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Port of Everett urges zoning changes to keep housing away from seaport operations
Summary
The Port of Everett asked the Planning Commission to add comprehensive-plan language enabling a light-industrial transition zone between seaport operations and residential uses, citing noise, round-the-clock activity and state guidance on port protection.
Laura Gurley, planning director at the Port of Everett, told the Everett Planning Commission on Nov. 19 that the port is asking the city to add policy language to the comprehensive plan to allow zoning tools that would create a transition zone between the international seaport and nearby neighborhoods.
The request seeks “policy and goal language in the urban form and design and development chapter updates that would encourage smart development of compatible uses adjacent to each other while avoiding potential social justice and quality of life impacts from incompatible uses being next to each other,” Gurley said. She described the area as a small triangle west of West Marine View Drive, north of Hewitt, and east of the BNSF mainline, plus a small area south between the railroad and Bond Street.
Why it matters: Gurley said the seaport is a facility of statewide significance and supports more than 40,000…
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