This document outlines Pierce County's process for updating its comprehensive plan by the June 30, 2015 deadline. It discusses the 14 state planning goals that guide comprehensive plans, the elements that are required and optional in the plan, and how the plan must be consistent with various state, regional and county policies. It also notes that the county will address population growth and its impacts through 2030 in the updated plan. The county is seeking public participation in the update process through its website and public meetings.

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