2025 Update

2024 Comprehensive Plan Update Open House

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County Council Selects the Preferred Land Use Alternative

On Tuesday, April 28, the County Council voted to approve a preferred alternative, from the three alternatives studied in the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS). Additional detail about the preferred alternative is available in this document.

Work will now commence to further analyze the preferred alternative and complete the final environmental impact statement (FEIS). The vacant buildable lands model (VBLM), capital facilities plan (CFP), county capital facility and financial plan (CFFP) and other related plans and documents will also be updated to reflect the preferred alternative. Proposed changes to county code and updates to comprehensive plan text and policies will also be reviewed.

The FEIS is expected to be issued in late July. A high-level timeline for the project is included in the project timeline section of this webpage below. Find additional information in the detailed project schedule here. Maps showing the preferred alternative will be posted soon.

There are also two webtools available for viewing the DEIS alternatives maps, linked below. Please note that these interactive maps are intended as supportive resources only.

This mapping application includes maps of the preferred alternative and the three alternatives studied in the DEIS without any accompanying explanations. You can switch between the alternatives in the top-right corner.
This Storymap provides an explanation of the three alternatives studied in the DEIS and includes interactive maps.

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Project Overview

Clark County is conducting a periodic review of its Comprehensive Plan (Plan) as required by the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA). The county is required to complete its update by December 31, 2025. The Plan, originally adopted in 1994 and last updated in 2016, is a long-range policy guide for how the county plans to manage growth and development over a twenty-year period. The GMA requires jurisdictions to periodically update their comprehensive plan and development regulations to bring them up to date with:

Changes to state law,
Land use changes,
Population growth projections, and
Housing projections.

The Comprehensive Plan guides County decisions related to land use; housing; capital facilities and utilities; rural and natural resources; transportation; economic development; parks, open space and recreation; schools; historic preservation; environment; community design; shoreline; and annexation.

The focal point of the County’s long-range planning is the County’s Comprehensive Plan and its Capital Facilities Plan which help with policy, financing and development regulation decisions over the 20-year period. Find out more about the project in this handout:

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Project Timeline

The graphic below shows a draft, high-level timeline for the 2025 update. Please note: Dates subject to change. View a detailed project schedule here.