other streets are considered undesignated. These street types function as a design and use overlay. For example, some uses may be prohibited outright along TOD or pedestrian streets, or the use may be prohibited on the ground floor of a building. Sidewalk, window transparency and other design standards may also be different based on the street designation. Use restrictions by street type are included in Chapter 19.05 EMC. Please refer to Chapter 19.12 EMC for additional development standards for these street types.

Map 33-1: Street Designations Map

B. Corner Lots. For corner lots with more than one street type designation, the most restrictive street type designation applies to that portion of the lot measured fifty feet in depth from the lot line adjoining the designation. See Figure 33-1 for how to apply this requirement.

Figure 33-1: Corner Lots

C. How development standards are applied to specific properties based on street designations. When a lot or lots have frontage on a public street with one of the street designations shown on Map 33-1, certain developments standards will be different than if the property fronted on a street without a street designation. The following standards are affected by street designations, as shown in Table 33-1:

1. Uses (Chapter 19.05 EMC, Tables 5-1 through 5-5);

2. Structured parking (EMC 19.12.110);

3. Weather protection (EMC 19.12.120);

4. Building transparency (EMC 19.12.130);

5. Public sidewalk requirements (EMC 19.33.030);

6. Heights for principal and accessory buildings (EMC 19.22.020).

Table 33-1: Structured Parking, Weather Protection, Transparency, Sidewalk Requirements and Building Height by Street Type

Standard:

STREET TYPE DESIGNATION (see Map 33-1)

TOD

PEDESTRIAN

CONNECTOR

RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE

UNDESIGNATED

Structured Parking Frontage Standards

See 19.12.110. Standards below are maximum distance a parking structure at the ground floor may occupy on various street designations.

Structured parking integrated with other building (accessory use)

10% of front building facade

25% of front building facade

50% of front building facade

50% of front building facade

50% of front building facade(3)

Stand-alone parking structure (principal use)

25 feet

25 feet

50 feet

75 feet

100 feet(3)

Structured Parking Setback Standards

See EMC 19.12.110.

Front, side and rear(1)

See underlying zone setback requirements and limits on frontage set forth above.

Below grade

0 feet

Weather Protection

See EMC 19.12.120.

Length, minimum

90% of front building facade

75% of front building facade

45% of front building facade

Same width as entrance

Depth, minimum

8 feet from front building facade

6 feet from front building facade

3 feet from front building facade

Height above sidewalk

8 feet, minimum

15 feet, maximum

Transparency

See EMC 19.12.130.

Percent comprised of windows and/or doors with clear glass (2'–10')

90%

60%

45%

45%

See blank walls (Chapter 21.040 EMC)

Sidewalk Standards

See EMC 19.33.030.

Frontage Zone Width

2' min

6' desirable

2' minimum

6' desirable

None

None

None

Ped Clear Zone Width

8' minimum

10' desirable

8' minimum

6' min.

per city engineer

per city engineer

Landscape/Furniture Zone Width

6' minimum

8' desirable

6' minimum

6' min.

4' min.

per city engineer

Total Min. Width

16' min.

16' min.

12' min.

10' min.

6' min.

Sidewalk Treatments

See EMC 19.33.040.

At least 2 treatments:

Required

Required

Required

N/A

N/A

Minimum Building Height

See EMC 19.22.020(B)(2).

Principal Building

2–4 floors

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Accessory Building

No minimum

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Table 33-1 Footnotes:

(1)Structured parking garages accessed from the rear with no internal turnaround shall be set back at least twenty-five feet from the far side of the alley, except as otherwise approved by city engineer.

(2)Refer to Chapter 19.22 EMC for additional building height standards.

(3)Applicable only within Metro Everett.

(Ord. 3774-20 § 5(S) (Exh. 3), 2020.)