Debby Hyde's presentation to the NRC on June 20, 2014.

1. June
20,
2014

2. Property
Rights
Ci/zen
Par/cipa/on
Urban
Growth
Reduce
Sprawl
Transporta/on
Affordable
Housing
Economic
Development
Permits
Natural
Resource
Industries
Open
Space
and
Recrea/on
Environment
Public
Facili/es
and
Services
Historic
Preserva/on
Shoreline
14
planning
goals
that
guide
the
development
of
comprehensive
plans
and
development
regula:ons

3. Current
Plan
adopted
in
1994
Established
the
Urban
and
Rural
areas
of
the
County
Augmented
by
11
Community
Plans
! Sets
a
vision
and
policy
framework
! Guides
growth
and
development
! Policies
that
an/cipate
popula/on
and
employment
growth
over
a
20-­‐year
planning
period

4. Pierce
County
has
the
obliga/on
to
review
and
IF
NECESSARY
update
the
Comprehensive
Plan
by
June
30,
2015
REQUIRED
ELEMENTS
Land
Use
Housing
Capital
Facili/es
U/li/es
Transporta/on
Rural
Economic
Development
Park
and
Recrea/on
OPTIONAL
ELEMENTS
Historic
Preserva/on
Environment

5. Must
be
consistent
with:
! Changes
made
by
the
State
Legislature
! Updates
in
Popula/on
and
Other
Relevant
Data
! PSRC’s
Vision
2040
Policies
! Countywide
Planning
Policies
! Relevant
Court
Cases
!
Hearings
Board
Cases

6. Pierce
County
(
area)
Countywide
Planning
Policies
(CPPs
)
Pierce County Comprehensive Plan
Growth
Management
Act
(GMA)
(RCW,
WAC)
Transporta/on
Plan
Parks,
Recrea/on,
and
Open
Space
Plan
Unified
Sewer
Plan
Capital
Facili/es
Plan
Puget
Sound
Regional
Council
(PSRC)
Mul:county
Planning
Policies

7. Address
Popula:on
Growth,
Housing,
Jobs,
and
Service
Demand
For
every
5
people
in
Pierce
County
now,
there
will
be
1
more
by
2030

8. Browns/Dash
Point
Gig
Harbor
Peninsula
Key
Peninsula
Anderson-­‐Ketron
Upper
Nisqually
Graham
Alderton-­‐McMillin
Mid-­‐County
Parkland-­‐Spanaway-­‐
Midland
Frederickson
South
Hill

9. Community
Issues
County
Ac/on/Regula/on/Program
Land
Use
Policies
Suppor/ng
Zoning
Regula/ons
Title
18A
now
includes
specific
community
zoning
regula/ons
Agricultural
Resource
Land
(ARL)
and
Transfer
of
Development
Rights
(TDR)
Programs
The
County
has
adopted
a
countywide
program
for
the
preserva/on
of
ARL
lands
as
well
as
a
Transfer
of
Development
Rights
program
Wildlife/Wetland/Habitat
In
2004,
the
County
adopted
a
countywide
Cri/cal
Areas
Ordinance,
Title
18E
Design
Standards
The
County
has
adopted
community
design
standards
in
Title
18J
Policies
in
Mul/ple
Community
Plans
Policies
that
can
now
be
incorporated
into
the
Comprehensive
Plan
Important
Issues
are
now
addressed
by
policies,
regula/ons,
or
programs

10. General
Public
Interest
Groups
Land
Use
Advisory
CommiPees
Planning
Commission
County
Council
We
want
the
Public
to
understand
and
par:cipate
in
the
update
process

11. How
to
get
informa5on
on
the
Update:
Visit
the
Pierce
County
webpage
• hdp://www.piercecountywa.org/compplan
or
hdp://www.piercecountywa.org/Realize2030
• Call
us
at:
(253)
798-­‐7156

22. www.piercecountywa.org/Realize2030
How
to
par/cipate
and
stay
informed

23. June
20,
2014