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Committee sends ordinance to delay comprehensive-plan amendment intake to council
Summary
The General Government Committee recommended placing ordinance O2024-004 — amending Chapter 18.6 of the Tumwater Municipal Code — on the March 4, 2025 council consideration calendar; the ordinance would extend the deadline tied to the comprehensive plan update and pause acceptance of additional plan amendments until 2026.
The City of Tumwater General Government Committee recommended placing ordinance O2024-004, which amends Chapter 18.6 of the Tumwater Municipal Code, on the March 4, 2025 city council consideration calendar with a recommendation to approve and authorize the mayor to sign.
Staff said the city’s original deadline for completing the comprehensive-plan update was June 30, 2025, but subsequent state legislative action moved the deadline to Dec. 31, 2025. The ordinance would extend the local deadline and suspend acceptance of additional comprehensive-plan amendment requests until 2026.
Committee members raised no substantive questions and a motion to schedule the ordinance for council consideration was moved and seconded; the committee recorded the motion as passing unanimously.
If adopted, the ordinance would align the city’s local amendment schedule with the updated state deadline and postpone new amendment filings until 2026. The ordinance number cited in committee was O2024-004 and the chapter referenced was 18.6 of the Tumwater Municipal Code.
