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For quite some time the folks at Ideal Option have operated what they term an Opioid Disorder Treatment Clinic near 37th and Colby south of downtown Everett. In March, Ideal Option leased space at 2808 Hoyt in order to expand their services. Two days after signing their lease the City of Everett enacted a moratorium […]

Wednesday night the Everett City Council passed nearly a dozen ordinances and amendments that make up the largest change in land use in Everett, Washington in decades. There were six council members voting. Judy Tuohy was excused from the meeting. Collectively known as “Metro Everett” the plan sends growth into the center of Everett and […]

Wednesday night the Everett City Council is set to hear once more from the public before taking several votes to make up the package of ordinances that will govern growth in downtown Everett under the “Metro Everett” plan. The vote will also guide parking and other zoning rules across all of Everett into the future. […]

The City of Everett has released the final information and detail on the Metro Everett Plan. City Council will hold a final public hearing and then vote on several ordinances that cover everything from historic overlays to building heights, parking requirements to clinics and social services. That will happen Wednesday night (Aug 29) at 6:30 […]

Publisher’s Note: After our Monday story on the options given to Everett City Council for clinics in Metro Everett I received the following note: As always, I appreciate the vast time and effort you put into your site. I thought your new piece about Metro Everett clinic zoning is the most unfairly slanted article you’ve […]

One common thread runs through the five options being presented by city planners for consideration by the Everett City Council on zoning for the new Metro Area plan. If it has use as a clinic of any type it is not welcome on the ground floor, (if at all) in Metro Everett. That means a […]

The public hearings on the Metro Everett Plan are now over and more in-depth study is underway as things head to a decision on August 29th. The City of Everett planning staff has created options and amendments for council members to consider and the city communications department has made those and other materials available for […]

The first two public hearings this month before the Everett City Council focused on changes specifically within the proposed “Metro Everett” boundaries. This Wednesday night the public hearing will consider policies to be implemented all across the City of Everett. Rules covering off-street parking, loading and access will apply to all areas of the city. […]

In March the Everett City Council agreed that all clinics within the City of Everett should be dealt with in the same way whether the treatment is for a sore foot and ankle or an opiate substitution treatment clinic offering methadone. The city council in March also decided no new clinics of any kind could […]

Expect a full house at the first Everett City Council public hearing on the Metro Everett plan Wednesday night. The third item on this week’s council agenda is: (3) Public Hearing on Historic Overlays and Metro Everett Plan and Development Regulations. Residents who live in the Norton-Grand historic overlay have expressed concerns to both the […]