Planning

This page is intended to provide information on planning and growth management issues relevant to Washington cities and counties. If you have information to share (e.g., ordinances, sample policies, issue papers, etc.) or if you are aware of other Web sites that we should link to, please contact Sue Enger, MRSC Planning Consultant at senger@mrsc.org, or Carol Tobin, MRSC Public Policy Consultant, at ctobin@mrsc.org, or call (206) 625-1300.

News Note

• Washington Department of Community Trade and Economic Development GMA Administrative Guideline Sessions - CTED would like your comments on updates of the Growth Management chapters of the Washington Administrative Code. Meetings will be held in November 2008 in Olympia, Mount Vernon, Seattle, and Spokane.

Hot Topics

• Climate Change
• Flexible Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Incentive Tools
• Flexibility in Environmental Regulation
• Regulatory Takings
• Regulation of Large Retail Establishments (Big Box Retail)
• Endangered Species: Salmon
• GMA Plan/Development Regulations Updates
• Impact Fees
• Telecommunications

Contents

• Agricultural Lands
• Annexation
• Capital Facilities
• Census Information - Census 2000 and 2010
• Comprehensive Planning/Growth Management
• Concurrency Ordinances
• Cottage Housing
• Critical Areas
• Demographic Change and Local Government
• Design Review
• Designing Transportation Facilities for Pedestrians and Bicycles
• Development Regulations (including zoning, critical areas, etc.)
• Economic Development
• Effective Communication and Citizen Involvement
• Energy Resources - Green Power
• Environment (including shoreline management, forest practices, SEPA, water rights, etc.)
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Green Building Design
• Healthy Communities (including designing)
• Hearing Examiner System in Washington
• Historic Preservation
• Housing
• Incorporation
• Infill Development
• Intergovernmental Agreements
• Parks and Recreation
• Planning Illustrated
• Planning Procedures and Practices (including regulatory reform, permit assistance, and fees)
• Planner's Pocket Reference
• Rural Land Use & Development
• Sign Control
• Siting of Secure Community Transition Facilities
• Smart Growth
• Subdivisions
• Transportation
• Watershed Planning