Council questions form-based code progress, UGA swap, waterfront zoning and program priorities
Sep 24, 2025
Port Angeles councilmembers pressed staff on whether the plan advances a form-based code, questioned the proposed Western UGA swap and waterfront industrial designations, and highlighted priorities including blight reduction, weatherization outreach and permit-ready plan affordability.
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Port Angeles councilmembers used a Sept. 23 work session to press staff on major implementation priorities and underlying policy choices in the comprehensive plan update, with recurring themes: the pace and form of a transition to form-based code, justification for a proposed UGA swap and expanded Western UGA, waterfront and Rainier Mill site zoning, and near-term housing program priorities such as blighted-property remediation, weatherization outreach and permit-ready plans.
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