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Planning commission opens 30-day comment on draft land-use, housing and rural-resource policies

5869411 · September 9, 2025
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Kittitas County staff and consultants released preliminary draft policies for the comprehensive plan and opened a 30‑day public comment period covering land use, housing and rural resources; transportation and other elements will follow in coming months.

Kittitas County planning staff and their consultant opened a 30‑day public comment period on preliminary draft policies for the county comprehensive plan, focusing initially on land use, housing and rural‑resource elements.

The county’s community and economic services director, Chad Baylor, said the materials are “just to drive a discussion” and stressed the drafts are intended to elicit questions and feedback from planning commissioners and the public. “We are going out for a 30 day comment period for these September items,” Baylor said.

The drafts are not a complete comprehensive plan, the consultant leading the effort said. Clay White, a planning consultant with Warren, told commissioners the staff broke the work into monthly topics so commissioners and the public can…

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