2024 Comprehensive Plan Update Open House

Project News

Date changes to County Council, Planning Commission planned work sessions on comprehensive plan update

The Clark County Council and Planning Commission have scheduled a series of work sessions on Comprehensive Plan Update materials in preparation for the adoption process. There have been recent date changes for some of the planned work sessions. The updated schedule is outlined below. These dates are subject to change, so please check back frequently.

  • County Council work sessions:
    • June 10: Community Framework Plan, Environment, Parks, Historic, Economic Development, Schools, Community Design, Annexation, Shoreline and Climate chapters
    • July 1: Land Use, Housing and Rural chapters, proposed changes to the mobile home code, transportation project list and evaluation criteria
    • July 15: Transportation chapter and appendix, ADA Transition Plan, Capital Facilities Plan chapter and appendix, and Capital Facilities Financial Plan
    • July 22: Proposed changes to housing and transportation development code, Introduction and Procedural chapters and additional appendices
    • July 29: School and fire district capital facility plan updates and associated impact fees
  • Planning Commission work sessions:
    • June 18: Introduction, Land Use, Rural, and Procedural chapters
    • July 2: School and fire district capital facility plan updates and associated impact fees, Housing chapter, transportation project list and evaluation criteria
    • July 16: Transportation chapter and appendix, ADA Transition Plan, Capital Facilities chapter and appendices
    • July 30: Additional appendices

View materials for the work sessions (organized by meeting date) 

Find information on how to attend County Council work sessions

Find information on how to attend Planning Commission work sessions

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.
     

Alternate Languages

Information is available in an alternate language by request to jenna.kay@clark.wa.gov.

La información está disponible en otros idiomas previa solicitud a jenna.kay@clark.wa.gov.

Информация доступна на другом языке по запросу на электронную почту jenna.kay@clark.wa.gov.

可发送请求至 jenna.kay@clark.wa.gov,获取其他语言版本的信息。

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:

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.

A high-level timeline for the Comprehensive Plan Update showing four phases, Phase 1. Project initiation. Early 2023 to Early 2024.  Phase 2. Shape the Plan. Early 2024 to Fall 2024.  Phase 3. Review and refine. Fall 2024 to Summer 2025.   Phase 4. Adoption Process. Early 2026 to Fall 2026.

Find Out More About Each of the Project Phases

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Staff Contact

Jose Alvarez, Program Manager
jose.alvarez@clark.wa.gov
564.397.4898