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Port Angeles releases second-draft comprehensive plan, opens public comment on EIS and citywide rezone

5843093 · September 24, 2025
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City staff unveiled a second draft of Port Angeles' periodic comprehensive plan update, published the draft EIS for a 30-day comment period and proposed a citywide rezone to match a revised future land use map; planning commission public hearings are scheduled through October and council first readings are planned for November.

Port Angeles staff on Sept. 23 presented a second draft of the city’s periodic comprehensive plan update and launched public notice for related actions, including a draft environmental impact statement and a proposed citywide rezone. The public comment period for the draft EIS began Sept. 18 and runs through Oct. 18, with a planning commission hearing on EIS alternatives set for Oct. 1 and additional public hearings for the other planning actions scheduled for Oct. 22. City staff said the Department of Commerce requires adoption of updated documents by Dec. 31, 2025; staff are targeting a city council first reading in mid-November and possible adoption by Dec. 16.

The plan update addresses a 20-year horizon and several linked actions: updating the future land use map, completing a citywide rezone to demonstrate capacity to the Washington State Department of Commerce, preparing an updated…

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