Thurston County Comprehensive Plan

Proposed Comp Plan Amendments (Docket)

Thurston County provides “early and continuous” public participation when making changes to the Comprehensive Plan and the development regulations that implement it. Annually, the public is invited to participate in the County’s “docketing” process, where proposed amendments to the Plan or regulations are listed and prioritized for the following year’s work. (The County also has a docket for changes to its development regulations.)

The public is often a source of suggested changes to the Plan or regulations. In addition, county staff regularly organize public forums, committees, task forces, and meetings with community organizations to discuss amendments. Finally, every proposed amendment to the Plan or development regulations has at least one formal public hearing to gather public comment. For more information about how you can participate, view the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Fact Sheet.

2009 Comprehensive Plan Docket

At the beginning of each year, staff prepares a list of proposed amendments for the Board of County Commissioners. The Board analyzes the merits of proposed amendments based on state mandates, county priorities, joint planning, and public comment.

The 2009 Official Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments is available to the public. The Official Docket was approved on June 9, 2009 by the Board of County Commissioners.

Official Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments (A separate docket exists for development code changes. Click here for more information.)

The Docket is separated into 5 Tiers. For more information such as staff reports, maps and public comments on specific projects listed under each tier, please click on the project title:

Tier 1: Projects mandated by the state to comply with the Growth Management Act, Shorelines Management Act, or other state and federal laws. These projects are grant funded, or have been accounted for in the 2009 budget. Some of the projects are long-term projects from previous years and continue to be worked on by County staff.

Tier 1 Project List:

• 1-A Critical Areas Ordinance Update
• 1-B Shorelines Management Plan Update
• 1-C Capital Facilities Plan Update 2010-2016
• 1-D Yelm Population Update
• 1-E City of Tumwater 2025 Transportation Plan Update
• 1-F Chapter 4 Housing, Homeless Encampments and Permitting Standards and ensure consistency with the Thurston County Consolidated Plan for Housing

Tier 2: These are projects that address Board priorities and/or respond to significant public interest, and may include citizen initiated amendments. They include the Maytown rezoning, Grand Mound Sub-Area Plan update, Mineral Lands of Long Term Commercial Significance.

Tier 2 Project List:

• 2-A Mineral Lands Project
• 2-B Grand Mound Sub-Area Plan Update
• 2-C Impact Fee Analysis
• 2-D Working Lands Preservation Plan
• 2-E Native Forest Protection Practices
• 2-F Maytown Land Use Evaluation

Tier 3: These are inter-jurisdictional amendments proposed by Cities and Towns in Thurston County that will substantially be staffed by the Cities sponsoring the amendment.

Tier 3 Project List:

• 3-A City of Olympia Parks and Open Space Chapter Update
• 3-B Yelm Transportation Plan Update
• 3-C Tenino Population Update
• 3-D City of Lacey Updates – Land Use, Housing, and Utilities Elements
• 3-E City of Tumwater Southwest UGA Resizing and Land Use Analysis

Tier 4: This tier includes citizen initiated amendments and site-specific (quasi-judicial) amendments that are fee based. The costs associated with these proposed amendments would be borne by the applicant. Long Range Planning has not dedicated any staff to these applications due to the size of the workload associated with Tier 1 and Tier 2 projects.

Tier 4 Project List:

• 4-A Wilmovsky – Grand Mound Sub-Area Plan (Expand UGA)

• 4-B Hebert – City of Yelm Comprehensive Plan and Joint Plan with Thurston County

• 4-C Venture Acquisitions - Tumwater/Thurston County Joint Plan

• 4-D MC Construction – City of Lacey and Thurston County Land Use Plan for the Lacey UGA

• 4-E Zorad - Tumwater/Thurston County Joint Plan

Tier 5: - This tier includes discretionary Comprehensive Plan and associated development code amendments that should be completed. However, there may not be staff available to complete the proposals this year.

Tier 5 Project List:

• 5-A City of Olympia French Loop and Chambers Basin UGA Resizing and Land Use Analysis (Related to the Subdivision Moratorium)
• 5-B Cluster Development Project
• 5-C Rochester Sub-Area Plan Update
• 5-D Thurston County Parks and Recreation Plan

Contact Us

Interested Parties: If you would like to be added to our Web Mail list, please click here. Staff contact: Jeremy Davis, Associate Planner. Phone: (360) 754-3355, x7010 E-mail: davisj@co.thurston.wa.us.