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Clallam County staff give timeline and key issues for comprehensive‑plan periodic update, including housing allocations and new climate element
Summary
County planning staff told commissioners the periodic comprehensive‑plan update will rely on a pending land‑capacity analysis, new housing allocations broken into income bands, and a statutorily required climate and resiliency element; staff said the county expects to finish drafts for public review by late summer.
Tim Hamel, Clallam County chief deputy director, told the commission the county is completing a land‑capacity analysis that will underpin a periodic update to the county comprehensive plan required under the Growth Management Act.
The update will cover mandatory elements including land use, housing, capital facilities, utilities, transportation and economic development, Hamel said, and must also add a new climate element and a resiliency sub‑element mandated by recent state law. “This is required under the growth management act,” Hamel said.
Why it matters: the periodic review sets how and where the county plans for 20 years of population and housing growth. Staff said the new housing allocation from the state arrives broken into income bands, which requires the county to show it has zoning and capacity for units at lower income levels as well as market‑rate housing.
Staff described three items they said will shape the update: the land capacity analysis (LCA), the…
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