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2021 Comprehensive Plan Amendments
2021 Comprehensive Plan Amendments
The Pierce County Comprehensive Plan guides the County’s overall strategy for growth and development over the next 20 years. It sets the goals and policies for items such as land use, economic development, housing, transportation, and the environment. Every two years, the County accepts applications for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. Approved amendments can result in changes to land use and zoning designations and regulations.Information on Process
Please refer to the Guidelines document for information about the amendments, timelines and process.Environmental Review
SEPA Determination of Significance and Notice of Scoping- Application No. 940172 Determination of Significance and Request for Comments on Scope of Non-Project Environmental Impact Statement
Comments Due: January 29, 2021
SEPA Determination of Nonsignificance
- Application Nos. 940374, 938320, 939329, 939690, 939790, 940337, 940347, 939497, 939858, 939860, 939884, 939943, 939944, 940158, 940161, 940164, 940316, 939864, 939874, 940163, 941881 and 941882 Determination of Nonsignificance
Date of Issuance: January 27, 2021
Comments Due: February 10, 2021
Comments Due: February 10, 2021
Pierce County Council Initiated Comprehensive Plan Amendments Under Review
On September 29, 2020, the Pierce County Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-89s, initiating amendments to the Comprehensive Plan for Pierce County for the 2021 Plan Amendment cycle. This resolution requests the Planning and Public Works Department to conduct an environmental review, evaluate initiated amendments and forward the associated reports to the affected land use advisory committees and Planning Commission for review and recommendation back to the County Council by February 15, 2021. The Planning Commission scheduled to make its recommendation to the County Council on February 10, 2021.Urban Growth Area/Potential Annexation Area Amendments
Application No. | Applicant | Description | LUAC | PCRC | Planning Commission |
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940374 | Town of Wilkeson | Amendment to expand the Urban Growth Area to include six additional parcels. |
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11/19/2020 | 1/27/2021 Staff Report |
Area-Wide Map Amendments
Application No. | Applicant | Description | LUAC | PCRC | Planning Commission |
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938320 |
Allied Enterprises LLC | Redesignate two parcels in the Graham Community Plan area from Rural 10 to Rural Activity Center. | GAC 12/8/2020 |
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1/27/2021 Staff Report |
939329 | Puyallup School District | Redesignate one parcel (Walker High School) in the City of Puyallup’s Potential Annexation Area from Employment Center to Public Institution to correct a technical error. | - |
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2/3/2021 Staff Report |
939690 | Youth with a Mission | Redesignate four parcels in the City of Puyallup’s Potential Annexation Area from Moderate Density Single-Family to Mixed Use District. | - | - | 2/3/2021 Staff Report |
939790 | PenMet Parks | Redesignate five parcels from Rural 5/Rural 10 to to Park and Recreation in the Gig Harbor Peninsula Community Plan area. | PAC 12/9/2020 | - |
2/3/2021 Staff Report |
940337 | Paije Properties LLC | Redesignate two parcels in the City of Gig Harbor’s Potential Annexation Area from Employment Center to Mixed Use District. | PAC 12/9/2020 | - |
2/3/2021 Staff Report |
940347 | SimonCRE | Redesignate three parcels in the Alderton-McMillin Community Plan area from Rural 10 to Rural Neighborhood Center. | - |
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1/27/2021 Staff Report |
940410 | WA State Dept. of Natural Resources | Redesignate a portion of one parcel in unincorporated Pierce County from Agricultural Resources Land to Public Institution. |
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Application Withdrawn |
Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments
Application No. | Applicant | Description | LUAC | PCRC | Planning Commission |
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939497 | Pierce County PPW | Amendments to meet the requirements of the NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permit to coordinate and integrate stormwater planning with land use planning. | - |
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1/6/2021 Staff Report |
939858 | Pierce County PPW | Amendments to meet PSRC’s requirement for jurisdictions to adopt “center” plans for regional growth centers and Manufacturing/Industrial Center. |
FAC 12/17/2020 | - |
2/2/2021 Staff Report |
939860 |
Pierce County PPW | Amendments to bring land use policies into consistency with the GMA goals and requirements to ensure land use compatibility through coordination with the military base commander (per RCW 36.70A.530). | - |
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2/2/2021 Staff Report Supplemental Staff Report #1 |
939884 | Cascade Water Alliance | Amendments to protect the water quality in the Lake Tapps Reservoir. | - |
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1/6/2021 Staff Report |
939943 | Pierce County PPW | Amendment to Design Element policies related to Planning Commission’s recommendation that the County provide more flexibility in Countywide design standards. | - |
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1/6/2021 Staff Report |
939944 | Pierce County PPW | Amendments to policies that would improve delivery and access to transit service per Ordinance No. 2019-67s. | - | - | 1/6/2021 Staff Report |
940158 | Pierce County PPW | Amendments to include information on PSRC VISION 2050 and multicounty planning policies related to climate change that need to be addressed in the next GMA comprehensive plan periodic update. | - |
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2/2/2021 Staff Report |
940161 | Pierce County PPW | Amendments to provide guidelines and review criteria for the redesignation of property as well as allow for the redesignation of single parcel or single ownership in appropriate circumstances such as public parks, schools, and other public institutions, or when contiguous with an existing land use designation. | - |
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2/2/2021 Staff Report |
940164 | Pierce County PPW | Amendments that include acknowledging language and policies under the Housing and Land Use elements that provide direction to identify strategies to expand opportunities for meeting the needs of farm worker housing. | - |
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1/6/2021 Staff Report |
940172 | Master Builders Assoc. of Pierce County | Amendments to the density calculation from a net formula to a simple gross formula in urban residential areas. | - |
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Application Removed per Resolution No. 2021-02 |
940316 | Central Pierce Fire & Rescue | Amendments to adopt policies that support the refinement of fire protection standards. | - |
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2/3/2021 Staff Report Supplemental Staff Report #2 |
Community Plan Amendments
Application No. | Applicant | Description | LUAC | PCRC | Planning Commission |
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939864 | Pierce County PPW | Alderton-McMillin Community Plan: Correcting a technical oversight. Replacing "Reserve 5" with "Rural 5" descriptive text in the Alderton-McMillin adopted community plan per Ordinance No. 2015-40. | - |
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1/20/2021 Staff Report |
939868 | Pierce County PPW | Gig Harbor Peninsula Community Plan: Correcting a technical oversight. Replacing "Reserve 5" with "Rural 5" descriptive text in the Gig Harbor Peninsula adopted community plan per Ordinance No. 2015-40. |
PAC 12/9/2020 | - |
Application Merged Into Application #940163 |
939874 | Pierce County PPW | Graham Community Plan: Correcting a technical oversight. Replacing "Reserve 5" with "Rural 5" descriptive text in the Graham adopted community plan per Ordinance No. 2015-40. | GAC 12/8/2020 | - |
1/20/2021 Staff Report |
940163 | Pierce County PPW | Gig Harbor Peninsula Community Plan: Updating the background information and maps for the Gig Harbor Peninsula Community Plan, coordinating land use and infrastructure planning in the UGA at Purdy with the City of Gig Harbor, and amendments suggested by the Land Use Advisory Commission including and not limited to tree preservation policies. | PAC 11/4/2020 12/9/2020 | - |
1/20/2021 Staff Report Supplemental Staff Report #1 |
941881 | Pierce County PPW | Browns Point-Dash Point Community Plan: Amendments to bring sign policies into consistency with the 2015 US Supreme Court Reed v. Town of Gilbert ruling that prohibits regulations that categorize non-commercial signs based on the type of information they convey (e.g. temporary, political and ideological) and then apply different standards to each category. | - |
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1/20/2021 Staff Report |
941882 | Pierce County PPW | Key Peninsula Community Plan: Amendments to bring sign policies into consistency with the 2015 US Supreme Court Reed v. Town of Gilbert ruling that prohibits regulations that categorize noncommercial signs based on the type of information they convey (e.g. temporary, political and ideological) and then apply different standards to each category. | KPAC 12/16/2020 | - |
1/20/2021 Staff Report |
Contact
For questions relating to the comprehensive plan amendment process or submitted proposals, please contact:Jessica M. Nappi, AICP
Senior Planner
(253) 798-2389
Email